Members of Ronan's Academic Bowl team wait to see if the answer they've given to a question is correct.

Ronan wins 2026 Academic Bowl

RONAN — A team of middle schoolers from Ronan made their school proud, bringing home the traveling trophy for this winter’s annual Lake County Academic Bowl. The Ronan team of sixth, seventh and eighth gr...

Western A Divisional Track meet

Representative Brad Barker House District 55 (Carbon County)

Legislative Notes

Over the past 40 years, Montana’s property tax burden quietly shifted from natural resource extraction and industries to homeowners. From 2003 to 2023 alone, residential property as a percentage of the total taxab...

Jury trial scheduled for fatal shooting in Polson

POLSON — Ashley Whitmore, 33, will face a jury trial on March 9 in Lake County District Court on one charge of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of 39-year-old Adam Mowatt of Polson. She was arraigned Nov. 20 in Lake County District Court before the Honorable John Mercer, where she...

14C District Tournament

Annie Garbagnati remains productive while social distancing.

Wild photo for April 22, 2020

Bird watching: Come rain, sun or snow, birds are getting ready for their busy season.

Wild photos for April 15, 2020

Wild photos for March 18, 2020

CSKT Communications Director Robert McDonald fields questions about “The Water Keepers,” which debuted at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Casey Ryan stands to his left. Both McDonald and Ryan were the film’s co-producers.

‘Water Keepers’ documentary to be shown at various local venues

“The Water Keepers,” a documentary film that chronicles the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ groundbreaking water-measurement program, will be shown at Ninepipes Lodge on March 18. The 6 p.m...

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Lakers commission mural to honor beauty, culture of Flathead Lake

Karen Peterson

The artist of the Flathead Lake mural shares his work with children on Friday.

Karen Peterson

Photos by Karen Peterson / Valley Journal Children from the Boys and Girls Club study what the finished mural will look like to decide what they would like to draw on their own paper. Below: the artist adds the hand print to honor missing or murdered indigenous women.