Articles Written By: Linda Sappington
POLSON — Three new businesses will soon be opening on Whitewater Drive in the Ridgewater complex. The new fitness facility will offer “Fitness On Demand,” where members can dial up spinning, yoga, strength training or dance aerobics classes any time the facility is open, for a month-to-m...
POLSON — A Ronan man was sentenced to 10 years in Montana State Prison after photos of young girls, engaged in sexual acts, were discovered on his cell phone by his probation officer. Ronald Melvin Parnell, 43, pleaded guilty May 11 to one count of felony criminal endangerment, amended from felony s...
RONAN — People attending Thursday’s Ronan Roundup toured new additions at K. William Harvey Elementary School. The new construction includes four classrooms added to the south end of the building that will replace two portable buildings that formerly housed four classrooms. “They were no...
CHARLO — Every Mission Valley critter stood motionless as Stipn Small Salmon, a full-blood Pend d’Oreille Indian and elder with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, chatted effortlessly with children at Ninepipes Museum Aug. 3. Small Salmon asked questions of the children visiting from...
Note Aug. 10, 2016 : This story has been updated with additional information, plus overall and age-group results. POLSON — Gregory Rempe, 22, didn’t finish first in Saturday’s 1-mile Water Daze swim event, but he did finish slightly before the first woman swimmer, and he swam ...
RONAN — Teamwork shines again. With the help of Ronan Chamber of Commerce and local businesses and organizations, the Pioneer Days committee brought entertainment with three rodeos, two street dances, a parade and numerous sporting events that kept people hopping from dawn until well after dark. ...
Polson — The enormous American flag that flew over Glacier Bank near the bridge in Polson has returned in all its old glory. The flag was lowered when Glacier Bank bought Community Bank and moved to their Polson location a mile east of the bridge. Then Valley Bank moved into the former Glacier Bank loc...
Trevor Stover licked his lips after tasting a smoked rib at Saturday’s eighth annual Smokin’ on the Water event, held on the KwaTaqNuk Resort’s grassy lawn near the Salish Point docks. “My plan for the day is to eat as much food as I possibly can,” Stover said. The Polson ...
RONAN — Mark Johnston understands nearly every aspect of a school. He’s scrubbed floors as a substitute janitor, taught math for 20 years, coached wrestling, was a high school vice-principal and most recently served as principal of Ronan Middle School. He’s even had a landscape business, so...
RONAN — There’s an inexplicable passion all quilters seem to share. Some will say the lure is in the texture of the fabric, the joy of blending beautiful hues, and the challenge of piecing a variety of patterns into a cohesive work of art. Stitch that with a dose of nostalgia and sense of family ...
