By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal RAVALI — The McNutt family has had a difficult year, Dawn McNutt shared, as what remained of their roof came crashing to the ground earlier this month. The family first lost part of their roof two years ago during high winds. While their church and the community gathered funds to help them, Dawn said the unfortunate reality is that all that money was taken when her husband John left the family. Dawn shared that John was arrested in 2020 for attacking one of their daughters. Upon his release from jail in March of 2022, he drained the family’s savings, turned off their power, phones, food stamps, everything, and disappeared...
By Caven Wade & Elinor Smith, UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism MONTANA — The 68th Montana Legislature, with an unprecedented Republican supermajority, is halfway through its 90-day session and the next 45 days promise to be dominated by debates over the s...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Ice Arena recently held a fundraiser in their ongoing efforts to complete the final push towards starting construction. Held in Polson’s Glacier Brewery, board member Hilary Lozar said the event was standing room only. “It went incredibly well. We were s...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital in Ronan. We are open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Wednesday, March 22: turkey pot pie, salad, dessert — Friday, March 24: lasagna, s...
ST. IGNATIUS — Beautiful Sunshine and warmer temperature are a welcome site. Menu: — Friday, Feb. 24: fish, rice, veggies, fruit/Jell-O, blueberry muffins — Tuesday, Feb. 28: taco hashbrown casserole, corn/bean salad, fruit, lemon cake If you are interested in a take...
ST. IGNATIUS — It’s beginning to look like spring in around the next corner. According to the calendar we have reached the first day of spring. We have seen new calves, green grass and a few warm days. We would like to introduce our new Site Manager who joined our staff, Susan Mis...
POLSON — Time to begin the “Rites of Spring,” like digging out your umbrella and rain gear, if you can remember where you put them. April showers bring May flowers, as the old saying goes. I say April showers bring more showers, and if it lets up enough to plant your garden, you should. ...
RONAN — Funding of Public Law 280, protecting the interests of a community at odds with a corporation, and the purpose of a law that erodes parental rights were concerns Lake County citizens brought to their legislators during a March 6 meeting. The legislative update, hosted by Northwest Counties F...
HELENA — There’s broad bipartisan agreement in the Montana Capitol that rising housing costs, driven by the state’s finite supply of homes and rapid in-migration from other states, rank among the most pressing issues facing Montana residents. According to real estate website Zillow...
MONTANA — As the 2023 Legislature enters its second half, Montana Free Press is assessing how bills falling under the environmental umbrella — broadly defined — fared during the first 45 days of the session. Here we zero in on proposals to strike, add or amend laws and rules regulating coal...
