Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN — A battle of warrior robots that rumbled Ronan high school students into a fourth place finish at a Nov. 15 state qualifying competition might sound like a dramatic clash reserved for stereotypical tech geeks, but that isn’t the case. Instead of building machines meant to destroy things...
WESTERN MONTANA — Local banks across Mission Valley are estimated to have lost thousands of dollars in the past two weeks after their customers became victims of credit theft in the biggest data breach to hit the region in several years. Details on when and how the data were taken remain spars...
RONAN — The voters of Ronan were evenly torn between city council candidates Roger Romero and Tracy Morigeau Frank in the Nov. 5 election but the city council charged with breaking the tie voted almost unanimously in favor of incumbent Romero at its Nov. 18 meeting. Councilmembers Chris Adler,...
RONAN — It has been 392 years since the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock and 150 years since President Lincoln unified disjointed iterations of harvest dinners into an official national celebration of communal gratitude, and while the history of a neighborhood Thanksgiving in Ronan is much shorter, ...
LAKE COUNTY – Volunteerism is the engine that drives several community organizations that feed, clothe, nourish, and educate people in the Mission Valley, but there never seems to be enough gas, according to Sherlee Santorno. Santorno runs the Retired Senior Volunteer Program through the Western Montan...
LAKE COUNTY — One of most celebrated secular holidays is on a rare collision course with a religious observance of one of the state’s smallest minority groups. For the 1,500 Jews estimated to be living in Montana, Nov. 28 will present the opportunity to eat both turkey and latkes as Than...
RONAN – Students at K. William Harvey Elementary School twirled and danced to the drumbeats of the Alec Quequesah family singers in a round dance meant to educate the school on Native American heritage. “We come here to celebrate and show you our songs,” Quequesah said. “We t...
ARLEE – Flags are more than bits of colorful cloth sewn together. They represent the rights associated with the country that flies them and a price paid by servicemen and women for those rights, Arlee students learned at a Nov. 20 presentation. Diane Aguilar, food services director for the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council members Carole Depoe Lankford and Joe Durglo had the ears of the nation’s highest federal officials last week and used the opportunity to talk about economic development, and interagency cooperation between the Flathead Reservatio...
RONAN — Hundreds of area Headstart students spent Friday afternoon twisting and twirling in traditional Native American clothing and pint-sized moccasins. The “We Are Thankful” powwow gave children the opportunity to dance alongside tribal elders who also played drums and sang at t...
