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Wildcats roll over Chiefs

Columbia Falls uses fast start to easily beat Ronan, 74-41

COLUMBIA FALLS - Nick Emerson and Kaleb Johnson combined for 33 points and the top-ranked Columbia Falls Wildcats improved to 7-0 with a big win over Ronan on Friday night.

Gianforte’s budget to boost new teacher pay

Teachers in Montana run roughly in the middle of the pack when it comes to average salaries across the country, according to education officials here.

Two F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets set to soar over Bigfork's Homecoming celebrations

Bigfork High School will receive a rare honor as students there celebrate Homecoming on Friday with a flyover by two F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets courtesy of the U.S. Air Force.

Board of Public Ed formally adopts new school quality rules

The Montana Board of Public Education Friday unanimously approved a raft of changes to state regulations governing the quality of K-12 public schools, officially bringing to a close a multi-tiered process that began nearly three years ago.

Legals for April, 24 2024

Polson wins twice at Butte’s Laverne Combo tourney

Kobbey Smith homered and scored four runs and Katelynne Druyvestein and Nikki Kendall combined on a four-inning no-hitter Friday as Polson beat Hamilton at the Laverne Combo Tournament.

Whitefish schools' mask policy triggers protests

Parents, students and others have gathered in downtown Whitefish on several recent occasions to protest the Whitefish School Board's decision to require younger students to wear masks indoors as the school year begins.

Glacier drops pair to Helena schools

Glacier lost a pitchers’ duel to Helena Capital, then got out-hit by Helena High, dropping a pair of Western AA softball games at the Glacier High fields.

Legals for June, 28 2024

Legion Roundup: AA Lakers leave Palouse with victory

PULLMAN, Wash. — Michael Owens’ two-run double capped a four-run, seventh-inning outburst by the Kalispell AA Lakers, who put away the Lewis-Clark Twins 9-4 in their Palouse Tournament finale Saturday.

Legals for February, 19 2023

Kats fall in OT

BUTTE - The Columbia Falls Wildkats learned a tough lesson Thursday in opening-round play at the Montana High School Association 2009 State Class A Girls Basketball Tournament at the Butte Civic Center - never let up defensively.

Capital pulls off comeback against Glacier

Bruins escape Legends Stadium with 24-17 victory

The one that was became the one that got away.

Volleyball roundup: Stillwater rolls; Glacier, Flathead also win

Stillwater Christian School took three quick sets on its home floor to cruise past Flathead Valley Homeschool 25-14, 25-14, 25-11 for a Montana Christian Athletic Association volleyball victory on Thursday evening.

