Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
ST. IGNATIUS – The Mission Bulldogs will kick off football season in Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Friday, after school board members decided in an Aug. 19 meeting that the opportunity was too great to pass up. The last-minute venue change was approved after a lengthy debate about how much it ...
Budget hearings without fail are some of the most heated or most boring meetings a reporter can cover. They are also some of the most important ones. Budget numbers are a raw set of data that cuts through political rhetoric and citizen complaints that surround criticisms of how our infrastructure is built...
UPDATE Sunday, Aug. 24 The male subject found deceased in a field north of the Hwy 93 and Light Rd. intersection has been identified as 69 year old Bernard F. Carlson of Whitefish. The cause of death has not been determined pending the outcome of the medical examiners investigation. ...
In some ways Mission Valley’s new horse trainer is a young man just trying to get his start in the business. In other ways he’s been preparing for the job for his entire life. “I could ride before I could walk,” 20-year-old cowboy Dusty Morigeau said. “There’s jus...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Fire officials on Tuesday presented a long-term fire plan to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council for management of the lightning-caused Seepay Fire which had grown to 1,050 acres. The plan anticipated the fire burning until a major weather event ends fire seaso...
RONAN – Mayor Kim Aipperspach and Ronan City Council members said last week that they could not publicly discuss the work status of Ronan Police Officer John Mitchell, who has not returned to work since he was cleared by a doctor to perform light duties. Community members and city staff have a...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court on Aug. 13 denied the appeal of a habitual drinking and driving offender from Lake County who claimed he was illegally sentenced. Dillard Cody Miller, 68, is currently serving a 10-year sentence in the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby for a felony con...
RONAN — After 10 years under the direction of Frank Ciez, Pablo Elementary will have a new principal this school year. Former Ronan High Vice School Principal Ryan Fisher will be at the helm in Pablo, 22 years after he graduated high school from the district. “It’s a privi...
RONAN — School lunches will be free at three Ronan schools this year, as the district partners with a federal program meant to reduce hunger in low income communities. Ronan Food Services Coordinator Marsha Wartick said she hopes the program will keep kids from going hungry, result in monetary...
RONAN — Taxpayers will fork out 20 percent less in taxes this year to pay for Ronan School District’s bus depreciation fund than was paid last year, but in an Aug. 11 board meeting Lake County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Wood was still critical of the burden the cost put on the taxpayer.&n...
