By Emily Senkosky, UM News Service MISSOULA – According to naturalist and author John Muir, between every two pines is the doorway to a new world. In Noxon, Montana, at a base camp for wildlife biologists nestled deep in the pines, camera traps and other measuring instruments are capturing forensic evidence of what is happening to the state’s elk population. A new management plan released by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks last year has accelerated matters concerning the antlered ungulate, and an investigative team consisting of University of Montana wildlife biology professors and students is helping FWP spearhead research to understand the many complex factors affecti...
ST. IGNATIUS — We are looking for a site manager to work 8-12 hours a week. If interested, please call 406-745-4462 and leave message. If anyone has extra garden produce and don’t know what to with it call the St. Ignatius Senior Center in your area and share with the people, there. The ...
POLSON — Labor Day already? Tourist season will be extended for another thirty days. Stay tuned for further information. The annual membership meeting was held Friday. The Annual Report was given as well as elections of leadership positions in the Polson Senior Citizens, LLC. Copies of t...
RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. Any age is welcome to come enjoy our meals. You don’t have to be a senior citizen. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Wednesday, Aug. 28: t...
News from UM News Service MISSOULA — A compound discovered by the University of Montana Center for Translational Medicine has started Phase I clinical trials with cancer patients. The center’s partner in the effort is Inimmune Corp., a Missoula-based biotechnology company. Jay Evans, a UM...
POLSON — The annual meeting of Polson Senior Citizens, Inc. will be held this Friday, at 11: 30 am. We will have elections and present the annual report for approval. Lunch will be served after the meeting is adjourned. I know that there always seems to be a “day” celebrating something o...
ST. IGNATIUS — If anyone has extra garden produce and don’t know what to with it, call the St. Ignatius Senior Center or the senior center in your area and share with the people there. The local Food Banks may need donations also. School will be starting soon. Be on the watch for children and ...
It was a busy weekend in downtown Polson as a car show, brewfest and art festival drew crowds of people to town. The annual Cruisin’ by the Bay car show, hosted by the Mission Valley Cruisers car club, drew 186 entries this year. Handmade trophies, made entirely of car parts by club members, were gi...
CHARLO — Celebration of the historic community of D’Aste, Montana, will include special guests, memories, gratitude, and children’s music and games on Sunday, Aug. 25, from 3-5 p.m., at the old D’Aste Church between Charlo and Moiese on Dublin Gulch Road. The celebration is sponsored ...
RONAN — A memorial service for Phillip Rolla McVey, a smokejumper who died fighting a wildfire in 1949, was held at the Ronan Cemetery last Saturday. Similar graveside events were held across the country last week on the 75th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire that claimed the lives of 13 smok...
