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70 years ago

Dec. 5, 1946

Fifty-four veteran Great Northern railway workers had signed for tracts of land in “vetville.” Construction of the 32-unit Veterans Housing project was canceled, leaving 29 men, some of them themselves veterans, working on the project without a job. The school hot lunch program began this week.

60 years ago

Dec. 7, 1956

Columbia Falls citizens were expecting to vote on a measure to add parking meters in town in the coming spring. Improved crop yields brought up the overall income for Flathead farms.

50 years ago

Dec. 9, 1966

Cloud seeding was underway in the Flathead. Following the death of its founder, D.C. Dunham, a week previously, it was confirmed that Plum Creek Lumber Mill would remain open, as was expressly wished by Dunham in his will.

40 years ago

Dec. 9, 1976

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council was ready to sue the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a result of a fire in October that covered 2,500 acres just south of St. Mary in Glacier National Park. Public hearings on a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to classify some 8 million acres of federal land as critical grizzly bear habitat were scheduled for the weekend.

30 years ago

Dec. 10, 1986

School District 6 voters were going to vote the coming week on a $1.08 million, two-year reserve that would be a quick fix for deteriorating buildings in the Canyon. The Postal Service was looking into a new location in Columbia Falls, moving from the office on First Avenue West.

20 years ago

Dec. 12, 1996

Precipitation this week pushed 1996 into the record books, with a recorded 22.7 inches to date, passing the 1995 record of 22.6. With a couple of weeks still left in ‘96, it was possible that the 1990 year-end record of 23.9 inches could be passed. Flathead stores were reporting healthy holiday spending. Two mountain lions which had been relocated to the Walton area in Glacier National Park were making their way home towards Park Headquarters, according to information from their radio collars.

10 years ago

Dec. 7, 2006

A proposed 900-unit subdivision in Hungry Horse was making its way through the Flathead County planning process. Dale Jacobsen of Columbia Falls was charged with allegedly dumping sewage into the river, violating the federal Clean Water Act.