Condon News

First, there were the Swan Valley and Condon secessionists , a group exploring a ballot initiative that would allow them to secede from Missoula to Lake County.

Discover why the Seeley-Swan and Blackfoot valleys are a mecca for the visual arts during a studio and home tour from 10 to 4 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday.

Animal authorities in Montana said a grizzly bear accused of multiple home invasions during the past few years has been captured and euthanized.

Wildlife officials have captured and euthanized an older male grizzly bear with a history of breaking into cabins in the Swan Valley area southeast of Kalispell.

A Swan Valley Group is still pushing the idea of having the small community of Condon secede from Missoula County and join Lake County.

Roger Johnson, owner of the last saw mill in Missoula County, Pyramid Mountain Lumber, inspects a lodge pole pine covered in pitch tubes that show the tree trying, unsuccessfully, to defend itself against the bark beetle.

A Montana House Representative says he's going to retire from the legislature. Robin Hamilton served three terms in the state legislature and was a vice-chair of the Education committee.

There has been some media coverage regarding the secession efforts of the Swan Valley Preservation Group, Inc., located in the Condon area, to change the boundary line between Missoula and Lake counties in the Swan Valley.

We recently mentioned the loose lips of Texas' Gov. Rick Perry, who got so excited at the Texas 'tea party' on tax day that he raised the possibility of secession.