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Glacier National Park’s Logan Pass could see up to 10 inches of snow over the weekend

1 week ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

A major storm is expected to hit Northwest Montana and Glacier National Park starting Friday and running into Sunday, with up to 10 inches of snow predicted for Logan Pass and the higher terrain of the park.
City available to answer questions on road projects

1 week ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

City Manager Eric Hanks said his door is open for anyone with questions about some big streets projects that are coming up in the next few months in Columbia Falls. The Gateway to Glacier Safety and Mobility Improvement Project will utilize a $10 million federal RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) grant fund awarded to the city of Columbia Falls in 2022. The city matched the grant with about $500,000 in its own funds.
Insurance claims for high school flooding top $4.7 million

1 week ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Total insurance claims for the roof flooding and damage to the Columbia Falls High School wing have reached about $4.7 million to date, School District 6 clerk and business manager Dustin Zuffelato said last week. The classroom wing of the high school was flooded last August during a heavy thunderstorm as crews from Swank Construction had the building exposed for a roof replacement project.
Thank you, Mr. Bus Driver: Over 42 years, Gerard Byrd drove 1.2 million miles on one of the worst stretches of highway in Montana

1 week ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Gerard Byrd has been on quite the ride over the past 42 years. The School District 6 and West Glacier contract bus driver has driven some 1.2 million miles on one of the worst roads in Montana, delivering students from their homes to school and back from Pinnacle, Nyack, West Glacier and the Canyon through sleet, rain, hail, snow and rockfall. Sometimes all of those in the same day.
On Glacier Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road, motorists on one side, cyclists on the other

1 week ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

For the first time ever, Glacier National Park saw bicyclists streaming up one side of the Continental Divide and motorists up the other Saturday, June 14 on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The Park Service opened the west side of the road to cyclists and hikers all the way to Logan Pass. On the east side, it opened the pass to motorists. Motorist traffic was relatively light. Even at 10 a.m. there were plenty of parking spots available at the Logan Pass parking lot.
Appeal filed in case of house built on banks of creek in Glacier

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

An appeal filed in the case of a home partially constructed on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park claims that a lower federal court ruling was in error and the decision leaves a regulatory void concerning private property in the park’s boundaries. In February, U.S. Magistrate Kathleen DeSoto ruled in favor of John and Stacy Ambler of San Diego, California who built a house on a slice of private land on lower McDonald Creek in Apgar.
Sun Road reservations start Friday

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Folks who want to drive up the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road past Apgar will have to have a reservation starting Friday, June 13. Reservations this year are under a “timed entry” system. With slots available from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.If a person misses their allotted slot, they will not be allowed on the west side of the road until after 3 p.m.There are no reservation requirements on the east side of the Sun Road at the St. Mary Entrance.
Resident implores city to fix his wall damaged after curb project

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

Columbia Falls resident Steve Osborne urged the city of Columbia Falls to fix his retaining wall at his home before he puts a new fence on his First Avenue East property. Osborne was one of several residents last year who brought up concerns after the city completed a curb and gutter project in the north end of town on streets that were off-shoots or close to Nucleus Avenue.
Opinion: Pollinated beaver

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Chris Peterson

If you’ve ever been around river otters, they make an unmistakable watery grunt sound. I could hear that sound as I walked along Trout Lake early Saturday morning, but I couldn’t see the otters. They were close, though, and I scanned the water, which was no easy task. It was covered in yellow pollen, released by the thousands of conifer trees that surround the lake. To be honest, the forest isn’t doing all that great.
County talks modest pay increases for staff

2 weeks ago | hungryhorsenews.com | Heidi Desch

Seemingly striking a compromise, the Flathead County Compensation Board last week voted to recommend a 2.5% cost of living increase in county wages. The compensation board is made up of the county’s elected officials, including the three county commissioners, and two citizen members. After several rounds of voting the wage increase was accepted but not before several members of the compensation board advocated for a higher 3% increase, while commissioners lobbied for a lower 2% increase.