Lincoln County News

A group of Eureka citizens have started a petition to recall Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl Anderson, accusing him of failing to fully investigate several alleged rapes.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, H2 Pure Power is launching a business retrofitting vehicles with clean hydrogen power - an example of some of the small businesses around the valley trying to cash in on the demand for alternative energy.

Jury selection is underway in the trial of an 18-year old man accused of shooting a former solider at a remote Lincoln County campground.

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever "public health emergency,'' saying the federal government will funnel $6 million to provide medical care for people sickened by asbestos from a mine in a section of northwest Montana.

The former Grace vermiculite mine above Libby. Photo courtesy EPA. Details and relief are arriving in Libby in the wake of the the Environmental Protection Agency's decision this week to declare the town a federal public health emergency, paving the way for millions of dollars of long-needed health and cleanup funds to arrive.

The Environmental Protection Agency declared a public health emergency on Wednesday in and near Libby, Mont., where over the course of decades asbestos contamination in a vermiculite mine has left hundreds of people dead or sickened from lung diseases.

Five people who funneled methamphetamine from Spokane, Wash., to northwestern Montana have pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges.

Click the image above or use the arrows to see more photos from the Lang Creek Brewery.

KALISPELL - Forest thinning projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk are keeping loggers and log haulers at work during the housing slump.

An officer of Credit Suisse, the international investment banker that loaned the Yellowstone Club in Montana $375 million was in the witness chair Tuesday in the federal court trial on alleged fraudulent misdealings on the loan and the subsequent financial collapse of the exclusive resort.

The operator of a clothing store in far northwestern Montana is accused of placing hidden cameras in dressing rooms and restrooms at the business.

It' not a marked improvement, but the latest unemployment report from the state shows the first glimmer of good news in several months on the Western Montana job front.

Flathead Detectives arrest 10 people and seized several pounds of methamphetamine as they shutdown a major drug connection between Northwest Montana and Spokane.

The state Labor Department says Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 6% in February.

Co-owner Tiffany Adamowksi sorts bottles from a recent shipment to 99 Bottles, a specialty shop in Federal Way that features more than 900 beers.

First, the Rocky Mountain News , now the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Two of the West's oldest daily newspapers have folded.

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.

A 62-year-old Columbia Falls man is believed to have committed suicide after being stopped for a traffic violation over the weekend.

A surprise donation brought extra money to Lincoln County libraries. Roger Barenz presented a $20,000 gift in mid-December - $10,000 to the Lincoln County Library in Libby and $5,000 each to the Libby and Troy ...

The Daily Inter Lake Northwest Montana counties have been awarded $95,260 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program, the local United Way office has announced.