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BLUE BAY — Area anglers reeled in nearly 37,000 lake trout and more than $150,000 in prizes during the Spring Mack Days Tournament. “This past event was the best we’ve ever had for numbers and for people that were out there fishing,” said Cindy Bras-Benson, a fisheries specialist w...
RONAN — Although the Ronan school district is more than $600,000 short for the coming year’s budget, taxpayers won’t have to make up the difference, and programs won’t take major hits. During a May meeting, school board members decided to use a portion of more than $3 million held ...
Memorial Day brings meaningful recollections. We pause to acknowledge the Revolutionary militiamen who stood fast in volleys of crude musket balls to today’s warriors who could meet their end by a roadside bomb. Thank you to all service persons in my family and yours. I’m also thinking of m...
Good heavens. It seems every time I turn around, there’s another “charitable” organization, non-government organization, or “sustainable” entity popping up, to make all of our lives better somehow. I’m not talking about the good charities which have been established and wh...
Donna Lee Grunloh’s obituary in the May 16 Valley Journal should have asked that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be considered to the Mission Valley Animal Shelter, 239 North Reservoir Rd., Polson, Mont. 59860.
POLSON — Sam Roberson, of Polson, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital on Tuesday, May 22. No services are planned at this time. Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory has been entrusted with arrangements.
Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, May 16: Randolph Nigg , 50, Dayton, was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 20 years, 15 suspended, for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, fourth or subsequent offense, a felony. According to court documents, the char...
Editor, The Keystone pipeline debacle is symptomatic of a deep systemic problem in the United States. The federal environmental laws and regulations created since the 1960’s act as barriers to progress. In the case of the Keystone, progress would look like reduced dependency on our enemies for...
PABLO — The first annual Run 4 It event, a precursor to the May 17 Women 4 Wellness health fair, drew 125 participants of all ages and athletic abilities to run and walk in the sunshine May 12. The top five placers in each event are listed below. RESULTS Male 5K 60-plus: 1st - Dunner Parazoo 38.57.8...
Editor, As I write, President Obama has met with foreign heads of state at Camp David and is now in Chicago attending the NATO summit. Pressing issues on both military and economic situations are front and center in these meetings, pressing issues so often caused by minds filled with hate, fear, anger, an...
