RONAN— Kira Crenshaw Niedens, a 2005 Ronan High School graduate, has been on the run for some time now. Running, that is, for suicide prevention with hopes of qualifying for one of the bigger races such as Chicago, New York, and Boston. Thus far she has run in Missoula, in marathons in Oregon where she currently resides, and most recently has run in the Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon in Utah. With his race she qualified to run in the Boston Marathon by finishing in 3 hours, 31 minutes and 40 seconds. “I’ve never been so happy to be 35 as the requirement for those who are 18-34 was 3 hours 30 minutes and I had an extra 5 minutes as a 35-year-old to qualify,&r...
JOCKO VALLEY — The Mission Mountain Area Pedal to Plate (MMAPP) bike tour kicked off on Saturday in a 26-mile route through farms around Arlee. “The whole goal behind it is to promote our small-scale agriculture and the really diverse range of producers that we have here,” explaine...
News from Alison Graham, AJGrp POLSON — The Montana-based producers of the independent feature, The Year of the Dog, in partnership with the Polson, Montana-based film distribution company, Nova Vento Entertainment, will host a week-long special screening, in Polson at Showboat Cinemas - Sept. 30 ...
News from Daughters of the American Revolution PABLO — Kuilix Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution awarded a $500 grant from the DAR’s Helen Pouch Memorial Fund Classroom Grant program to Pablo Elementary School Librarian Gay Speckert for the 2022-2023 school year. Pablo Elementary i...
The Polson Senior Center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. Lunch is available from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. Call 406-883-4735, email: polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com; or visit/mail at 504 Third Ave. E. Welcome to the Gathering Season! Heavy rain on the first day of Autumn was certainly a d...
ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Senior Citizen’s Center wishes everyone happy fall days. Enjoy the cool weather mixed with a bit of rain. Our menu for the next week is: — Tuesday, Sep. 27: lunch - biscuits, sausage gravy, veggies, fruit, Rice Krispies treats — &nb...
RONAN — The 12th annual Harvest Festival was celebrated in Ronan last Saturday, Sept. 17 to mark the official start to autumn. While the last 12 years have seen a lot of different events come and go, from chili cook offs to giant pumpkin contests, this year saw the two local cooperatives join in the...
POLSON — A sizeable showing of Lake County’s legal community, along with around 30 interested voters, showed up at Glacier Brewing in Polson last Thursday to hear from state Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson. The incumbent is seeking to hold on to her post on the high court in a ra...
ST. IGNATIUS — Chief of Police Jason Acheson was sworn in on July 7, and since then has been working to implement new measures in the police force. Originally from Columbia Falls, Acheson has worked throughout the Flathead in his career. He started out as a reserve police officer in Columbia F...
LAKE COUNTY — There has been an increase in bear sightings in communities this year, but according to biologists from the Wildlife Management Program of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, it isn’t due to this year’s fire activity. The main suspected reason, according to b...
