Feb 22, 2013
Rick Price
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes bought the land in 1998 to protect an important cultural area known as the Medicine Tree.
Earlier this year, the county received notification that the Bureau of Indian Affairs was considering an application from the tribes that would place the land in trust with the federal government.
The commission voted in April to oppose the application, saying it would lose $808 the county receives annually in property taxes.
Five members of the tribes traveled to Hamilton on Wednesday to explain their connection to that piece of ground and answer other questions.
County Commissioner Greg Chilcott wanted to know how – “out of a billion trees on the Bitterroot Forest” – the tribes came to select the one that’s now located just next to U.S. Highway 93 south of Darby.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/cultures-clash-at-meeting-between-cskt-ravalli-county-over-medicine/article_f29df52e-5327-11e3-9da7-001a4bcf887a.html
Kim Gillen added photos to November 21, 2013.
Trail Major Wilf Harbin says they're Christmas kettle goal is 33-thousand dollars, which will help them meet their needs for 2013 and 2014.
At Walmart, Waneta Plaza, Shoppers and soon the liquor store...meanwhile he says they have 100 volunteers helping out over the holiday.
In Nelson Major Yvonne Borrows says kettles are now up at the CIBC and the Chako Mika Mall.
They're hoping to raise 24-thousand dollars with Kettles and the money raised will set the budget for next years' Christmas hampers.
Borrows says the food bank has remained open, after having to close down last year for a short time when they ran out of food..but they're busy, she says they've seen a roughly 5 percent increase across the board for all of their programs.
Jim Milner
Jim Milner
The CHP is confirming one person has died in a crash at the Clavey River Bridge in the Stanislaus National Forest. The Tuolumne County Coroner has been called to the scene.
A large hay truck went off the Clavey River Bridge near Cottonwood Road where much of the current BAER Team work is taking place. The CHP is reporting that it went about 100-150 ft. over the bridge.
An air ambulance and the Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue rope team were dispatched earlier. In addition, a hazmat crew is responding because there are reports of diesel fuel running into the river. We'll pass along more information as details become available.
Click here for a map of the wreck site.
Update 12:20 pm: The CHP reports officers are directing one-way traffic over the Clavey River Bridge. The Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue rope team are now on the scene.
Update 2:40 pm: The CHP reports crews are working to tow the truck from where it landed after plunging 100 to 150 feet over the bridge. Officers have been directing one-way traffic on the bridge for more than an hour and a half. The name of the victim is not being released pending notification of the family.
Snake River in S Idaho by Patricia Cruttenden
November 22, 2013, 4:50 PM
Strong winds have whipped up a major, late-season wildfire in the hills of northeastern Sonoma County Friday, burning 2,000 acres so far, damaging one geothermal power plant and forcing evacuations of energy plant workers in the remote area.
The blaze, one of two large fires burning in Wine Country Friday, was fanned by winds that were gusting in the early hours up to 45 mph.
The so-called McCabe Fire started around 2 a.m. Friday morning in The Geysers area, a large geothermal energy field on the Sonoma—Lake county border.
It was burning in steep, rugged terrain covered by oak woodland and grassland in Sonoma County and moving toward Lake County, said CalFire Capt. Scott McLean. More than 340 firefighters were already on the blaze by 5 p.m., with at least an additional 60 personnel from local departments on order.
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