Phil Mitchell is seen in this Pilot file photo during the time he served on Whitefish City Council.
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.