Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Megan Strickland

School board’s interaction questioned

RONAN – Lake County Commissioner Gale Decker and parent Jennifer O’Connor expressed frustration with the lack of dialogue between members of the Ronan School Board and the public at the board’s Dec. 9 meeting.  O’Connor questioned the board’s previous interactions with h...

Lifting a legacy: Charlo teen earns Eagle Scout status Lifting a legacy: Charlo teen earns Eagle Scout status

For most people it takes a lifetime of work to leave some enduring lasting contribution to society.  Ryan Fullerton is just 17 years old, yet last week a crowd of at least 50 people came out to see what will be part of his legacy – a flagpole in front of the Charlo Fire Department.  Ful...

Congressman visits SKC, learns about college’s NASA projects Congressman visits SKC, learns about college’s NASA projects

PABLO – It may be a tad difficult for most people to understand the immensely complex programming, technological, and engineering feats a team of Salish Kootenai College science and technology students are completing in preparation for a December 2014 launch of a space cube satellite they built. Congre...

Library, city council work out rental details

RONAN – If a renter agrees to be held accountable for the upkeep of the interior of a building and the building’s owner agrees to be held accountable for the exterior of the building, who is liable when equipment on the outside of the building that is responsible for heating the inside breaks? Th...

Delayed project adds costs in Mission

ST. IGNATIUS — The Mission Town Council wants an explanation from Great West Contracting about why the town’s water improvement project keeps being delayed and thousands of dollars in additional costs are being tacked on.  The project to replace the town’s water lines should have be...

Mission to crack down on parking laws

ST. IGNATIUS — Mission Chief of Police Jeffrey Ferguson wants to remind townspeople that they are subject to ticketing if they break parking ordinances meant to keep roads clear for snowplowing in the winter months.  Parking is prohibited on the following streets from 3 a.m. until 8 a.m. from O...

Ronan man charged in Dec. 11 stabbing

RONAN — Bail was set at $100,000 Friday for Eugene Seyler, 41, of Ronan, who is accused of stabbing a neighbor at the Gardner Apartments on Wednesday, Dec. 11.  According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin, a Ronan Police officer responded to two 911 calls that came in shortly after 5 p.m. ...

Winter weather leads to fatal wreck, slide-offs Winter weather leads to fatal wreck, slide-offs

LAKE COUNTY — Law enforcement officials spent Monday responding to numerous wrecks across Lake County.  At approximately 10:50 a.m. a head-on collision with a single fatality was reported on Highway 212 near mile marker 6 in Moiese. Plains resident Patricia S. Mcdougall, 60, was pronounced dead...

Tribal company continues to repair Saudi aircraft

WARNER ROBBINS, GA — S&K Aerospace received a $7.2 million extension of an Air Force contract on Nov. 19 that will allow the company’s Georgia office to continue working on Saudi Arabian aircraft for the next 13 months.  Tom Avadeo, vice president of S&K Aerospace said the company...

Students produce Romeo and Juliet Students produce Romeo and Juliet

POLSON — On Dec. 12, 13, and 14 forget dinner and a movie. The students of Mission Valley Christian Academy will present live dinner theater on those nights. Since October, high school and junior high students have been memorizing the lines of one of literature’s most famous dramas, “Rom...


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