Articles Written By: Summer Goddard
More than one in every five Montanans, including approximately two in every five children, have health care coverage under the state’s Medicaid program. The program covers costs of physical, behavioral, emergency, vision, dental and long term care health services at low or no cost to those eligible. Th...
Building bigger, better rockets for astronauts to go to space in is what 11-year-old Tobias Becker of Ronan wants to do when he grows up. The future rocket scientist traveled to Florida last month to learn more about careers in space as part of the 2024 SpaceKids Global Press Squad. Tobias became a member...
LAKE COUNTY — Beef cattle is the state’s leading moneymaker, a fact that holds true at the local level with the county home to many cattle operations – both large and small. According to an MSU Census of Agriculture, more than 67% of land in Lake County is classified as farm land. Montan...
As the holiday season is approaching, Chapter CA members of P.E.O. decided again to forgo exchanging gifts with each other at Christmas and instead, donate money for clothing items for Cherry Valley and Linderman Schools. Nurses and guidance counselors from the schools were asked to generate a list of sizes ...
Nearly a month out exactly from the Nov. 5 general election, Senator Jon Tester, the incumbent Democratic candidate for one of Montana’s two senate seats, visited with voters at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo and at the Lake County Democratic headquarters in Polson. Confederated Salish and Kootenai T...
POLSON — To increase transparency and understanding of local government and how it works, the City of Polson hosted a Civics 101 class on Oct. 29. Polson City Manager Ed Meece prepared a Powerpoint presentation that’s available at the city’s website for those interested who couldn&...
Reproductive rights were a hot button topic at a political forum hosted by the Lake County Republican and Democrat groups on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Polson’s Montecahto Club. The most vocal response from audience members, both for and against, came during candidate response to the proposed constitutional...
A 48-mile bike tour was a feast for the senses as 175 cyclists wove their way through area back roads sampling locally sourced foods and learning about area history at stops along the way. The scenic ride took cyclists over mostly paved, mostly back roads, to a farm, flower and vegetable gardens and...
POLSON — James Phillip Lawrence of Polson pleaded not guilty to felony charges of deliberate homicide and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in the death of Edwin “Ed” Loder of Ronan. Lawrence was arraigned in Lake County District Court on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Accordin...
