Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
ARLEE – Drumbeats and native songs carried on the wind through the grass to beckon visitors to a dance floor in the middle of an Arlee field last weekend, where people participated in the 116th Arlee Celebration. The celebration, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is a t...
ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius Town Council will temporarily increase the hours of the town’s part-time police officer to have more coverage during the hiring process for a new chief. The council’s decision came after three citizens voiced their concerns about lacking protection f...
PABLO – Authorities are still searching for a missing Lake County woman. Shannon Turner, 40, told her 13-year old daughter she was headed to work in Kalispell when she left her Pablo home on Kennedy Drive at 8:30 a.m. on June 30, her husband, Kevin Turner said. Kevin was able to find out that Shanno...
ARLEE – Independence Day wouldn’t be complete without some explosive power, but for those who make their home in Arlee, the fireworks come through clashes with bulls and broncs, not bursts of light. The 32nd Open Arlee Rodeo brought out droves of people, in what hometown rodeo ...
PABLO – Authorities are searching for a missing Lake County woman. Shannon Turner, 40, told her 13-year old daughter she was headed to work in Kalispell when she left her Pablo home on Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., her husband, Kevin Turner said. Kevin was able to find out that...
The melted droplets flowing from snow-packed peaks have carved a course through western Montana that people have used to build civilization and economies for millennia. First, native people utilized the fish, mammals, and plants that drank from and lived in the flowing waters to sustain their popula...
RONAN — The extent of insurance coverage for the City of Ronan and Ronan Police Department has come into question because of a class action lawsuit recently filed against the two entities and city leadership. Last week Mayor Kim Aipperspach said he couldn’t comment on whether or not the city o...
HELENA — A Lake County man will remain in a state correctional facility at Great Falls after the Montana Supreme Court last week denied a petition that claimed his four-year sentence for failure to register as a violent offender was illegal. Victor Demery, 30, argued that a 2005 arson convicti...
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court ruled last week that Lake County prosecutors will not be able to use the confession of Clifford Oldhorn if they decide to retry the man for the 2005 homicide of Harold Mitchell that occurred in St. Ignatius. The unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Mi...
ARLEE — Thousands of people will flood into Arlee this week for the 116th annual Arlee Celebration, but event organizers say the true meaning of the festivities is not found in the dance competition or craft sales that draw people from faraway places. Instead, the heart of the celebration lies within t...
