MONTANA — In a wildfire briefing at the state Capitol attended by more than a dozen land use and wildfire response agency leaders, Gov. Greg Gianforte said he wants to double the number of treated acres on Montana’s forests and pressured the National Park Service to extinguish all wildfire starts on park service lands. Gianforte said the state is undergoing a forest health crisis due to insect outbreaks, disease and heavy fuel loading that leads to an elevated wildfire risk. Increasing treatment — forest management strategies including some mix of thinning, logging and prescribed burning — on Montana’s forests will help fire managers keep wildfire ignitions ...
MONTANA — While the coronavirus pandemic has proven once more that the tiniest germ can upset global civilization, a Montana State University team has responded by illustrating that ancient strategies used by bacteria to battle viruses can be repurposed into transformative technologies. Leveraging h...
DIXON — The Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. We have opened the doors for eating in, continuing to follow social distancing precautions, so our friends and neighbors can spend some time visiting with each other. We are also accepting ...
ST. IGNATIUS — We so appreciate all the wonderful folks who have stopped in to eat and chat and play bingo and we hope to see more of you this summer and beyond. Our menu for the week: — Wednesday, June 16: dinner at 5:30 -chicken Alfredo with noodles, veggies, dessert ...
POLSON — A massive fire tore through a large old wooden barn on Friday morning at a popular family museum just south of Polson, sending smoke over the area. Firefighters from multiple agencies, including Polson Rural Fire, Polson City Fire and Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department, responded shortly...
By Kristi Niemeyer for the Valley Journal During last week’s warm First Friday in Polson, kids plunged into the still icy lake below the Flathead Lakers office in the Salish Building. Artist Jess Bouchee displayed her aqua-tinged paintings while visitors mingled with board members on the pl...
ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius City Council heard a presentation June 1 from nonprofit Mission West Community Development Partners about the possibilities of using federal stimulus monies to tackle long-term town projects. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do some of the things t...
Our annual Summer Reading Program returns Monday, June 14, with the theme “Tails & Tales.” Visit our website at: www.northlakecountylibrary.org for registration and information. Also on June 14 is our annual Usborne Book Fair. Stop in between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to shop for new books and educat...
POLSON — Polson High School graduated 119 student this year who walked across the stage to receive their diplomas during a Saturday afternoon ceremony. Pomp and Circumstance was played by the PHS symphonic band to kick off the celebration. PHS concert choir performed the national anthem and Badgerta...
ST. IGNATIUS — Mission High School released 26 graduates into the world on Saturday afternoon while the popular song “Who Let the Dogs Out” played over the loud speaker during the outdoor ceremony. The community came out in droves to support these students with an in-person ceremony on t...
