POLSON — A Montana-made film, The Year of the Dog, is offering Montanans a special sneak preview of the film at local theaters, including Polson’s own Showboat Cinema, throughout the state before it becomes commercially available.  “We’re always looking for independent films that are good quality to play,” Showboat co-owner Becky Dupuis shared. “Because this one’s made in Montana, it has some people we know personally that were involved with it … We’re just excited. We love to help out our fellow Montanans that’ve worked so hard to make a movie and we like to bring that to our patrons and give them something different to c...

POLSON — At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 28, officers executed a search warrant that led to the arrest of a Polson man.  According to testimony provided in court, Christopher Woods, 26, allegedly shot his mother-in-law multiple times with a BB gun with the encouragement of his wife earlier...

News from Montana Free Press MONTANA — Editor’s note: As candidates for Montana’s newly drawn western congressional district competed in their respective party primaries this spring, Montana Free Press asked each of them to complete a written questionnaire to help voters understand the...

POLSON — Zumba instructors from around the state and dancers heeded the call when local instructor Jeannie Butler organized a Zumbathon fundraiser. The Oct. 1 event held at the Polson Elks Club raised $3,800 for the area’s most needy critters. Butler, who organized the event out of her love and p...

News from the University of Montana LAKE COUNTY — The spectrUM Discovery Area of the University of Montana, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Flathead Reservation and Lake County, has been selected to participate in a program that will bring 48 middle school students from the Flathead...

PABLO — Salish Kootenai College is holding a special art exhibit for the next few weeks showing off artwork made by faculty and staff throughout the institution.  With over 20 participants, the SKC Faculty Art Show saw submissions from not only the fine arts and digital design departments, but ...

ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Senior Citizen Center is preparing for fall. Like so many of you, the center has lots of work to do: yard work, an air-conditioner to be taken out of the window and getting set up for our fall Bake Sale and Yard Sale. We will have many tasty items at the Bake Sale and ha...

  POLSON — Welcome to the Fall and a “Hunters Full Moon” on Sunday, Oct. 9. The days are getting shorter and cooler. “It’s Svedder vedder. Ya, sher, you betcha,” as my Norse immigrant ancestors used to say. Only 73 or so days until Winter (in case you were counting...

RONAN — On Friday, Sept. 23, the Ronan Cooperative Brewery celebrated its second anniversary since the community came together to open its doors in the midst of a pandemic.  The street closure celebration was combined with this year’s Oktoberfest and head brewer Jim Myers brought out some...

LAKE COUNTY — Paul Guenzler, a Ronan-area cattle rancher and chairman of the Flathead Irrigation District, filed Sept. 2 as a write-in candidate for District 2 county commissioner, just four days shy of the filing deadline of Sept. 6. Although his name won’t appear on the November ballot, he&rsqu...