Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN – The award-winning voice of the Griz is now the voice of business in Ronan. Mick Holien, sports announcer for the University of Montana’s basketball and football teams, is the new executive director for the Ronan Area Chamber of Commerce. Holien, who lives in Polson, said...
MOIESE – The 16-day federal government shutdown resulted in the closure of the National Bison Range just as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared for its annual bison roundup. Staff were sent home, and the public was alerted that the roundup was canceled, but the bison didn’t get ...
RONAN — When victims of domestic violence and abuse embark upon the road to recovery, there are a few dedicated individuals who go above and beyond to make sure the victims’ immediate and long term needs are met. Safe Harbor, a domestic violence and abuse organization in Ronan, awarded five commu...
RONAN — Very few people have the honor of having a state official observe their first day in a new business venture, but that’s exactly what happened to Greg Carter when Governor Steve Bullock walked in to observe food processing at Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center. Carter, of the...
RONAN — Quick action by the Ronan Fire Department kept a fire from spreading to the home of Jim Allen at 34108 Spring Creek Road on Friday afternoon. According to Ronan fire chief Mark Clary, a passerby reported a smoke at a residence. When Clary arrived on the scene, a storage shed that...
RONAN — Students at K. William Harvey Elementary School spent last week dressing up in silly hats, sunglasses, their pajamas, slippers and school colors before the grand Friday finale when each class competed to see who could don the most red that matched the ribbons they wore all week. The fe...
MISSION VALLEY – James Bays of Polson spent many weekends of his childhood at racetracks in Kalispell and Mission Valley. He cheered on his father, Ralph Bays, for more than a dozen years before Ralph died after a battle with cancer last year. “I promised him I would get out there and ra...
A last few humming harvesters made their way slowly over the Mission Valley fields last week, deftly cutting open the bowels of the earth and pulling potatoes from the ground. The seed potatoes were stored and left to sleep in climate-controlled cellars meant to keep them from sprouting until early ...
RONAN — According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin five unbranded horses were reunited with a Ronan family over the weekend after they disappeared from a tribal grazing lease near Pistol Creek some time between September 19 and September 30. “The horses have been located ...
MISSION — There are two at-large seats on the St. Ignatius Town Council up for grabs in the November 5 election. Only candidate Roger Lemon filed by the deadline to be on the regular ballot. Three candidates filed as write-in candidates. Lemon, 68, is a manager for Johnson Transportat...
