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Additional St. Ignatius HS Honor Roll Student

St. Ignatius — St. Ignatius High Schools 11th grade student, Sheldon McCloud, earned High Honor roll, 3.5-3.9, for the third quarter of the 2022-23 academic school year.


Upcoming 5K honors missing, murdered indigenous people Upcoming 5K honors missing, murdered indigenous people

PABLO — Organizations, both local and nationwide, have come together to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and their families by holding the “Step By Step … We Remember” 5K out of the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo on May 6.  Held in conjunction with Nation...

Boys and Girls Club improves community

FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Flathead Reservation held its first Great Futures luncheon since 2019, last week, updating the community on the club, its work, and its impacts.  The clubs have come a long way in the community in the last few years, Executive Director Aric...

Ronan Senior Center for April 26, 2023

RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center, (across from St. Luke’s Hospital), is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: —  Wednesday, April 19: lasagna, salad, dessert —  Friday, April 21: fried chicken, salad, dessert — &...

Polson seniors for April 26, 2023

POLSON — May Day was originally a Pagan celebration of the start of the flowering season; demonstrated by dancing, play and pleasure. I recall my mother’s Irish/Scandinavian tradition of children leaving a basket of fresh flowers on the porches of strangers, then knocking on the door and gleefull...

St. Ignatius seniors for April 26, 2023

ST. IGNATIUS — Please be careful when burning yard waste, papers, and fields.  As many of you know a family recently lost their house in a Polson Fire. Our St. Ignatius Senior Center is holding a Mother’s Day Basket Raffle. Some of the items included are a $30 gift certificate to Bev&rsqu...

Tribal representatives meet with Zinke, discuss Farm Bill Tribal representatives meet with Zinke, discuss Farm Bill

PABLO — Several Tribal representatives gathered at the CSKT Complex to meet with Congressman Ryan Zinke on April 12 to discuss their concerns and hopes for the bipartisan farm bill currently being drafted.  Attendees included representatives from Blackfeet, Little Shell, and Ft. Belknap Tribes,...

Board of Adjustments meets over proposed Finley Point cell tower

POLSON — On April 12, the Board of Adjustments held a meeting to approve or deny the variance request of Vertical Bridge Development, LLC, and the possible construction of a cell tower to be placed on the International RV lot by Paradise Pines on Finely Point. Advocates said that the construction of th...

Ronan discusses possible subdivision Ronan discusses possible subdivision

RONAN — Discussion of a possible subdivision in Ronan continued during a recent Ronan City Council meeting on April 12.  Previously presented as a possibility by local surveyor Marc Carstens on Nov. 9 of last year, he returned with more progressed plans in order to keep the city apprised of the...

House joins Senate in endorsing Montana TikTok ban House joins Senate in endorsing Montana TikTok ban

HELENA — The Montana House followed the lead of the state Senate Thursday to endorse a statewide ban on the social media platform TikTok. Senate Bill 419, sponsored by Rep. Shelly Vance, R-Belgrade, would bar the platform’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, from allowing “the operat...

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