LAKE COUNTY — HB 479 would have provided $5 million over two years from the Montana Department of Justice to Lake County for reimbursement of a portion of the costs of Public Law 280. Additionally, the bill would have created a task force that would recommend a permanent solution to funding of PL 280 to the next legislative session. Governor Gianforte negated months of work by State legislators and Lake County Commissioners crafting HB 479 (which passed both houses of legislature by comfortable margins). Governor Gianforte’s veto contradicted his prior statements to Lake County and Montana. In an interview with Jeff Smith on Kerr radio early in the 2023 legislative sess...
POLSON — June 5 is the Strawberry full moon … in Texas. Here it is in mid-July … maybe. Country Pasta of Polson is continuing their long-time support for our food program. Those fresh noodles enhance our pasta recipes. Thanks to all our local business who provide goods and services in ...
ST. IGNATIUS — It is nice to get the rain to nourish the plants and to settle the forest fire smoke. Sending positive thoughts to our neighbors to the north. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a meal with us on any of the following days: Menu: — Friday, May 26: lunch - Asi...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center is across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: — Wednesday, May 31: spaghetti, salad, dessert — Friday, June 2: pork chops, salad, de...
PABLO — The Women 4 Wellness event returned last Thursday to the Salish Kootenai College for the first time since the start of COVID-19 and saw great attendance from vendors and visitors alike. With 83 tables set up in the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center, the one-day event provided nume...
MONTANA — Senator Jon Tester held a rural press phone call recently, opening up discussion about concerns such as the national debt, bank failures, and the continued influx of fentanyl into Montana communities. Tester began by addressing “the elephant in the room,” the possibility ...
HELENA — A Helena district court judge on Thursday blocked Montana from enforcing a new law that bans the most common abortion procedure after roughly 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Republican-sponsored House Bill 721 was signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte Tuesday and took effect immediately — a ...
News from DPHHS MONTANA — Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials are reporting a recent increase in the number of cases of chickenpox reported in school-aged children. And, at least half of these infections were acquired from an adult family member with shingles....
HELENA — Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Wednesday that he had signed a bill banning Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok over concerns its data-sharing practices jeopardize user privacy and national security. The ban, which the governor’s office said was the first of its kind in the natio...
RONAN — The Western Montana Musician’s Co-op had their fourth songwriting workshop on Saturday, part of their SongMT series open to all. The songwriting workshops are open to all and invite those curious about learning to write songs to come and collaborate with a special guest musician ...
