The Columbia Falls City Council has approved a “statement of blight” document that is part of the public process to establish a tax-increment finance district in the city.
The changing of the guard at the School District 6 superintendent’s office was well in evidence recently as Steve Bradshaw introduced himself to local business people at the Columbia Falls Area Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting.
Alleging unethical and criminal activities by county prosecutors and a drug enforcement officer, three local attorneys have asked the Montana Attorney General’s Office for a full investigation.
The future costs of wastewater treatment will be the subject of a special meeting Monday of the Flathead Regional Wastewater Management Group in Kalispell.
The public process to create a tax-increment finance district in Columbia Falls to help address blight and fund redevelopment moved a step closer last week.
A new home for Glacier National Park’s red bus fleet has been found. Xanterra Parks & Recreation recently acquired a 10-acre site on Montana 206 next to Newton Supply, spokeswoman Amy Dempster said.
Columbia Falls city officials agreed at a May 20 meeting with Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Flathead County Commissioner Cal Scott that they would proceed cautiously in seeking support for a cleanup of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. property.
The violent criminal who kidnapped a woman in Columbia Falls and took her up the North Fork nearly 14 years ago to the day has died in Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.
Glencore, the company that owns the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant below Teakettle Mountain, has hired a large planning and communications company from Canada to help deal with the closed plant.
Cleaning up the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site could take at least a decade, although it could be done faster if the state rather than the federal government was in charge.
A special public meeting will be Tuesday for Environmental Protection Agency representatives to release results from their study of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant site.