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**Update 8-17** After a day of minimal fire behavior Thursday, firefighters made progress in fighting the Trail 467 Fire, which was listed 23 acres and 50 percent contained Friday morning. Plans call for skidgins to improve the fire line and fuel break while personnel continue to mop up Friday. Aircraft weren't needed Thursday but remain on standby as Red Flag conditions are in the forecast Friday afternoon, due to the possibility of dry thunderstorms and erratic winds.. There...
Dear Dietitian, I had a heart attack three months ago and since then have been more conscientious about my diet. I've been eating more fish and a friend was telling me about fish oil supplements. Are these helpful in heart patients? Signed, Jerry Dear Jerry, Omega-3 fatty acids, or simply omega-3s, have received a considerable amount of attention from the healthcare field and the general public. There are several omega-3 fatty acids, and two in particular have been studied, DH...
Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs provided more than two hours of live and energetic bluegrass to round the day during the Lincoln Arts Festival Saturday....
The Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society and Time Traveler's Closet are scheduled to host Lincoln's second annual Heritage Day Fashion Show at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Community Hall. The vintage fashion show first made its appearance at the 2017 Heritage Day event, one of several displays and activities chosen to showcase our rich American history. After a positive response from participants and spectators alike, organizers decided to make the show an annual even...
Matt stood in front of the mirror knotting the $80 silk tie his wife had given him for his birthday. He called to her, asking, "What time to we have to be at the church?" Liz, his wife, answered, "We'll leave here in a half-hour. The baptism is after the service, so we have a little time." Matt and Elizabeth were going to be godfather and mother to their daughter's first child and their first grandchild. It was a big occasion for everyone but Matt. Matt called back, saying, "W...
Last year, the Continental Divide Trail Coalition based in Golden, Colo. recognized Lincoln as their first Gateway Community in Montana, and as Marty Bannon sees it, Lincoln's location on the CDT, the Great Divide Mountain Bike Trail and the nascent Montana Trail 406 is something Lincoln can really capitalize on as trail use continues to climb. "You've got three of the most remote and challenging trails that meet right in Lincoln. There's nowhere else on the CDT where they...
You know these words, but how often do you stop to think about them? "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." They belong, of course, to the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. That remarkable document is not just the blueprint for our political system. Its Preamble...
Family Nurse Practitioner Laura Broussard, the medical provider at Parker Medical Center, moved to Lincoln one year ago in the midst of forest fire smoke and hot, windy days. Despite surviving an epic snowy winter, learning to snowshoe and driving through snow drifts, she says she loves it here. "This has been a wonderful year, full of great memories," said Broussard, adding that she's hoping for a little less snow next winter. Coincidentally, Pureview Clinics is...
Despite temperatures in the 90's and a brief rainstorm on Saturday, Lincoln's second annual Arts Festival seemed to go off without a hitch last weekend. The Arts Festival was born last year when Lincoln's Council for the Arts voted to re-energize the annual Art in the Park by updating the traditional summer art show to a festival atmosphere. In the hands of organizers Sue Tynes and Karyn Good, and with the collaboration of several local organizations and sponsors, the 2017...
It’s August and that means it’s almost ‘Back to School’ time again. Fortunately, Lincoln kids can start off right with a school supply giveaway planned for Monday, Aug. 20 from 5-7 p.m. at the Lincoln School Library. Although a program in Helena provides the supplies for the give-away, anyone wishing to donate additional can bring items to the school before Aug. 20. Call 362-4201 for more information....
The new branch manager and loan officer at Lincoln’s Citizens Alliance Bank spent part of his Sunday morning with his wife flipping pancakes and cooking sausage and eggs for the Lincoln Heritage Alliance/Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society pancake breakfast at the Lincoln Arts Festival last weekend. Shayne Lindsay and his wife Jan have only been in Lincoln for about a month, but showed up to help with the fundraiser as a way to get involved in the community. “The longer I’ve been in my career and the older I’ve gotten,...
