Zinke celebrates securing federal infrastructure funding for counties in Northwest Montana
U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, speaks during an event at the Noxon Bridge in Sanders County on Monday, March 9, 2026. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, stands with Sanders County Commissioners Tony Cox, John Holland and Dan Rowan during an event at the Noxon Bridge on Monday, March 9, 2026. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
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Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke, center, prepares to sign a faux $1 million check for new guardrials on the North Fork Road Monday morning at the county road department facility. From left is county public works director Dave Prunty, county roads employee Jay Sorenson, county commissioner Brad Abell and county road employee Keith Hall. (Chris Peterson photo)
Congressman Ryan Zinke symbolically delivered checks for infrastructure projects in Flathead, Sanders and Lincoln counties on Monday, his first public appearance in Montana since announcing his upcoming retirement.
Federal funding for bridge and road projects in western Montana was secured by Zinke and fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy in a $102.9 billion spending bill signed by President Donald Trump on Feb. 3. Zinke met with county commissioners in Kalispell, Noxon and Libby to deliver a posterboard version of the checks.
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