Articles Written By: Linda Sappington
POLSON — The City County Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the Polson Development Code and possible revisions Tuesday, March 8 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Proposed revisions include allowing accessory buildings on 7,000 square-foot lots that previously only allowed one. Accessory dwelli...
POLSON — Imagine using the same cell phone today that you were using in 2001. The Polson Police Department’s tasers are that old, but thanks to a $11,568.97 grant from the Lake County DUI Task Force, ten patrol officers have new updated tasers with advanced technology that will increase ...
RONAN — There’s a 12-year-old orphan girl in China who may be meeting her adoptive parents sooner than expected, thanks to the efforts of big-hearted people who organized a fundraising Valentine dinner for the Ronan family. Barnaby and Heather Smith have been creatively fundraising the $48,000...
Ronan turns 104 years old on Monday. Or is the ranching community only 26? The town was incorporated on Feb. 29, in the leap year 1912. Ronan shares its birthday with other “leap babies” in Western Montana, including Wendy Sanders, a paraprofessional at Pablo Elementary School, who turns &ldqu...
PABLO — A scuffle occurred just prior to the start of a meeting of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on Feb. 16. Lake County Commissioners were invited to the Council Chambers to discuss the tribes’ proposed Memorandum Of Understanding regarding the density map, according to Ann Brow...
Twenty years ago a handful of people came together with a common goal: Give children a place to go where they feel warm, safe and cared for. Two decades later, the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County is bursting at the seams in both Ronan and Polson locations. “O...
CHARLO — Support for the arts was in full swing Saturday evening as community members packed Leon Hall to bid on local artisans’ creations and snack on sweets. The annual fundraising Valentine party helps the non-profit Ninepipe Arts Group fund projects such as their four-day fine arts camp fo...
It occurred to me today that being prepared is the difference between dreading an upcoming task or looking forward to it. As I was preparing to teach my next Zumba fitness class, I wanted it to be fresh and inspiring, yet I hadn’t created a new list of songs and dances. I realized I was dreading the...
A county-wide community effort is transforming the horticulture barn at the Lake County Fairgrounds into an insulated, heated expansive space where youth can hone their skills — even in the frigid winter. The barn, built in 1961, is used each year by 4-H shooting and 4-H dog training projects and Ma...
POLSON — A Polson man whose drunken driving caused a Missoula woman to be seriously injured last spring was sentenced Wednesday in Lake County District Court. Benjamin Alvin Morris, 59, Polson, was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for five years, none suspended with credit for time served,...
