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Montana Senate District 40 Candidates: Terry Gauthier Catherine Scott District-wide Results Terry Gauthier (R) : 8500 60% Catherine Scott (D): 5560 40% Lewis and Clark County Terry Gauthier (R) : 7,608 58% Catherine Scott (D): 5,360 41% Powell County Terry Gauthier (R) : 892 80% Catherine Scott (D): 200 18% ---------------------------------------------------------- Montana House District 17: Candidates: Ross H. Fitzgerald (R) Barnett Sporkin-Morrison (D) District-wide Results Ross H. Fitzgerald (R): 4,451 79% Barnett Sporkin-...
Montana Governor Candidates Greg Gianforte- - Kristen Juras Mike Cooney - Casey Schreiner Lyman Bishop - John Nestor Montana Statewide Gianforte/Juras (R): 325,506 - 54% Cooney/SchreinerD): 249,248 - 42% Bishop/Nestor(L): 23,838 - 4% Lewis and Clark County Gianforte/Juras (R): 21,020 - 49% Cooney/Schreiner(D): 19,967 - 47% Bishop/Nestor(L): 1,448 - 3% PCT 31 - Lincoln Gianforte/Juras (R): 534 - 72% Cooney/Schreiner (D): 170 - 23% Bishop/Nestor (L): 34 - 4% PCT 32 – North L...
LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY - COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #2 Candidates: Tom Rolfe Mike Fasbender County-wide Results Tom Rolfe: 19,977 - 52% Mike Fasbender: 17,946 - 47% Pct 31 - Lincoln area Tom Rolfe: 243 - 37% Mike Fasbender: 406 - 62% Pct 32 – North Lincoln area Tom Rolfe: 28 - 43% Mike Fasbender: 36 - 56% ----------------------------------------------------- LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Candidates: Mark Piskolich David M. Rau County-wide Results Mark Piskolich: 20,156 - 54% David M. Rau: 16,968 - 45% Pct 31 -...
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT C-46 Constitutional amendment to change constitutional amendment signature requirements. Montana Statewide Yes: 416,607 - 77% No: 124,784 - 23% Lewis and Clark County Yes: 30,692 -77% No: 8,836 - 22% PCT 31 – Lincoln Yes: 511 - 74% No: 175 - 25% PCT 32 – North Lincoln Yes: 62 - 82% No: 13 - 17% Powell County Yes: 2,087 - 71% No: 851 - 28% PCT 14 – Ovando Yes: 149 - 80% No: 35 - 19% PCT 12 - Helmville Yes: 119 - 73% No: 44 - 26% -----...
President We may not yet know who won the presidential election at the national level, but with 96% of precincts fully reported, we know how the candidates for federal office fared in Montana Candidates: Donald Trump - Michael Pence (R) Joseph Biden - Kamala Harris (D) Jo Jorgensen - Jeremy Cohen (L) Montana State: Trump - Pence(R) 340,586 57% Biden - Harris (D) 243,223 41% Jorgensen - Cohen (L) 15,047 3% Lewis and Clark County Trump - Pence(R) 21,407 50% Biden - Harris (D)...
MISSOULA – Hunter numbers through the west-central Montana wildlife check stations were down through the first two weekends of the big game hunting season, with hunter success holding above average through the Anaconda and Darby stations, while falling below average through Bonner. Overall, Motana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) biologists checked 3,131 hunters with 118 elk, 24 mule deer, 87 white-tailed deer, two black bear, one sheep, one goat and one wolf in the first two w...
prohibitions: • Persons with a special use authorization or other Forest Service authorization that specifically exempts them from the restrictions. • Any Federal, State or Local Law Enforcement Officer or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty. • Persons transporting forage or mulch products across restricted areas without unloading or using the products on National Forest System lands, roads or trails. Violation of these...
Four years ago, a majority of Montanans voted against spending the small amount of money it would take to rename the office of state auditor to reflect what the position actually does. Now, both Democrat Shane Morigeau and Republican Troy Downing are stressing how important the job is to protect Montanans and grow the economy. The position oversees the insurance and the securities industries in Montana; enforcing laws, licensing companies to practice in Montana, and...
As voters across the state turn to the Montana Secretary of State's office for guidance on how to cast a ballot safely during a pandemic, they also face choosing between two candidates running for the office. The race features state Sen. Bryce Bennett, a Democrat born in Hysham, versus Republican nominee Christi Jacobsen of Helena, who's served for nearly four years as deputy to Republican Secretary of State Corey Stapleton. The race is playing out against a debate over mail...
An accident late on Beaver Creek Road Wednesday night, Oct. 21, claimed the life of Lincoln resident Chris Buster, 44, when his pickup went off the road about five miles north of Highway 200. Lewis and Clark County Dispatch received word of the accident at 10:40 a.m. Thursday Buster failed to return to his home in Lincoln Wednesday night after spending the day scouting for elk. Bobbijean and friends discovered the accident Thursday morning. Montana State Highway Patrol...
The Lincoln Prosperity Group - formerly the Upper Blackfoot Working Group – hosted a Virtual Open House Oct. 19 to gather feedback on the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal from Helena-area residents. The event was the first in a series of virtual open houses planned over the next three months, to introduce Montanans outside the Upper Blackfoot to the collaborative plan for public land management in the Lincoln area. The open houses are part of the final push to refine the proposal w...
