Glacier County News

Runoff from ample mountain snowfall last winter and spring has filled Montana's streams and reservoirs, bringing the state closer to ending a nearly decade-long drought.

The Great Falls Community Food Bank is getting more cash and food donations than in prior years, but the demand for food also is far greater, says executive director Gayle Gifford.

The trial of three brothers charged in the beating of a county commissioner will be moved out of Glacier County.

Coming out of a drought is similar to going into one. It takes multiple years of the right conditions to replenish parched aquifers, seep moisture back into deep subsoil and create spring runoff to fill reservoirs.

The new Glacier County Jail was unveiled this past week, and officials should be congratulated for bringing their detention facility into the 21st century.

BARRETT - Daughter born Friday to Ashley Barrett of Great Falls. DAVENPORT/KASZULA - Daughter born Friday to Sandi Davenport and Derrick Kaszula of Great Falls.

WASHINGTON - Montana Democrats Max Baucus and Jon Tester joined other U.S. senators Tuesday in overwhelmingly approving a credit card reform bill designed to stop what industry critics call deceptive and predatory practices.

A new $2.3 million, 25-bed jail will open soon in Cut Bank, relieving overcrowding and the threat of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit over jail conditions.

CUT BANK - The days of Glacier County's "Gunsmoke jail" - overcrowded, stinky and decrepit for much of its nearly 70-year existence - will soon be a distant memory, locked up with the keys thrown away.

Recent record snow fall caused all sorts of problems for the state, including power outages, road closures, and potential flooding.

About 10 miles northeast of Cut Bank, Don Hartwell has a couple of feet of snow outside his house, with winds gusting around 30 miles per hour, creating some bad snowdrifts.

The Rocky Mountain Front is being hammered with a spring blizzard today. Cut Bank may have received 18 inches of snow overnight, according to the Glacier County Sheriff's office.

The birds were chirping; sunshine warmed your cheeks. It was easy to be lulled into the comfortable concept of spring.

Wednesday's record-high 80-degree temperature seemed a world away as northcentral Montana was slammed with several inches of snow and a 50-plus-degree drop Thursday.

Battle lines have been drawn for a new turf war - this time involving the custody of a baby - in Glacier County.

As a lifelong resident of Glacier County who has hunted and fished on the Rocky Mountain Front throughout my life, and an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe, I have concern about the wise use of the Badger-Two Medicine area.

As Indian Country breathes a sigh of relief over President Barack Obama's allocation of about $3 billion of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan to tribes and tribal projects, we members and leaders of large land-based Indian nations still fear that the dollars headed our way must run a gauntlet of federal bureaucracy before they can turn into ...

Flathead County's unemployment rate rose to 11.3 percent in January, up from 8.7 percent in December, according to the state Department of Labor.

At some point, Sara Seglem's artistic talents caught the attention of others, but the 18-year-old can't recall when.

Friday, Jan. 9: 9:45 a.m. - Male recently charged with homicide went to District Court for sentencing.