Legislative update: Rep. John Fleming

Hello from Helena. I hit the wrong computer button and missed sending a letter last week! This report is an update on weeks six and seven. All House and Senate committee work and floor votes must be completed by Feb. 26 on bills going to the opposite body. A flood of bills were handed in and almost every committee is starting early and working late. Last week my days ended at 7 or 8 p.m.

Live History Days bring displays to life

On any given day, the exhibits in the Miracle of America Museum in Polson tell the history of America and its peoples. But during Live History Days, July 15-16, many exhibits come alive as skilled craftsmen show how things were made in the “old days” while volunteers start the engines on what are usually static displays.

Polson board votes to reconfigure schools

By Ethan Smith

None injured after grill causes Polson house fire

There were no injuries following a fire in Polson last week, after a good Samaritan pounded on a man’s window, alerting him to the fire.

Glass repairs underway at Polson museum

Schiele Masonry began work in mid-November at the Polson Flathead Historical Museum to replace the glass brick windows that had been damaged by vandalism during Summer 2018.

Couture found guilty on all three counts

Sighs of relief were heard among the rows of Daniel McLeod's friends and family as a jury found James Arthur Couture guilty of deliberate homicide and two counts of tampering with physical evidence last Thursday before Judge Kim Christopher.

Quakes are nothing new in area

Among Other Things

MVA revived by loan

POLSON — Put all those rumors to rest, people: Mission Valley Auto isn’t going anywhere.

Highlights from Helena - April 11

Last Friday was a very frustrating day in Helena. One Senate Democrat, Shannon Augare from Browning, was absent from the senate floor when we started at noon. But he had been in committee that morning.

Community Calendar

WEB EXTRA Helena update from Rep. John Fleming

Hello from Helena .  Our half way point has been reached and the last minutecrush of bills have been dealt with prior to this deadline.

A good experience

Among other things

Decades of Love

Parents turn child's friend in for having drugs in their home

POLSON — A Polson man pleaded guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs in Lake County District Court last Wednesday, changing his original not guilty plea from January after his friend’s parents found illicit drugs that belong to him in their house.

Bill to establish infrastructure fund moves through House

Legislation to create a $100 million transportation infrastructure fund passed unanimously through the House Appropriations Committee last week.

Pirate palace: New Linderman gym in final stages

Open house set as 3.5-year, $8.9 million project is nearly complete.

Capitol Letters

My first Town Hall – Thank you all for filling Polson Library’s meeting room last Monday for the Q and A session with us, your legislators. It was great to get reacquainted and hear your many concerns. Conversation ranged widely from the problems with the current Big Sky Rx program all the way to fair rebates for renewable energy. I know we couldn’t cover them all in the time we spent together.

Mission Seniors: Craft Day centers on stained glass

Upcoming Events at the St. Ignatius Senior Center include: Craft Day – Introduction to Cut Stained Glass at 1 p.m. Jan. 16.

Legislative Report

The end is starting to come into sight here in Helena as the budget will be back from conference committee and ready to pass on to the Governer this week. He will not like it as is. It will be balanced to the revenue projections and they are still going down each month. The positioning with vetoes, amenditory veto and all the conference committees means that things can change every hour.

CSKT make pitch to bring Big Medicine back home to bison range

When Congress passed and President Donald J. Trump signed into law the legislation that would restore the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, it marked a homecoming of sorts as the land, the operations and the bison were returned to tribal management.