flathead County Commissioner Phil Mitchell and his attorneys at his change of plea hearing on Friday at Flathead District Court in Kalipsell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
May 11, 2018
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May 11, 2018 5:59 p.m.
Mitchell sentenced for destroying trees
Flathead County Commissioner Phil Mitchell said Friday he killed five cottonwood trees in a county-managed park adjacent to his property last year — not to enhance the view from his own home, but because he simply doesn’t like that species of tree.