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The recent effort to simplify hunting regulations in Montana has sparked debate around the state and could bring significant changes to boundaries of the deer and elk hunting districts in the Lincoln area. Hunters in Lincoln had the chance to discuss the proposals at a season setting meeting at Lambkins Wednesday, Jan. 5. Led by Randy Arnold, the regional supervisor for Region 2, the meeting drew only a few participants. Although the meeting also touched on the elimination of...
Road ecologists say wildlife crossings are one of the best ways to reduce wildlife-vehicles collisions and mitigate one of the most significant human impacts on ecosystems. This three-part series examines Montana's approach to crossing initiatives as the federal government prepares to implement a $350 million pilot project - the largest investment of its kind in U.S. history. During a Nov. 17 hearing, Martha Williams answered dozens of questions you'd expect an incoming...
It's a New Year and a fresh chance to show those bigger schools that Lincoln teams can put up a good fight and be competitive in the Class C bracket. The first varsity game of 2022 was an entertaining but losing effort with the boys and girls varsity teams from Darby on Saturday, Jan 8. The stands were packed with Lincoln folks looking for an evening of comaraderie and fun while rooting for the home teams. Yes, it was another of those nights where the Lincoln Lynx were...
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Supervisor Bill Avey retired Dec. 31 after four decades with then U.S. Forest Service. Deputy Forest Supervisor Sara Mayben, who served as acting forest supervisor last summer, will step back into the acting supervisor role, with Catherine Pinegar, who led the recreation, engineering and timber programs, stepping in as acting deputy forest supervisor. "I am grateful that I've been able to spend almost all of my long career in Montana and...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received forty-seven calls for service during the weeks of Dec 26, 2021 to Jan. 8, 2022 in the Lincoln area. One of those calls was a traffic stop performed by deputies. Two of those calls for service generated a case report in the last two weeks: Deputies responded to the 900 block of N. 4th St December 27th, 2022, for a domestic. After an investigation, the male involved was charged with Strangulation of Partner or Family Member, a Felony; A...
Drivers in a rush to pass other cars as they head into or out of Lincoln will need a little more patience in the future with the Montana Department of Transportation's approval of an extension of no-passing zones on both the east and west ends of town. A recent review of data and field observations of traffic and driveway densities on Highway 200 near Lincoln provided justification for the extension. MDT conducted the observations on Highway 200 on both ends of Lincoln at...
Editor's Note: On a recent trip to my parents place in Missoula, my mother showed me this story, written by my sister Kathy for a class back in 1992. It brought back a lot of memories. While Lincoln has always had its fair share of beat up old pickups, if you lived here between 1985 and about 1991, you may recall seeing my Dad, Mike Dey, driving this one around town or up in the woods. I remember well that spring day in 1980 when Dad went to buy a· new truck. It was a warm...
Happy 2022! I hope you all had a wonderful start to the new year. Although I’ve stated before I’m not a huge proponent of making resolutions, I am a huge proponent of making changes to things. It seems that as a new year begins, I find myself re-evaluating the schedules, routines, relationships and more from the previous year, and at the same time thinking of things I want to do. What I’ve found in the past is that I was always just trying to add things in, and I was never trying to let anything go. This ranged from sched...
On January 1st of this year, the No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect protecting individuals with private health insurance from surprise medical bills. In other words, if you are insured from a company that is not Medicare or Medicaid and receive emergency medical care or a scheduled procedure at an in-network facility, then, in most circumstances, you will not be billed at "out of network" rates. This law, signed by President Trump in 2020 and now being implemented under...
OVANDO – When Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Terry Sheppard opened her office in Ovando in 1981 she was known as "the CPA on horseback." Her first tax season she spent April 15 knitting socks until 5 p.m. "just in case someone had a last minute return. Then I increased my clientele." After 40 years of serving local, national and international clients, Sheppard announced her retirement Oct. 15. She will continue to assist local non-profits for the next couple of years. S...
