Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
PABLO – The face of domestic and sexual violence is often painted as that of the battered woman or child, broken and helpless. Little is done to make society contemplate exactly how or why men abuse their partners and children. “They’ve been seen as women’s issues that some g...
RONAN — Victims of vandalism that occurred in the past few weeks in Ronan have little faith the perpetrators of those crimes will be caught. On October 30, several cars outside Lucky Strike Lanes were ransacked, according to owners Lisa and Tim Corbett. Some of the cars had the doors ...
RONAN – Millions of people around the world have faith the Lord will provide for them, but only a fraction decide to put the fate of their livelihood completely into His hands while they devote their entire life to serving others. The Tatukivei family from Ronan is among the few who do. “As a ...
POLSON – Halloween spirit lasted past Oct. 31 to the morning of Nov. 2 in Polson, where an estimated 150 participants donned costumes and running shoes in the Polson Pirate Monster Mash Fun Run. Superman, Bat Girl, Wonder Woman, and a wayward Reese’s cup ran around the town in Linderman Elementar...
RONAN — Dead, six-year-old, off-brand radio batteries likely caused problems experienced recently by the Ronan Police Department in communicating with dispatch, Lake County Emergency Management coordinator Stephen Stanley told city council members on Oct. 28. Stanley also said he received litt...
RONAN – The Ronan City Council wants to hear input from the public about critical decisions being made in the Highway 93 expansion project. There were no citizens in attendance at the Oct. 28 meeting when the council discussed a game plan to take to an important daylong meeting with federal and state h...
CHARLO – A patch of land in the heart of Charlo that was the site of a crumbling building is now home to a modern state-of-the art development that will provide low to moderate-income housing for families. The Big Sky Apartments, owned by private non-profit Lake County Community Housing, opene...
LAKE COUNTY – The tide of pink that washed over the nation slowly faded out as the days of October dwindled to an end, but two double-mastectomy survivors from Mission Valley are proof that breast cancer is a constant threat, every day of the year. It was April of 2012 when Peggy Sloan, manage...
LAKE COUNTY – The implementation of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been a bumpy transition for individuals and business owners trying to navigate the massive overhaul of America’s healthcare system. Although the change has not been seamless, healthcare officials say the pla...
ST. IGNATIUS – In a green pasture off Pinsonault Road in St. Ignatius, a flock of chickens, two sheep, two steers, a calf and two excited young farmers are waiting out the winter anxiously praying that when springtime comes two calves will be born and revive a once long-standing Mission Valley traditio...
