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ARTICLES BY SHELLEY RIDENOUR

County planning for new building at fairgrounds

Flathead County officials may soon proceed with construction of a new building at the county fairgrounds to house the offices of Montana State University extension agents and the Agency on Aging.
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Cherry harvest off to sweet start

Gigantic, sweet red cherries are starting to come off trees around Flathead Lake as the annual cherry harvest gets under way.
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Planning Office shortens review times

The turnaround time for processing most applications submitted to the Flathead County Planning Office has been shortened by 15 days, county Planning Director BJ Grieve said.
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FEMA flood-plain protests due Wednesday

Evergreen residents who plan to protest the flood elevations assigned to their property by the Federal Emergency Management Agency face a Wednesday deadline to do so.
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Plan to attack Beaver Lake weed finalized

The battle against Eurasian watermilfoil in Beaver Lake continues.
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Fairgrounds planning session set for Thursday

A meeting to update people on progress made in the last two months related to future changes and improvements at the Flathead County Fairgrounds is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Expo Building at the fairgrounds.
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County ready to hire Agency on Aging director

Applicants are being sought for the Flathead County Agency on Aging director’s position.
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County budget includes raises, more positions

The $75.2 million budget in place for Flathead County for the fiscal year that began July 1 includes four new positions, salary increases of 2.5 percent for most employees, which total $654,811, and capital improvements totaling $4.1 million.
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Flathead County to sell house on landfill property

Another building owned by Flathead County will soon hit the auction block.
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County emergency director job attracts 23 applicants

Flathead County officials expect to soon begin culling the 23 applications they received for the county emergency services director position.
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County growth policy discussion planned tonight

Discussion of the latest draft of Flathead County’s growth policy is expected to continue at a meeting tonight.
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Grant requests sent off for Columbia Falls business

Two applications for community development block grants for a new manufacturing business in Columbia Falls were sent off this week, according to Tina Oliphant, vice president of finance at Montana West Economic Development.
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Local crops look to have solid season

The early outlook for the Flathead Valley cherry harvest is good, county Agriculture Extension Agent Pat McGlynn says.
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Echo Lake road stays open - for now

The water level in Echo Lake has been rapidly increasing, causing county and state officials to keep a close eye on the body of water, but so far no closures or boating restrictions have been implemented.
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Landfill has plenty of room for storm waste

The volume of downed trees and brush hauled to the Flathead County Landfill in the first couple of days after Saturday’s storm hasn’t been tremendous, the landfill operations manager says.
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