ARTICLES BY ALAN LEWIS GERSTENECKER EDITOR
Noise variance decision put off
Libby City Council members on Monday decided to put off a decision on whether to grant St. John’s Lutheran Hospital a variance on a city noise ordinance during construction of a new facility.
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EPA air-quality standards to stiffen to become more stringent
Reacting to a court order, the Environmental Protection Agency last week finalized an update to its national air-quality standards that will require counties to meet the stricter guidelines by 2020.
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Sprinkle pleads to misdemeanors
Gloria Lee Sprinkle has served her last day in jail, providing she meets the terms of her probation agreement reached Monday in Judge James B. Wheelis’ 19th Judicial District courtroom.
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Special meeting will discuss Olsen
Libby City Council President Bill Bischoff has scheduled a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to move the dilemma with Councilman Allen Olsen forward.
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Romney, Cole score victories
Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Lincoln County Commissioner candidate Mike Cole were the big winners in Lincoln County on Tuesday in the Montana Primary.
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CVFSA fate lies in check
For two hours 154 persons listened intently as 42 speakers took their turn during the Lincoln County Commissioners hearing Wednesday on the dissolution of Cabinet View Fire Service Area.
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Loggers defeat Rangers; Germany boosts Reichel to first win
Micah Germany swatted in four runs and helped right-hander Wil Reichel earn his first victory of the season last Wednesday as the Loggers picked up a 7-2 American Legion baseball divisional victory over the Kootenai Valley Rangers.
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Fisher River petitions county commissioners
Fisher River Fire Service Area officials, while updating the agency’s governing bylaws and noticing inconsistencies in its operations, petitioned Lincoln County Commissioners last week for expansion of services it is already performing.
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School district to begin summer lunch program
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Mayoral search now under way
With City Council President Phil Fisher presiding, Troy officials on Tuesday began the task of finding a replacement for recently recalled mayor Don Banning.
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Residents dedicate park monument
A monument “honoring all those who served” was dedicated at Troy’s Roosevelt Park on Memorial Day, culminating the efforts of hundreds who sought to see it to fruition.
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Missing T-Falls student readies area search crews
A Thompson Falls elementary school student, on an outing with her classmates to Ross Creek Cedars, was found last Thursday afternoon on park grounds after straying away from her group.
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32 THS students receive diplomas
It was a ceremony, the 2012 graduating class of Troy High School will remember for their lifetimes, keynote speaker and guidance counselor Kelly Palmer told the 32 who “passed on to their next life” on Sunday at the Troy Activity Center.
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Improving tennis in Libby
Michael Curtiss is uniting construction workers, tennis enthusiasts for the common good, all the while working to accomplish a goal less than 3 percent achieve.
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