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A few random photos that didn't make into print....
I’ve been spending time the last couple of weeks helping my step-mom pack up her house in preparation for her move to North Carolina. She and my dad had their house in Lincoln built about 13 years ago. There are a lot of memories in that house alone: Christmases and other holidays, family gatherings, spending time with my dad during his chemo treatments, and while we lived with them when we moved back to Lincoln in 2018. I’m sad that it sold, for sentimental reasons, but hap...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received twenty-three calls for service during the week of Jan. 10 to Jan. 16 in the Lincoln area. Deputies performed eight traffic stops. One of those calls for service generated a case report last week: Thursday, January 14th, 2021, deputies responded to the 300 block of B St for a welfare check on a male. The male was transported to mental health professionals for an evaluation. Other calls for service in the Lincoln area last week were...
Lincoln Grade Schoolers learned about wintertime in Montana and the adaptation of animals during a snowshoe trek at Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild with the Montana Discovery Foundation Thursday, Jan. 14....
"Learn my alphabet." - Ridge Bullis, Pre -K " To watch less T V." - Emmitt Anderson, Kindergarten "I want to go sledding when it is not dangerous because it is fun. I want to play more with my grandma's dog Georgie." - Allison Leland, 1st grade "M ine is to get all the books labeled in our classroom." - Kynleigh Dietz, 2nd grade "My New Year 's resolution is I want to get better grades in school and ride my dir t bike better. The other thing is, I want to ride my snowmobile...
Insurance firm burns, smoke water damage newspaper office Lincoln's big news story of the week is going unreportedd at home because fire has temporarily delayed publication of the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch. Fire gutted Steve A. Stolp's accounting office, and heat, smoke and water heavily damaged the adjoining Dispatch newspaper office on the west end...
The Lincoln position on the Lewis and Clark County Weed District board has been open for well over a year, said County Commissioner Jim McCormick, who serves on the board. A Lincoln representative helps support the county-wide control of weeds and ensure problematic areas can be addressed in a timely manner. “Weeds know no boundaries,” said McCormick. “Invasive non-native species of plants can choke out forage, can choke out native plants and do (and) are harmful on the environment. The more eyes on the ground, the bette...
Tommy A. Cockerham departed these earthly bounds Jan, 11, 2021 in Kalispell, Mont. He was delivered from God to Tommy A. Cockerham Sr. and Theresa Rushing Cockerham Dec.15, 1945 in Baton Rouge, La. Tommy was a man's man. He was an avid car enthusiast, motorcycle rider, boater, skier both water and snow, a rancher, back country guide, carpenter, hunter, and retired iron worker from Local #623 where he worked on the LNB Tower and the Horace Wilkinson Bridge (the new bridge) in...
Tense Standoff Between Legislators Disrupts First Gun Bill Debate in Montana House The Montana Senate will now consider a bill that would greatly expand where concealed weapons can be carried in Montana after the House of Representatives passed House Bill 102 along party lines. The debate over the bill briefly ground to a halt last week as one lawmaker shut down another's comments as a violation of decorum. Members of the Montana House of Representatives were debating HB 102...
If the months since the November elections have shown us anything, it’s that the US is more deeply divided than we’ve experienced in a very long time. This has been building at least since the 1990s, starting in Congress and ultimately coming to be reflected in a polarized electorate, but it’s reached the point where, rather than take pleasure in the success of a politician elected to the presidency, you have to keep your fingers crossed on his behalf. For starters, we now h...
Upcoming board opening, the pending launch of an interactive map website, op-portunities to promote and market Lincoln, and the future of Skijoring all came up for discussion during the Jan. 14 meeting of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce. As the LVCC heads into 2021, the seven-member board will have three open board seats, due to expiring terms, with Bob Weatherston of the Three Bears Motel and Goldieknots' Tammy Jordan stepping down after last weeks' meeting. The seat...
Strong winds that tore through western Montana last week up trees, damaged buildings and led to power outages throughout the Upper Blackfoot. An extended period of abnormally strong, gusty wind began Jan. 12 and intensified throughout much of the day Jan. 13, with peak wind gusts recorded in the early afternoon Wednesday. The weather station at the Lincoln Ranger District, near the Lincoln airport, reported a peak wind gust of 41 miles per hour at about 2 p.m. The reading was...
