With an unemployment rate of 13.8 percent here, nobody has to tell Flathead County legislative candidates what will be at the top of most voters’ minds in the June 8 primary.
Despite pleas from seven speakers Monday night and a motion to reconsider by council member Bob Hafferman, the Kalispell City Council adopted a law to ban new medical marijuana dispensaries and commercial grow operations in city limits.
Development proposals and questions about distributing money from the Westside Tax Increment Financing District will be on the table at a May 12 public meeting at Kalispell City Hall.
A Kalispell City Council vote to ban any new medical marijuana businesses in the city prompted grumblings of “the government’s about the government,” and “we’ll take our money elsewhere” as a crowd of some 50 supporters abruptly left Monday night’s council meeting.
Kalispell City Council will have a controversial decision to mull over when it tackles a proposal tonight to distribute money accumulated in the Westside Tax Increment Financing District this year.
A revised proposal for Willow Creek, a 463-lot subdivision proposed on Foy’s Lake Road near the U.S. 93 bypass, is up for discussion at tonight’s Kalispell Planning Board meeting.
A garage and house caught fire near Creston Sunday afternoon, destroying the garage and part of the house, causing extensive smoke and heat damage to the house and sending three people to the hospital.