Legals June 6, 2019

No. 26252 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PROPERTY TO: Occupant 3917 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Occupant 3925 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Occupant 3933 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Dan Michael Leatzow 2111 Church Drive Kalispell, MT 59901 Dan Michael Leatzow 3917 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Dan Michael Leatzow 3925 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Dan Michael Leatzow 3933 Ashley Lake Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Millicent Anne "Penny" Leatzow 128 N. Meridian Road Kalispell, MT 59901 Millicent Anne "Penny" Leatzow 22 9th Street East Kalispell, MT 59901 Millicent Anne "Penny" Leatzow 277 3rd Ave E.N. Kalispell, MT 59901 Matthew K. Hutchinson Kaufman Vidal Hileman Ellingson, PC 22 Second Ave. West, Ste. 4000 Kalispell, MT 59901 Pursuant to Section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest: Property described in the Flathead County Treasurer's Office under Tax Sale Certificate No. 109327 and Tax Code Parcel No. 478355 as follows: PARCEL 1: A TRACT OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOT 2 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, P.M.M., FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 195.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT TO BE HEREIN DESCRIBED; THENCE SOUTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 95.86 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 268.49 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE; THENCE SOUTH 69°54' EAST A DISTANCE OF 102.08 FEET ALONG THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE TO A POINT OF 233.23 FEET NORTH OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 233.23 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 3 OF GLENDALE LAKESHORE LOTS, AN UNRECORDED PLAT WHICH IS FILED AS DEED EXHIBIT NO. 347. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO FLATHEAD COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES, BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 20, 1968, IN BOOK 501, PAGE 894, AS DOC. NO. 9014. PARCEL 2: A TRACT OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOT 2 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, P.M.M., FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 291.72 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED; THENCE NORTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 96.87 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 289.39 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE; THENCE ALONG THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE SOUTH 77°58' EAST A DISTANCE OF 99 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT NORTH 268.49 FEET MORE OR LESS FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 268.49 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 4 OF GLENDALE LAKESHORE LOTS, AN UNRECORDED PLAT WHICH IS FILED AS DEED EXHIBIT NO. 347. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO FLATHEAD COUNTY FOR ROAD PURPOSES, BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 20, 1968, IN BOOK 501, PAGE 894, AS DOC. NO. 9014. PARCEL 3: A TRACT OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOT 2 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, P.M.M., FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 388.59 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 183.14 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE COUNTY ROAD, WHICH POINT IS THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED; THENCE SOUTH 82°48' WEST ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE COUNTY ROAD A DISTANCE OF 100.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 114.30 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE; THENCE ALONG THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE NORTH 87°23' EAST A DISTANCE OF 100.06 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT NORTH A DISTANCE OF 106.25 FEET, MORE OR LESS, FROM THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 106.25 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 5 OF GLENDALE LAKESHORE LOTS, AN UNRECORDED PLAT WHICH IS FILED AS DEED EXHIBIT NO. 347. PARCEL 4: A TRACT OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOT 2 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 24 WEST, P.M.M., FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID GOVERNMENT LOT 2; THENCE SOUTH 89°54' WEST A DISTANCE OF 388.59 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 183.14 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THE COUNTY ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 82°48' WEST ALONG THE COUNTY ROAD A DISTANCE OF 100.75 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG THE COUNTY ROAD SOUTH 74°27' WEST A DISTANCE OF 103.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 127.41 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE; THENCE ALONG THE LOW WATER OF ASHLEY LAKE NORTH 81°28' EAST A DISTANCE OF 101.04 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT WHICH IS NORTH A DISTANCE OF 114.30 FEET, MORE OR LESS, FROM THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 114.30 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO KNOWN AS LOT 6 OF GLENDALE LAKESHORE LOTS, AN UNRECORDED PLAT WHICH IS FILED AS DEED EXHIBIT NO. 347. Street address: 3917, 3925 and 3933 Ashley Lake Rd., Kalispell, MT 59901. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on June 1, 2016. 3. The property tax lien was attached on July 15, 2016. 4. The lien was assigned to FRHL, LLC and UMB Bank, N.A. on July 15, 2016, County Tax Sale Certificate No. 109327. The lien was subsequently assigned to GUARDIAN TAX MT, LLC on December 8, 2016. 5. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due is: TAXES: $28,130.90 PENALTY: $562.59 INTEREST: $5,088.94 FEE: $350.77 TOTAL: $34,133.20 6. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 5 must be paid by July 24, 2019, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 7. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to July 24, 2019, which is the date the redemption period expires, a tax deed may be issued to the assignee or county that is the possessor of the tax lien on the day following the date that the redemption period expires. 8. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Flathead County Treasurer, 935 1st Ave W, Kalispell, MT 59901, (406) 758-5680. FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested parties' rights in the property may be in jeopardy. DATED at Billings, Montana this 24th day of May, 2019. /s/ Eli J. Patten By: Eli J. Patten Crowley Fleck PLLP PO Box 2529 Billings, MT 59103 Attorney for: GUARDIAN TAX MT, LLC IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PROPERTY May 29, and June 6, 2019 MNAXLP ------------------------------------

Flathead, Glacier exit state play

BUTTE - The state basketball tournament came to a disappointing conclusion for Kalispell's two teams in the Civic Center early Friday morning.

Suspect in Missoula shooting death arrested; bail set at $1M

MISSOULA (AP) — The suspect in a Missoula shooting death has been arrested, police said. Christopher Lance Newrider, 33, was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the apartment complex where the shooting happened, said Sgt. Travis Welsh.

Lucy A. Rude, 80

Lucy Ann Rude was born on Oct. 13, 1937, to Orrin and Elsie Frost in Eureka.

Lake County officials report drug arrests

Over a 24-hour period, Lake County law enforcement arrested two men and seized a sizable amount of heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate incidents.