LAKE COUNTY — Temporary tribal tax exemptions for property being put into trust status is currently suspended in Lake County. The change comes from a new agreement between Lake County and the Montana Department of Revenue. “The agreement stipulates that the Department of Revenue will grant no more exemptions in Lake County until June 30, 2021,” Lake County Commissioners stated in a media release. The wait gives the county time to look at and submit a list of contested exemptions to the department. “The two parties will work together for an additional 30 days to resolve the status of properties on the list,” the commissioners state. “The count...
ST. IGNATIUS — This month we are serving our evening meal on Wednesday, Feb. 17. On the menu will be pork roast and yummy sides with dessert. Please let us know by 2:30 p.m. of that day if you would like to pick up a meal at 5:30 p.m. Of course, we welcome seeing folks in person at 5:30 p.m. We will pl...
POLSON — We are open but can’t guarantee your safety from COVID-19, so use your best judgment before participating in activities and meals. We are selling See’s Candy boxes until gone. Don’t forget Valentine’s Day is coming soon. Activities: veterans’ representative ...
LAKE COUNTY — “We are more than inundated with phone calls, said Lake County Health Services Director Emily Colomeda on a Zoom call with the county commissioners last week. “People are frustrated and we’re just as frustrated with the process as the public is.” It’...
POLSON — Construction crews are making substantial progress on the completion of the Linderman Elementary School Gymnasium rebuild project. “Crews are steadily moving forward,” said Polson School District superintendent Tom DiGiallonardo. “The building is 100 percent framed o...
RONAN — After Lauren Oliver took a new job as the executive director of Mission Mountain Enterprises last April, the pandemic caused her to change some of her plans for the social service organization. Oliver wanted to create more inclusion between MME clients and the Lake County community before sh...
ST. IGNATIUS — We are already heading into the end of January, which seems unbelievable to me. We are still unsure as to the opening of our center for meals, and our delivery numbers are going up. We are so grateful to our participants and are very glad to be able to keep cooking for you. Our evenin...
LAKE COUNTY – A winter windstorm blew through the valley on Wednesday, Jan. 13, damaging homes and cars, downing power lines and toppling massive trees. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts across northwestern Montana moving up to over 90 mph during the day. Mild damage included a slew o...
News from SAFE Harbor RONAN — January marks the 17th National Stalking Awareness Month, an annual call to action to recognize and respond to this traumatic and dangerous crime. It is critical to raise the issue of stalking as its own form of violence as well as a crime that frequently predicts and...
News from CSKT On Dec. 27th, 2020, Congress took the historic action of legislatively restoring the lands of the National Bison Range to federal trust ownership for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, following the signing of the Montana Water Rights Protection Act (Public Law #116-260) and, si...
