Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius School District students were a bit alarmed, but overall safe and sound after a police pursuit resulted in the school going into lockdown mode for 14 minutes on Feb. 10. St. Ignatius Superintendent Bob Lewandowski said the school district’s clerk noticed that ...
SPOKANE — Siliye Pete was resting her voice Feb. 12, speaking in short quiet sentences, ahead of the next day when she was prepared to use all of the wind and noises inside her to make joyful sounds with the National Association for Music Education’s All-Northwest Choir in Spokane, Washington.&nb...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control is ramping up its lobbying efforts in Helena to stop the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact pending before the state legislature. The board voted 7-2 and 7-3 to spend up to $22,000 to pay for lobbyist Gary Forrester and pu...
News from the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — The Montana Department of Transportation would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to reconstruct about 3.4 miles of U.S. Highway 93, south of the Ninepipes Reservoir. The project begins at Red Horn Road/Dublin Gulch Ro...
State lawmakers have sent a bill to Governor Steve Bullock allowing for the construction of a public dock at Wild Horse Island State Park. Prior to the bill’s passage, the state was prohibited from constructing docks on islands, although according to Sen. Janna Taylor, R-SD 6, funds were appro...
ST. IGNATIUS – St. Ignatius Town Council agreed Feb. 3 to advertise for the rest of the month for police chief candidates, after receiving only two applications for the position in an initial search for applicants. “I’d like to put it out one more time,” Councilmember Ray Fre...
RONAN — Super Bowl festivities are traditionally a time of feasting on a smorgasbord of good eats, but one local church spent the month of January focusing on ways to make sure those who go without food day to day will be provided for. The Ronan Seventh Day Adventist Church’s sixth annua...
HELENA — Republican State Senator Chas Vincent of Libby introduced a bill in the Montana State Legislature Feb. 4 for the ratification of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact. The 140-page Senate Bill 262 is the result of more than a decade of negotiations between the state, tri...
LAKE COUNTY – Ten months after Ronan City Council and St. Ignatius Town Council both separately endeavored to find some resolution to a county-wide problem of dealing with dogs at large and vicious animals, there has been little progress in the matter. Both entities continue to weigh new ideas and opti...
RONAN – Community members in Ronan put their arms together and swayed as one to the tune of “Lean on Me” as part of a commitment to be more compassionate toward others last week, after hearing a presentation called “Rachel’s Challenge” from a man who lost his sister and fr...
