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The Cascade County Sheriff/Coroner's office identified a Lincoln man and his former girlfriend as the victims of a murder-suicide in Great Falls Saturday morning. Great Falls Police, responded to reports of a disturbance at a home on the 700 block of 20th Street North in Great Falls at 3:30 a.m. Saturday and found Ronda "Roxie" Ray, 42, and Michael "Mick" Willey, 56, both suffering from single gunshot wounds. Ray, a former Lincoln resident, and Willey were both taken to Benefi... Full story
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is actively trying to capture two bears that have been hanging out in the Ovando area recently. A web camera at the Blackfoot Angler capture the bears on video June 5 and again June 7 as they nosed around the center of town, apparently searching for trash. "They are definitely garbage bears and they also seem to know what chicken feed and grain is," Jamie Jonkel, Region 2 Wildlife Management Specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,...
The Lattin family takes advantage of the nice weather to paddle around on the clear blue green waters of Reservoir Lake near Beaver Creek Road Friday, June 8. Getting out into the lake also provided some respite from the mosquitoes, which have proliferated in the forest in the wake the fires and flooding...
With work set to resume at the Upper Blackfoot Mining complex later this summer, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality is planning to give a presentation on the 2018 construction during the Lincoln Community Council Tuesday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Library. During the presentation, DEQ officials will discuss the plans for the remainder of the clean-up work, which is slated to begin in July. Efforts this year will focus on the area from the confluence of...
After nearly two years, work on the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department's new tactical water tender is finished and the department's latest piece of firefighting equipment is ready for action. Fire Apparatus Repair of Missoula built the 2500-gallon tender on an Army surplus 2006 Freightliner 6x6 chassis acquired in 2016 through the Federal Excess Property program. The cost of modifying the new vehicle was covered by income from the state and the Forest Service for wildland...
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Trail, and in recognition of Ovando as the 2018 Montana Community of the Year for Tourism and Recreation, cyclist and bluegrass musician Ben Weaver is hosting a free concert June 15 at the Stray Bullet from 7-8:30(ish) p.m. For anyone wishing to make an evening of it, Leigh Ann and Fred Valiton will be selling barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers at the Blackfoot Commercial Company and Jean Pocha will...
For most Lincoln residents, the United States Forest Service Trail Crew- a work force responsible for keeping trails clear and usable - has been a fixture in and around the nearby back country for as long as they can remember. This year, thanks in part to Federal disaster relief funds, the Trail Crew has expanded to include more laborers than any year in recent memory. Although the Forest Service has had a presence in Lincoln since the 1920's, the Trail Crew as an entity did n...
Lincoln’s 9th Annual Putt - Putt was another great success with friends, family and people from all over Montana coming to join in our Lincoln community fund raiser. I would like to thank all the people who showed up to help with the setup, our day event, clean up and all of you who brought auction items and baskets to our silent auction! Without all your help and donations, I could not put on this event. The Putt- Putt brings a lot people into town, so the more auctions items we get for the auction, the more money we r...
The Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest announced the release of its draft Forest Management Plan and draft environmental impact statement and the beginning of a 90-day public comment period on the documents June 8. "After three years and more than 40 community meetings the Forest has produced a comprehensive draft plan and draft EIS for public review and comment," Helena-Lewis and Clark Forest Supervisor Bill Avey said in a news release on the subject. "The four action...
For generations Montanans have signed up to serve our nation with pride, answering the call of duty during times of peace and times of war. In fact, more there are more veterans per capita in Montana than almost any other state in the nation. When America needs them, Lewis and Clark County's men and women have always been there to serve. Our veterans have made great sacrifices to keep our nation safe, and when they return home they deserve the health care and benefits they...
Headlines report positive statistics about our low unemployment rates, both nationally and statewide. The national report, as of June 1st, has the US unemployment rate at 3.8 percent, the lowest in nearly two decades. In Montana, it's at 4.0 percent; a generally static figure here in the Treasure State. However, by county, McCone County (northeastern Montana) has the lowest rate of 2.3, and Lincoln County (northwestern Montana) experiences the highest rate of 12.7 percent....
Wildlife officials captured three grizzly bear cubs east of Lincoln after a female grizzly was struck and killed on Highway 200 early Tuesday morning, June 5. Jamie Jonkel, the Region 2 Wildlife Management Specialist for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said a passing trucker called in the report of the dead grizzly and three live cubs early in the morning. Pat Shanley, the wildlife biologist for the Lincoln Ranger District was the first person to respond to the call, at Jonk...
For most of my life I've considered myself to be a misanthrope, harboring a soft contempt for my fellow humans. I think that philosophy was a contrivance to protect my own fragile and shallow ego. The events of these last two months proved me wrong in my sour opinion of the human race. I lived in Brazil for the last two-and-a-half years, and about a month ago became quite ill with pneumonia and a few other things. To complicate the situation, I found that a fellow I trusted...
Historically, Lincoln hasn't had a great reputation among bicyclists. In a 2013 University of Montana analysis of bicycle tourism in Montana, Lincoln was one of just a few towns in the state singled out for its unwelcoming attitude. One cyclist interviewed for the study said, "It is my opinion that the cowboys in that area would shoot us as look at us." As a community that sits at the crossroads of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route and the major east-west route for touring...
Today is my sweetheart’s birthday. He was born exactly three weeks before me, which puts us both under the astrological sign of Gemini – a personality pairing that astrology assures me is either brilliant, or disastrous. Whether or not you set any store by astrology, it’s still fun to read the occasional horoscope or breakdown of your astrological sign. Because each sign encompasses a number of personality traits, one can usually find some example in their own nature to back up the astrological data. Some of us, howev...
When I arrived at church this past Sunday, there were some there whose faith and emotions had been terribly upended. They had found out about the couple who had lived in Lincoln that had many struggles which resulted in their lives being shortened by death this past weekend. I did not know this couple but my heart goes out to them and their families. I have had similar pain in my life and family. We were all very sad to hear of this, and prayed for the children, family and...
