Yesterdays: Dump approved north of Columbia Falls

70 years ago

Nov. 14, 1952

Kids were playing in the snow at Logan Pass. It was the latest the Going-to-the-Sun Road had been open to the pass since it was completed in 1933. So far it was a light snow winter.

60 years ago

Nov. 16, 1962

Montana Fish and Game biologist Joe Huston was studying the trout in Hungry Horse Lake. It required checking nets at 1 a.m. so the fish wouldn’t die. So far the fish seemed to be doing well, while in other reservoirs like Noxon, the number of trout had dropped significantly.

50 years ago

Nov. 17, 1972

A new landfill north of the city was approved. It would be on 15 acres owned by the Anaconda Aluminum Co. The company would be able to use the site as well, but it wasn’t expected to, since it had plenty of other places to dump its waste.

40 years ago

Nov. 18, 1982

The Atlantic Richfield Co. was asking Gov. Ted Schwinden for help in controlling escalating energy costs for its aluminum plant here. Front page picture featured bighorn rams crashing heads as the rut was on in Many Glacier. A Missoula man was planning on flying a hot air balloon over Glacier National Park in the next week. He didn’t need a permit, but the park discouraged the flight for safety reasons.

30 years ago

Nov. 19, 1992

Police were investigating a woman in her 50s for allegedly asking for Columbia Falls Booster Club donations that the club never received. The woman allegedly pocketed the cash. Her name hadn’t been released.

20 years ago

Nov. 14, 2002

Brian Holliday was sentenced to 90 years in prison for killing Randall Bravo at the Red Meadow campground up the North Fork. Holliday and a woman, Michelle Ford, apparently simply wanted to rob Bravo and take his belongings.

10 years ago

Nov. 14, 2012

Sandy Welch of Martin City would likely have a recount in her race for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. Welch, a Republican, faced off against Denise Juneau, a Democrat. Juneau ended up winning.