Legals April 24, 2019

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Sanders County is now reviewing a request for a change of use permit on county property adjacent to the Plains Airport, located within the Airport Affected Area. The proposed use change is from undeveloped to commercial/utility. The project is located off Diehl Ranch Rd. just north of the airport, in Section 20, Township 20N, Range 26W, P.P.M. A public meeting will be held April 30, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. in the Commissioners Conference Room, in the Sanders County Courthouse which is handicapped accessible in Thompson Falls, Montana. At which time all interested person(s) will be given an opportunity to comment. Any person with questions or wanting further information or wishing to submit comments about this project, please contact the Sanders County Land Service Department in the County Courthouse, P. O. Box, 519, 1111 Main Street Thompson Falls MT 59873, Phone 827-6965 or kmaudrone@co.sanders.mt.us. Comments will be received through April 30, 2019. Published in the Clark Fork Valley Press on April 24, 2019. MNAXLP

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Thompson Falls homicide suspect enters 'not guilty' plea

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O Sole Trio gets rave reviews at Paradise Center

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Noxon's Stogner receives Navy Cross Medal

Marine risked his life to save his gunner, other soldiers in Vietnam

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