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Mental health experts to provide information on current suicide prevention efforts in Montana HELENA – The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is hosting a panel of suicide prevention experts to provide information on current evidence-based suicide prevention programs currently being implemented in Montana. The presentations are scheduled for Thursday, February 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Old Supreme Court Chambers at the Capitol in Helena. The panel will consist of officials from DPHHS; Billings Cl...
After a couple of lucky breaks, the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance was recently able to bring home a new ambulance to serve Lincoln. "We found it on one of our EMS sites on Facebook – a volunteer ambulance department out of Chesterfield, Va. was selling it," LVA president Aaron Birkholz said of the "new" ambulance, a 2006 model on a Chevy C4500 frame with only 65,000 miles on the odometer. The LVA had been saving for a new ambulance for years and had around $47,000 in savings a...
First approved by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission for the 2016 season, shoulder seasons are an opportunity for hunters in hunting districts where elk populations are over objective. For the 2018 season, the commission approved shoulder seasons in more than 50 hunting districts, in six of FWP's seven regions. Shoulder seasons have specific fundamental objectives and as such, the commission and department are monitoring the success of shoulder seasons in each hunting...
Local health officials are preparing for the likely chance that measles will make its way to Lewis and Clark County in the near future. They're also urging residents to take steps now to protect themselves, their children, and their community. Employees of Lewis and Clark Public Health gathered with about a dozen school and medical providers Thursday to talk about how they'll work together to identify and respond to even a single suspected case of measles. Montana hasn't seen...
Years back almost every ranch kept a "farm flock" of 100 – 200 ewes. They provided extra income from their wool and lambs, but could be a nuisance with their fence crawling ways and propensity to die when offered any opportunity. We got started in the business when a herder working on a ranch that ran thousands of sheep gave our father thirty orphan lambs. I don't know how our mother managed. She had at least four or five children then, none old enough to be much help, plus s...
This week I want to share some thoughts on how a person can change. But it is not change for changes’ sake, but how a person can change Biblically? How does a person adjust their thinking to match up with what God would have them think; or act or speak or live? I imagine most of us have heard that this “eternal life” God offers us is a gift. Unfortunately many reject this gift (Matthew 7: 13-14; John 3:16-21). If one does not have a sincere relationship with the Lord Jesus...
12 Race to the Sky 100-Mile Finishers Place Musher Name Hometown Sunday Finish Time 1st Rick Larson Belt, Mont. 8:19 a.m. 2nd Jenny Roddewig Bozeman, Mont. 8:25 a.m. 3rd Charmayne Morrison Bozeman, Mont. 8:30 a.m. 4th Patrick Roy Plains, Mont. 8:37 a.m. 5th Laura Daugereau Stockett, Mont. 8:57 a.m. 6th David Hassilev Priest River, Idaho 8:58 a.m. 7th James Pilcher Fairfield, Mont. 10:02 a.m. 8th Miriam Osredkar Fairfield, Mont. 10:03 a.m. 9th Roy Etnire Seeley Lake, Mont. 10:50 a.m. 10th Janet Bahe Togo, Minn. 11:05 a.m....
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual dinner meeting Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Lincoln Library. The evening began with a regular business meeting, accompanied by an informal pot luck dinner, that saw the four present LVCC directors discuss recent chamber events and updates before reconvening to seat two of the three new directors elected to the board. A look back at last month's Skijor Lincoln topped the agenda, with Chamber President Laurie Richards saying...
After 34 years as a clerk at Mountain View Co-op, Emily Rundell is happy to be the Lincoln Ranger District's new information receptionist. Her duties, as the first person most people meet when visiting the Lincoln Ranger Station, include answering phones, office management and providing information to tourists and locals about the District. Rundell was scheduled to start work there Jan. 7, but due to the government shutdown, she didn't begin her new role until Feb.4. "After...
It seems that every other TV commercial is for auto insurance. “Save money on your car insurance by being a safe driver.” “Save here on auto insurance with just a few clicks.” State law requires us to carry auto insurance. But it doesn’t do enough to require that insurance companies are fair about how they price these policies for us. Those savings they promise aren’t as straightforward as the ads make it seem. The different rates you see when you compare companies has more to do with the ways insurance companies evaluate pe...
Dear Dietitian, My husband was just diagnosed with prediabetes. We were given a sheet of paper with information on this, but it left us with many questions. Does he need a special diet? Will he have full-blown diabetes in a few years? We need more information, please. Suzanne Dear Suzanne, A new diagnosis can be overwhelming, and often leaves us with many questions. You are wise to seek information. Prediabetes is when your blood sugars are high, but not high enough to be...
HELENA-The Montana House of Representatives has passed a bill that would use money from the coal severance tax trust fund to pay for low- and moderate-income housing projects. House Bill 16, carried by Rep. Dave Fern, D-Whitefish, passed the House on a 71-29 vote and will now move on to the Senate. The bill would allow a loan to be taken from the coal trust fund's investment pool to fund the development of housing originally financed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
Note: A special thanks to Pathfinder Editor Andi Bourne for letting us run her story and photos, since I missed both the vet checks and the entire Race start. Instead, I spent much of Saturday trying unsuccessfully to dig our only running car out of the three-foot drift in our driveway I didn't quite get through. - Roger SEELEY LAKE – With temperatures below zero and wind chills estimated at -47 degrees, it was a frigid start to the 34th annual Race to the Sky in Lincoln, M...
