County Commissioner Phil Mitchell and his attorneys at his change of plea hearing on Friday, May 11, in Kalipsell.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
May 15, 2018
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May 15, 2018 5:51 p.m.
Mitchell pleads guilty to destroying trees
Flathead County Commissioner Phil Mitchell said Friday he killed five cottonwood trees in a county-managed park adjacent to his property last year — not to enhance the view from his own home, but because he simply doesn’t like that species of tree.