Articles from the April 11, 2018 edition
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MBAC seeking Community Development Block Grant to help prospective buyer purchase, grow Hi Country Snack Foods
The Montana Business Assistance Connection is seeking public comments on an application for a Community Development Block Grant for Economic Development aimed at helping a prospective buyer purchase... Full story
Dramatic big rig wreck closes Rogers Pass
The driver of a semi-truck that slide off Montana 200 on the east side of Rogers Pass narrowly avoided disaster Thursday. On icy roads, the truck was going around a corner and heading downhill when... 
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L&C County debuts Dalton Bridge website
Lewis and Clark County Public Works unveiled a new website last week aimed at keeping the public informed about efforts to upgrade the Dalton Mountain Road Bridge. The website, lewisandclarkcountyinfr...
New books and a fine deal at the Lincoln Library
April 8-14 is National Library week and the Lincoln Library has added 29 new bestsellers, three new movies, six new audiobooks, 12 new children’s books, and 163 other new books to the stacks this week. This week the Lincoln Library is also...
Op/Ed: moving forward on forest management reform
Snow may still be on the ground, but last year's wildfire season isn't too far from memory. We have good news for Montanans, though. After years of negotiation, we have finally secured a deal that...
Letter: Common Sense
After the recent school shooting the usual cries for gun “safety” went out. Stephen Smith who lost his mother in a school shooting wrote a great pro-gun guest editorial which pretty much reflects my views on the subject. Democrats and other...
Letter: Byington on point
In support of Craig Byington’s comments on Jon Tester in the April 4, 2018 edition of the BVD, I’d like to add the following: He may have voted for these Trump proposals, but politics being what they are, his vote wasn’t even needed for...
County residents encouraged to register for RAVE
Lewis and Clark County public safety officials are urging residents to register with or update their information on their mass notification system. During an emergency, RAVE Alert, the official mass...
County asks for patience on potholes
Bad potholes after long winters aren't new, but as the snow finally begins to recede and the roads thaw, they are becoming an increasingly jarring problem on the roads around Lincoln. Eric Griffin,...
Montana Tales & Trails: Too Much Water?
This year when winter ends, and yes someday it will, talk will turn from snowfall and ice depth to snowmelt, runoff and flooding. Old timers will recall the great flood years from the 1960s and...
New Hooper Park restroom bids higher than hoped for
Lewis and Clark County is evaluating the new bids they received for the fabrication of the Hooper Park Restroom, but they’re higher than hoped for and the county will have to decide how they want to proceed. “The good news is that a couple are...
Keeping practice on track
How do you train for track meets when your school's own track is buried under two feet of snow? With track practice beginning in mid-March, snow is an issue Lincoln School Track Coach John Beckman II...
Surviving the seasonal hazards of the hayfields
Looking back, it’s surprising to realize how hazardous our ranch childhoods were. We had scores of attractive dangers to lure us into difficult situations. We had horses, defensive cows with new...
My Smart Mouth: April Shut-ins
Normally, I’m not one for complaining about the weather. Several times this winter I was heard to remind my better half that he chooses to live in the mountains and thus snow and cold weather are to be expected and besides, isn’t it beautiful? I...
Winter Hangover
Snow creates a frozen wave on the edge of a drift that formed on a sidehill along Stemple Pass Road during last week's snowstorm....
