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A northern pygmy owl appears to wink at the camera while sitting on a fence post along Dalton Mountain Road, near Sherlock Lane Saturday afternoon, June 20....
Lincoln was the first pit stop for the vintage automobiles, which left from Helena at about 8 a.m. Monday and reached Lincoln at about 11 a.m. From here they headed out for Fairfield for a lunch stop. The cars cover about 200 miles on the first day of the event, 200 miles on the second day and 100 miles on the third. This year marks the 60th running of The Montana 500, which began in 1961 with a run along highway 200 (then Highway 20) from Missoula to Fairview near the North...
Well, we made it through another winter and spring and really had no flooding issues; a nice break for all those that have been having issues the past few years. Now we head back into fire season. Weather From all the outlooks we have gotten, it appears that we can have an average season or we can have an above-average fire season. Hard to predict what Mother Nature is gonna throw at us. I'll get back to you in October and tell ya what kinda fire season we had in case you...
Grizzly bear populations continue to become denser and more widespread in Montana, increasing the likelihood that residents and recreationists will encounter them in new places each year. That means being prepared for such encounters is more important than ever, both to keep people and property safe and to cultivate healthy bear behavior. In a recent example, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks became aware of a video depicting a bear in the Highwood Mountains, east of Great...
3th Grade Nathan Brown 4.0 Alexis Cannon 4.0 Sage Kamps 4.0 Jaken Shelton 4.0 Ryan Greenwood 3.909 11th Grade Lindsey Weisner 4.0 Nikki Snyder 3.667 Bradley Howard 3.6 10th Grade Jenna Templeton 4.0 Alyvia Blotkamp 3.857 Andrea LaManna 3.714 Alle Russ 3.714 Damion Birkholz 3.286 Justin Fry 3.071 9th Grade Jessica Zarske 3.857 Hayden Dempster 3.214 8th Grade Kylee Copenhaver 4.0 Maddie Sampson 4.0 Miyah Davis 3.846 Logan Joyce 3.769 Trever Tolan 3.643 Wesson Dempster 3.333...
Dozens came to a party for Rhonda McClure last Wednesday to wish her well on her move back to Wisconsin after 40 years in Montana, most of those spent here in Lincoln with her husband Bob. Rhonda first came to Montana in 1980, when she was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls. Although she'd won a four-year scholarship to college in Wisconsin, Rhonda chose instead to enlist. Her parents wouldn't sign for her, so she waited until she turned 18 the summer after...
Helena - On the morning of June 12, 2020, Gerald "Jerry" William Halter passed away after a short battle with cancer at the age of 81, surrounded by his loving family. Jerry was born in Great Falls, Mont. April 25,1939 and was the third child of Lester and Grace Halter. He attended Our Lady of Lourdes and Great Falls Central High, where he was active in sports. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1957 and was honorably discharged in 1960. On December 7, 1962, he...
The annual summer reading program at the Lewis & Clark Library – Lincoln Branch kicked off on June 8 and runs until August 31. This year's theme, Imagine Your Story, is open to people of all ages. Activity booklets are available at the library or online at the library's website at https://www.lclibrary.org/391/Summer-Library-Program. Booklets contain different activities and goals for different age groups, as well as outdoor activities. Ages 0-4 will count the number of b...
Gearl Douglas Mason, age 64, of Kalispell, died at his home May 6, 2020. Gearl was born in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 29, 1955 to Ila Haslip. At four years of age, Gearl's mother married Lee Mason in California, though he was not adopted, he carried the Mason name throughout his life. Gearl received his education in Bell Gardens, Calif., graduating from Bell Gardens High School in 1973. Gearl enlisted in the United States Army, serving 16 years and was honorably discharged...
Richard Lee Mason., age 59, of Kalispell and formerly of Lincoln, died Tuesday, June 9, in Kalispell. Richard was Born April 24, 1961 in Los Angeles, Calif. to Lee and Ila {Haslip) Mason. He received his education in Lincoln, Mont. through 8th Grade and graduated high school In Augusta in 1979. Richard was part owner of the Husky gas station in Lincoln for nearly five years. Richard also worked at High Country Beef Jerky and Genesis International Sales and did a little work...
Fake news. Those two words have likely created more confusion and distrust of the news media than any other. While it is easy to understand why those of us who work in the news media despise the term, it should also be apparent that the general public has a vested interest in discerning facts from falsehoods. Some of the louder news voices of the past few decades have been the cable news networks that provide news, analysis and opinion. But the opinion side now dominates on...
With fire season on the horizon, the Lincoln Ranger District is preparing to tackle wildfires in a different way. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the large fire camps that spring up during fires are generally off the table, as the camp crews that normally manage the camps and feed the fire crews aren't available this year. Likewise, concerns about the potential for coronavirus spread means the district won't bring in fire crews and fire management teams from around the...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received nineteen calls for service during the week of June 14 through June 20. Deputies performed six traffic stops and one civil service in the Lincoln area. One call for service generated a case report last week: A Deputy took a theft report out on S. Lincoln Gulch Road, Saturday, June 20. One item was stolen, a weed trimmer. There are no suspects or leads at this time. Other calls for service in the Lincoln area were two 911 hang-ups, one...
Although we celebrated Father's Day this past weekend, I felt it might be a good time to pay a tribute to Dads – especially mine – for just one more week. In my opinion, dads, like moms, really do deserve more than just a day to celebrate them. For those of you that don't know me personally, I lost my Dad almost two years ago to cancer. Father's Day has become one of "those" holidays where I find myself missing him just a little bit more than usual (along with his bir...
Be it Summer, Winter, Spring, or Fall, whatever time of the year you will see this young fellow of 86 out for his daily walk down through Lincoln. Richard McInally, or Mack is what most know him as, moved to Lincoln with his wife Christine in January 1992. Pryor to that, Mack was in the Navy from 1952 to 1956 and for three and a half years, Mack ran the office for the Blue Angels. When out of the service, Mack had worked for the Great Falls Gas Co. for more than 10 years. In...
The Lincoln Solid Waste Board has decided to pause plastics recycling for one year, starting July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021. One of the reasons for the move is the COVID pandemic, said Misty Edwards of the Lincoln Solid Waste Board. “We don’t necessarily want the attendants handling plastic,” she said. Edwards said the larger reason for the pause in recycling is changes in the market. “We don’t have a market for plastics right now. Our plastics used to be grouped together in a co-op and sold to China. China changed w...
