Articles Written By: Kate Haake
CHARLO — After establishing Reading First practices in the school, the Charlo elementary and Dixon School administrators are now focusing their attention on the improvement of mathematics scores. With the help of a multi-million dollar research grant, they may be able to do just that. Dixon an...
RONAN — After the Ronan City Library received a $13,000 anonymous donation, the Friends of the Ronan City Library are still fighting the good fight to keep the library open and fully funded. Considering the budget cuts this year that have threatened the livelihood of the library, the patrons h...
RONAN — In the spirit of the Super Bowl and friendly competition, members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Ronan raised over 600 cans of soup for the Bread Basket during a four week canned soup drive. The Bread Basket is a food pantry, organized by volunteers from the area. Sherri McDonald and...
KICKING HORSE — Rick Bender is sometimes referred to as the “man without a face.” With only one third of his tongue remaining and only one half of his jaw, Bender is a living testimony to the life-altering affects of tobacco. On Friday at the Through with Chew seminar in the gymnas...
BOZEMAN — The Ronan High School Robotics Team snatched the Innovate Award and took fourth last weekend at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition. The team competed against robotics teams from all over the state of Montana on the Montana State University’...
RONAN — At a Ronan/Pablo School Board Meeting Monday, the board unanimously approved the contract for Superintendent Andy Holmlund until 2013. Holmlund’s contract was extended from two years to three years. Indian Education Coordinator Leslie Caye presented the Mid-Year Indian Education Report...
RONAN — In a slow economy, small business owners need all the help they can get. And thanks to The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Lake County Community Development Corporation, relief for a few such businesses in Ronan is on the way. If everything goes as planned, Mission Val...
RONAN — At a Ronan City Council meeting on Monday evening, Ronan City Library Board Chairman Frank Delgado and library director Michelle Fenger requested a budget amendment in the Ronan City Library’s budget. The amendment follows a anonymous donation of $13,000 to the library. ...
PABLO — At 3:30 p.m. Feb. 2, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal police and the Ronan Volunteer Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle collision that occurred just south of Pablo on U.S. Highway 93. According toTribal Police Chief Craige Couture, Barbara Musser hit a patch of ice and c...
RONAN — On Sunday at approximately 2:43 p.m., Montana Highway Patrol and the Ronan Volunteer Fire Department responded to a wreck that occurred at 2:25 p.m. south of Ronan on U.S. Highway 93. According to Trooper Shad Anderson, a Ford Five Hundred SE traveling in the south bound lane, drifted ...
