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Fire contained to outbuilding
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake volunteer firefighters responded Friday night, Jan. 10 to a structure fire on Grayling Drive in Seeley Lake. The fire was contained to the outbuilding where it started. No...
The love of the game
SEELEY LAKE - "Montana, winter, pond hockey, love - That is what this is about," said Seeley Lake Pond Hockey player Brian Jon Zimmer as he walked off the ice following his last game Sunday, Jan. 12....
Living the snowmobiling lifestyle
SEELEY LAKE – When Seeley Lake native Caleb Kesterke was paid to offer snowmobile riding clinics in Russia this past November, his dream of making money riding snowmobiles took another jump towards...
Injured snowmobiler rescued from Lake Dinah
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue returned to Lake Dinah again this weekend to assist a 26-year-old female from Huson, Mont. who was injured after falling off her snowmobile. The injured female was treated on sight for possible hypothermia...
Discussion begins for Johnsrud-McNamara road project
MISSOULA – The Missoula Field Office and Federal Highway Administration will hold an open house in Missoula to discuss a proposed $5 million Federal Lands Transportation Project to improve 5.7 miles of Johnsrud-McNamara Road. The meeting, open to...
Artist residency wilderness opportunity
KALISPELL – Professional working artists from various disciplines, media and styles are invited to apply the Artist Wilderness Connection, an artist-in-residence program where artists stay in remote forest cabins for one to two weeks to create...
Flathead National Forest announces new Forest Supervisor
KALISPELL - Kurt Steele has been named forest supervisor for Flathead National Forest. He's expected to begin work in mid-February. Steele has been the deputy forest supervisor for the Nez-Perce...
Elevated levels of radon can be abated
HELENA – January is Radon Awareness Month and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s Radon Control Program encourages people to consider that long-term exposure to indoor radon can be deadly. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer...
Community asked to be more diligent with recyclables
SEELEY LAKE – Last May the Seeley Lake Refuse District stopped accepting plastic recycling due to continuing problems with improper sorting, low market value, increasing freight costs and overall...
Missoula WIC accepting new clients in surrounding areas
The Missoula Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, administered through the Missoula City-County Health Department, is accepting new clients in Missoula and surrounding counties. As the nation’s most successful and cost-effective public...
Vital Ground and Quinn family establish conservation easement
SWAN VALLEY - In Montana's Swan Valley, grizzly bears, wolverine, moose and wolves cross the roads and backyards that lie between mountain ranges. Separating the Mission Mountains and the Bob...
Fun with fishing and football
SEELEY LAKE – What do curling, football, shooting and ice fishing have in common? They are all the ways to score points at the annual Fishing and Football On The Ice that was held Saturday, Jan. 11...
Seeley-Swan takes on Vikings and Lynx
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys racked up a pair of wins while the Lady Blackhawks split the week as the teams faced the Charlo Vikings and Lincoln Lynx on the road Jan. 10 and 11. The Blackhawks took a commanding lead over the...
Community Briefs
Legends and Lore of Mowitza, Jan. 19 SEELEY LAKE – Join the Seeley Lake Historical Society and Legendary Lodge caretaker Ron Burnett for a tour of the historical Mowitza Lodge on Salmon Lake. Meet at the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitors...
Two perish in New Year's Day avalanche
SEELEY LAKE – A New Year's Day ride took a fatal turn when three snowmobilers from Anaconda were trapped in an avalanche near Lake Dinah, in the southern Mission Mountains west of Seeley Lake....
Klassens struggled to juggle family and military life
SWAN VALLEY – Edward and Heidi Klassen met and began a relationship aboard the USS John Stennis. Both ended up serving 20 years in the U.S. Navy and ultimately getting married. But maintaining a...
Seeley Lake man found guilty of embezzlement
SEELEY LAKE – On Nov. 18, Bradley Walters of Seeley Lake was convicted of one felony count of theft by embezzlement for more than $10,000 and one felony count of deceptive practices while working as the secretary/treasurer of the Seeley Lake...
Haines named Coach of the Year
SEELEY LAKE – In addition to her first state title, Seeley-Swan High School Cross Country coach Zelda Haines was voted the Montana Coaches Association's Coach of the Year for Class C Girls' Cross...
Suicide prevention at next council meeting
SEELEY LAKE - Suicide Prevention will top the agenda of next Monday’s meeting of the Seeley Lake Community Council. Sadly, Montana holds the suicide record in the nation with more than three and a half times the rate of New York, the lowest state....
ROCKS receives $10,000 grant from Missoula County
MISSOULA - Seeley Lake ROCKS received a $10,000 grant for expansion of the ice rink at Seeley Lake Elementary school as part of nearly $37,000 in matching grants awarded by the Missoula County’s Parks and Trails Advisory Board. Grant applications...
Open Book Club presents memoir authors
SEELEY LAKE - Alpine Artisans' Open Book Club kicks off the new year with the presentation of an exciting collection of short stories from over 41 Montana women, titled "We Leave the Flowers Where...
The puck drops Friday for 10th annual Pond Hockey tournament
SEELEY LAKE – Despite the feet of new snow, the organizers of the 10th annual Seeley Lake Pond Hockey Tournament (SLPH) will not be swayed. The Four rinks in the south bay of Seeley Lake will be ready to welcome 34 teams Jan. 10-12. The community...
Gabrielian brings classical music to life
SEELEY LAKE - World-renowned classical pianist Tanya Gabrielian started off the New Year bringing a whole new level of music to the Seeley-Swan High School auditorium. Playing to an audience of more...
Free skijoring and dogsledding Fun Days Jan. 11 and Jan. 12
SEELEY LAKE – Mushers and skijorers of all experience levels are invited to Montana Mountain Mushers Fun Days Jan. 11 and Jan. 12 at the West Side Bypass Trail, just north of Seeley Lake off Fawn Creek Road. Park in the musher’s parking lot (on...
Seeley-Swan defeats Clark Fork Co-op Mountain Cats
SUPERIOR – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks took on the Clark Fork Co-op Mountain Cats Jan. 3 on the road. The Blackhawks hung with the Mountain Cats in the first quarter but took a sizable lead in the second quarter. They headed...
