The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
Sorted by date Results 1 - 16 of 16
(Editor's Note: Readers of the BVD who have followed Dick Geary's exploits in Brazil during the past year may have noticed there hasn't been a column from him in the last month. Although we initially assumed he was having issues with his computer or the internet there, that unfortunately proved not to be the case. Everyone at the BVD is glad to hear Dick's health is improving and we wish him, his family and his friends all the best as they work through these challenging...
Rocky Mountain Development Council will have supplemental foods available to Lincoln area senior citizens at the Lincoln Senior Center on Wednesday, May 23 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. Foods are shelf stable and consist of canned fruit, vegetables, meats, juice, cereals, milk, cheese, and peanut butter. Persons 60 years and older qualify by meeting income requirements and by being a state of Montana resident. For further information or questions, call RMDC at 447-1680 or visit www.rmdc.net. The Lincoln Senior Center wants to...
Ovando residents turned out last Saturday for the town's annual Clean Up Day aimed a sprucing up the town ahead of the busy summer season. The spring tradition fell by the wayside several years ago following several years of late season snowstorms, but was revived in 2013....
Filming on the movie 'Ted K,' which looks at Ted Kaczynski's time in Lincoln in the years just prior to his arrest has been ongoing around town. Last Wednesday, May 9, film crews set up a scene at D&D Foodtown featuring Kaczynski doing some shopping. Several locals appear in the scene, including Kaczynski's former neighbor Wendy Gehring, who appears in a speaking role as a cashier.... Full story
The Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area will open at noon Friday, June 1 this year, instead of the regularly scheduled opening of May 15. Persistent snow, a slow spring thaw and extremely wet roads have prompted the extended closure, as well as the need to allow habitat bordering the WMA to thaw and green up to receive migratory wildlife that wintered on the WMA. The extended closure to all public entry pertains to that portion of the WMA bounded by Clearwater Junction on its southwest corner, generally lying north...
With the job of coordinating the initial Envision Lincoln meetings behind them, Trust For Public Lands representative Amy MacNamara began working with locals last week on the plans for a trail system for the town and nearby areas. Shortly after Lincoln was awarded the $100,000 grant from the LOR Foundation last year that funded Envision Lincoln, a priority identified by organizers is the need for a trail system around Lincoln that provides safe walking or bicycling routes for...
Recent high water in the Lincoln area impacted several parts of the valley as low and mid elevation snows melted, swelling the Blackfoot River and the many creeks in the area that feed into it. The recent flooding has prompted the Fores Service to close Sucker Creek rad at the trailhead north of town, as well as Nevada Ogden road in the canyon, where flooding from the Blackfoot River has swamped the Moose Creek Campground and washed out the road. Montana Fish Wildlife and...
The Lincoln High School Track team put up a solid showing on their way to fourth place team finishes for both the boys and girls at last weekend's District track meet in Missoula. "They did awesome. I was very proud of them all," said Coach John Beckman II. "We're excited for Divisionals now." Beckman said he expects to take 14 of the schools 18 track athletes to the Divisional track meet in Frenchtown this week. The Lincoln boys struggled a bit in the running events, but...
The earthquakes that have rattled the Lincoln area intermittently since last July may not have caused any major damage or ripped open cracks in the earth, but Mike Stickney, director of the Earthquake Studies Office at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, said it's nevertheless been a "pretty spectacular earthquake sequence." The latest notable tremors from that sequence hit just this week, with a magnitude 3.7 striking the area Monday morning at 5:11 a.m., followed just...
A Lincoln man arrested for felony aggravated assault last month is back in jail after being arrested for violating a no-contact order with the victim. The arrest marked the second time in less than a week that Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Chris Joyce arrested Michael "Mick" Willey for misdemeanor offenses. Willey, who was arrested April 18 for allegedly punching a woman in the face several times, fracturing her skull and bones in her face, had been free on a $50,000...
A poll on public lands from the University of Montana generated quite a bit of controversy recently. In fact, most of the poll was a yawner-it found Montanans really like our public land, want more public input on its management, and recognize that it benefits our economy. In other news, Montanans strongly support mom and apple pie too. Really only one question generated all the controversy. It had to do with Wilderness Study Areas has been criticized as being slanted and misl...
Clarence A. Christensen Jr., with his daughter by his side, passed away of cancer at his home in Fort Benton, Mont. on Friday, April 27, 2018. Clarence A. Christensen Jr. was born Jan. 29, 1942 to Clarence A. Sr. and Mary Jane (Lighthizer) Christensen in Bismarck, ND. He graduated from Bismarck High School in 1960. Clarence married Carol Atkins in Bismarck that same year. The two were divorced in 1995. Clarence was employed by the North Dakota Highway Department from 1960 to... Full story
As we move through the month of May there are many things worth celebrating. If you are being inundated with water right now, you will be celebrating the lowering of the run-off, and assistance from neighbors and friends. Speaking of which, please do not hesitate to call me if I and the folks who make up Community Bible can be of any help to you. Being new to the community I do not know many of you yet, but hope to. If. Like me, you are a motorcyclist, you celebrate warmer...
As water from melting snow rose throughout the Lincoln Valley, and with an estimated month of high water still in the forecast, volunteers turned out in force last week to help fill an estimated 10,000 sandbags for residents who need them. The sandbag-filling operation began at the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department's Station 3 east of town, but as the sand stored there ran low, it shifted to Hooper Park to take advantage of the piles of gravel and dirt from street sweeping...
New culverts Installed on Stemple Pass Road allow water from the east side of the road to drain, putting an end to the water that had been pouring across the road and creating a washout. Since the two newest culverts were put in place, the county has rebuilt the washed out area and re-opened the road....
A presentation on last winter's lingering snowpack and the impact it's expected to have on flooding didn't reveal many surprises for members of the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department, but confirmed that flooding should be expected to continue for the next several weeks. Arin Peters, the senior service hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Great Falls, meteorologist Cody Moldan and Megan Syner, the warning coordination meteorologist, visited the LVFD last Thursday, as...
