Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN — Town officials and employees were joyous last week, as the City of Ronan received its first clean audit in many years. “I was really excited about it,” City Clerk Kaylene Melton said of the 2013 audit. For the past seven years Melton and Deputy Clerk Lorraine Bourd...
Questions about whether or not Ronan City Council is following the letter of the law swirled last week after the city clerk was left out of executive session in a May 19 council meeting, one week after she told the council that she believes state statute requires her to be present to take minutes. P...
LAKE COUNTY – On June 3 county voters have a chance to tax themselves and help alleviate an eldercare crisis that officials say is growing more prominent as the population of senior citizens continues to boom at a pace unmatched by funding support from the federal and state government. A senior mil ...
HELENA — Representatives for the State of Montana filed multiple legal documents last week asserting that the Montana Water Court, not state or federal district courts, should have authority to decide water rights disputes on the Flathead Indian Reservation. If the state prevails in its filing...
HELENA — A Polson man serving 200 years in prison for incest and sexual abuse of children has appealed his case to the Montana Supreme Court. In a May 16 appeal, public defenders asked the high court for access to records compiled by the Montana Department of Health and Human Services ab...
CHARLO — Charlo School District intends to add staff next term, after several successive years of budget cuts. The board’s decision last week to add a Spanish teacher and another staff member sparked questions from trustees, parents, and teachers about what exactly the distri...
Future foresters and culinary artists descended upon Ronan last week as the school hosted two state FFA competitions. Buses took 100 students from 10 schools into Crow Canyon for the Forestry competition, while the Food Science event was held simultaneously at the Lake County Fairgrounds. “It wen...
POLSON – Hyundai Motor Company vowed last week to appeal a Lake County jury’s decision to award $248.6 million to families of two teens killed in a 2011 Arlee crash. After two weeks of testimony, the jury spent more than a day deliberating the verdict which required eight jurors to come ...
After decades of planning and spending the past six months in a political tug-of-war with the state and federal government, representatives of the City of Ronan said last week that most of the town’s preferences for expansion of Highway 93 have been met, including one aspect that will save the city&rsq...
FLATHEAD RIVER — More than 1,000 students learned lessons about nurturing relationships with native wildlife, people and oneself at the River Honoring held last week beside the Lower Flathead River near Moiese. The annual event partners community organizations with fourth and fifth graders fro...