Montana has recently seen a drastic uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases, with 622 new cases reported Monday, Oct. 26. Of those, 29 were in Lewis and Clark County. According to the Lewis and Clark County Public Health Department's COVID-19 Dashboard, the county had 598 active cases Monday. Those numbers have been increasing by between 20 and 30 new cases per day throughout October. "Montana is in a critical situation right now with COVID," Eric Merchant, Administrator for... Full story
Hundreds of thousands of ballots were mailed Oct. 9 to registered Montana voters in 45 counties doing mail-in voting. Although most ballots should safely reach voters at their homes, it's possible some may be late or missing. According to the Helena Independent Record in May, more than 85% of registered voters successfully received ballots during the June 2 primary, but some voters did not receive a ballot due to an address change or a possible error by the U.S. Postal Service...
Over the past few elections, Montanans have voted to change the rules around medical marijuana, sought to impose a crime victim's bill of rights and changed how absentee ballots can be collected. All these issues required a specific number of voter signatures to land on the ballot and now that rule is, itself, on the ballot. This year voters will decide whether to return the language in Article XIV, Section IX and Article III, section IV of the Montana Constitution back to...
The differences between the two candidates for the Superintendent of Public Instruction are as clear as the mask on a student's face. Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, a Republican running for re-election, has stressed her belief that local school districts should decide whether to require students to wear masks in school this fall. Her opponent, former Montana Teacher of the Year and Democrat Melissa Romano, has made it clear she supports statewide rules to require masks in count...
Lewis and Clark County's new undersheriff is a familiar face to Lincoln residents. Sheriff Leo Dutton selected Helena native and former Lincoln substation deputy Brent Colbert to fill the position held by Jason Grimmis until Sept. 30. Colbert's promotion into the position became effective Oct. 14. Grimmis retired after 27 years with the LCCSO to pursue a new career as the first director of campus security and public safety at Carroll College. Colbert was one of three members...
The storm last weekend that dropped about five inches of snow in Lincoln resulted in a handful of slide-offs and accidents along Highway 200 in the Upper Blackfoot. Lincoln Fire Rescue and the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance started Saturday morning off with a 5 a.m. call concerning an accident about 16 miles west of Lincoln, between the Highway 141 intersection and Browns Lake, but both were called off before leaving Lincoln because other responders were already on scene. A...
If an apple a day can keep the doctor away, what will a flu vaccine get you? The answer may be better health today and improved odds of maintaining your brain power in the future. The risks posed by the flu are pretty self-evident for older adults. Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC) reported that 35.5 million people in the U.S. contracted the flu, resulting in 34,200 deaths. Of those fatalities, about 75 percent were among people over age 65. While we’re waiting on the COVID-19 vaccine… And the...
As Attorney General Tim Fox vacates his seat early next year, two newcomers to statewide political races are battling to become Montana's top lawyer and laying out distinct choices for voters. The spirited race pits Republican Austin Knudsen, a former Montana House speaker and now Roosevelt County attorney, against Great Falls Democrat Raph Graybill, Gov. Steve Bullock's chief lawyer. The attorney general is the state's highest legal authority, overseeing the Montana Departmen...
4 may go down in history as a generally abysmal year nationally, but locally the Lincoln Ranger District completed a series of enhancements to local outdoor recreational opportunities on the National Forest around Lincoln this year. "Some long-term projects got wrapped up this year," Josh Lattin, District Resource Specialist, told the BVD. Roger's Pass Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted traffic on Continental Divide Trail this year, next year hikers will find an...
In a surprisingly swift response to the request for a speed study on Highway 200 east of Lincoln, the Montana Department of Transportation is proposing to reduce speeds east of Lincoln, past Sculpture in the Wild and the Lincoln Ranger Station complex. Based on the traffic operation, they are recommending a modification of the speed zones on the east end of Lincoln to include a new nearly mile-long 60 mph speed zone that will extend east to the intersection with Airport Road....
A side-by-side accident during the Oct. 3 DAV Fun Run sent one woman to the hospital after the driver apparently overcorrected on a sharp corner just below Huckleberry pass, sending the OHV off an embankment and into the trees below. The women, who weren't identified but were said to be from Great Falls, were discovered by two bowhunters who were driving past. Trevor Bowman and Preston Millan, from the Missoula area, were looking for a game trail that would take them away from...
Ballots will be mailed out Oct. 9 to all active and provisionally registered voters in Lewis and Clark County and should begin showing up in mailboxes Oct. 10. According to a press release from Lewis and Clark County, the election system allows for one active ballot at a time per registered voter. People wishing to vote in person, or who have already voted in person, may still receive a ballot in the mail, however, if a person has already voted in person, the mail-in ballot... Full story
Every year hunters across Montana donate thousands of pounds of wild game to local food banks through local meat processors. With the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks is urging hunters to have their deer, elk and moose tested and have a negative test result in hand prior to donating no matter where in Montana these animals are harvested. "We know this will be a shift for both hunters and processors, but with a little planning ahead, it...
If Montana's campaign for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives seems familiar, it's because both candidates have been here before. Democrat Kathleen Williams of Bozeman lost a House race just two years ago to Congressman Greg Gianforte, and the consequences of that defeat still rankle, she said. "It's been incredibly frustrating to see the lack of leadership and representation, frankly," said Williams, a former state legislator, about Gianforte's actions...
