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The future of downtown planning and revitalization took a major step forward this week with the notification that Lincoln has been awarded a Montana Main Street Grant for $20,000 to help fund development of a master plan. Karyn Good, the lead organizer for Envision Lincoln, learned of the award Monday after receiving a call from Gov. Greg Gianforte's office. While the announcement came later than expected, she was fairly confident Lincoln had been successful. Her cautious...
The town of Helmville a parade on St. Patricks Day every year. While small, the parade celebrates the significant Irish heritage of the residents of the town and the Nevada Creek valley....
Last week marks one year since Rocky shut its doors to the public due to COVID-19. Since that time, many of us have suffered loss, illness, and isolation The pandemic has been hard on everyone, but older people carried the very worst of it, both in catching the virus and in the shelter-in-place mandates that created unprecedented social isolation. Our goal has always been getting seniors back to the Senior Centers. Lewis & Clark County and its partners have done a spectacular job in getting people vaccinated, with Rocky playi...
When was a time that you felt lucky? "When I gotted to go to Silverwood." - Syleena Rivera, Pre-K "I feel lucky when I get to sleep in my mom's room" - Adrianna Duffy, Kindergarten "I felt lucky when I found pennies because I can add more to my piggybank. I will have lots of money. My Mom and Dad have a lot of money so we can share it." - Emilynn Romines, 1st Grade "One time, I was so lucky that I got star student four times in a row!" -Jase Fallis , 2nd Grade "When I was 7 or...
Justin McDonough and David 'Tater' Davis expect to have their businesses up and running in town this week, taking over the long-empty repair shop across from the Lincoln Post office. McDonough recently purchased the building, which had been owned by Seeley Lake's Don Van De Riet for several years. With the help of Denny Peterson, Fred Ray, Chad Dietz and Davis, he was busy for much of last week cleaning up the building and removing old or redundant equipment McDonough...
One day, I’ll get it all together… I say this every year about the time I get ready to file my taxes. And each year, I do have it a little more together than the previous year, but in my mind, still not together enough. I guess what I mean by “getting it all together” is being organized. In terms of taxes, it means all of my receipts in one spot, all of my expenses, all of my income and special documents needed for this purpose, and maybe a spreadsheet that had all of that in...
President Abraham Lincoln once said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." The question is are we destroying ourselves? To answer we need to ask, has our form of government changed? Some would say we're a democracy based on the majority vote. I say correctly we're supposed to be a Constitutional Republic based on the rule of law. But today, both are inaccurate. The truth is we are...
Eugene "Geno" Morris died in his home on March 5, 2021. Geno was born in Kalispell, Mont. in 1950 to Robert and Marion Morris. As children of a park ranger, Geno and his three brothers - Robert, Gary and Tom - attended school all over the country and were blessed to be able to live in some of the most beautiful areas in the nation including Glacier, Sequoia, Bryce Canyon and Big Bend. When he graduated high school in St. Louis, Geno enlisted in the Army. After proudly serving...
"Open Cut 2.0" Bill would Ease Regulations on Gravel Pit Permit Applications A bill seeking to ease permitting requirements for gravel pits in rural areas and make it harder to call a public hearing on new facilities is drawing clear battle lines in the Montana Legislature, as property owners say it cuts them out of the process. In a hearing that lasted for more than two hours on Monday, March 15, the bill's sponsor, Rep. Steve Gunderson, R-Libby, called the bill -- House...
The American Red Cross comes up to Lincoln every eight weeks to host a blood drive. If you've donated at one of these drives in the last two years, you've likely met Sherry Sidell, Sue Anderson and Ellie Schouten, the trio that coordinates Lincoln's blood drives. Sidell had previously worked on blood drives in Seattle more than three decades ago. "This is a little bit different because it's a smaller community, and we didn't have computers back then," Sidell said. She said...
Easter is just a little more than a week away, and Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue is bringing back their traditional Easter Egg Hunt at Hooper Park. Kids up to sixth grade are welcome to come to the park Easter Sunday, April 4 at 1 p.m. to gather up hundreds of the candy-filled eggs scattered around by the firefighters. "We want to start getting things back to normal for folks, especially the kids," Lincoln fire Chief Zach Muse told the BVD. The Hooper Park Easter egg hunt has...
