Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
The honker was nearly as big as K. William Harvey Elementary School first grader Briella Brown, and the small girl was bright-eyed as she stuck her arm elbow-deep up into the giant plastic nose with a teensy weensy q-tip. Her eyes widened and face formed into a giggle as she squished her arm and pul...
RONAN – They are usually up sunrise to sundown and sometimes well into the night, tending stock, growing crops, and making Lake County’s more than 1,000 farms and ranches tick while bringing millions of dollars each year to the local economy. But Friday night was a time of rest from busi...
POLSON – Possible sentencing was delayed last week for a man accused of shooting his brother and leading authorities on a two-day manhunt in the Mission Mountains in June 2014. Harry Lozeau, 54, was absent from the courtroom on March 25, and Lake County District Judge James Manley said t...
RONAN – Howling winds kept blowing the leaves from the half-filled trailer back onto the green grass, but that didn’t stop nearly 20 members of the Ronan High School golf team from scooping them back up and trying to dispose of them again as part of an annual clean-up day. Just under two...
RONAN — Michael McCrae, 4, spun anxiously as rain drops pittered around him on First Avenue in Ronan. Souls decked out in green-clad glasses, hair, sunglasses, dresses, hats, and clown gear were making their way behind St. Luke Community Hospital for lineup in one of Ronan’s long-standing traditi...
Governor Steve Bullock predicted the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact will pass the legislative session after a more intense fight in the House of Representatives than was seen in the Montana Senate in February. Bullock spoke with tribal councilmembers Friday in Pablo about the compact...
RONAN – Ronan City Council unanimously voted to make a $40,000 offer on three lots adjacent to Bockman Park on March 17. “The lots are directly behind the liquor store and they go down against the memorial, and the corner of one is actually in the middle of the creek,” Public Works...
RONAN — More than 3,000 Access Montana data customers were left with disruptions in Internet and television over the weekend because of a cyber attack. According to company CEO Jay Preston, the attack began late Thursday evening and was finally resolved on Monday at around 3 a.m. During that t...
Three-year-old Shy Thomas stood on her tiptoes and squinted at the pile of halved chocolate-truffles sitting at the back of the table, trying to decide which of the impeccably swirled and dipped treats best suited her fancy before picking one up with an excited exclamation of “yum!” The ...
CHARLO – There was little discussion March 17 as the Charlo School Board voted to hire principal Steve Love as superintendent. Per the contract, Love will have to obtain the proper education endorsements within the next two years. The district will reimburse Love for up to $5,000 of the cost o...
