Articles Written By: Kate Haake
"Well, I like to fly and I like farming and I just put the two together,” crop duster Mike Campbell notes. Campbell, who runs Campbell Aviation with his wife Colleen, sits outside a mobile home just off the runway at the Ronan Airport. The trailer that faces east is not home, but it will do for the ...
It may be blue skies and warm weather now, but the onslaught of snow and cold is just around the corner. And we all know what that means — excessive food consumption in conjunction with gloomy days and indoor activity could pack on the pounds. New studies have also found that the lack...
Even after a hip replacement surgery, Julia Roberts exudes health. She can’t help it. It seeps out of her pores and into the life around her, and for Roberts, it’s as effortless as breathing. “For me being healthy is helping other people be happy,” Roberts said. ...
When Community Bank celebrated its centennial this year, it brought back a forgotten, but excellent tradition — the family-friendly, beloved block party. Reminiscent of days filled with hide-and-seek, music, barbecue and baseball games lit by the fading summer sun, the summer block party is an...
Joe Piedalue has ridden his bike 100 miles on the edges of Hurricane Philippe in Vermont and 100 miles through the desert of Death Valley, Calif., all for the sake of diabetes research. And the motivation to stay fit. “I’m an old-timer, but I think it’s keeping me healthy,...
RONAN — Most days Carl Lind’s cart is full of cans, as he pushes it around downtown Ronan. He stops here and there to talk to locals and to visit businesses, who save their cans for him. “He doesn’t ever know a stranger,” explains Teena Horshor. Horshor is the social servi...
Authorities suspect an unattended camp fire to be the cause of a fire that burned 43 acres near Buffalo Bridge on Thursday evening. “My suspicion was that it was started within a fire ring and was an unattended campfire,” said Curtiss Matt, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division of F...
RONAN — Studies show that if kids don’t continue to read through the summer, teachers have to re-teach what their pupils forgot over the summer the following year, Ronan Library Director Michelle Fenger said. She said summers can be a fun and exciting time for families and children alike...
CHARLO — At a school board meeting on Tuesday, the Charlo School Board voted not to re-subscribe to their secondary insurance Northwestern Scholastic Insurers. “I just think it’s a waste of money,” Charlo Trustee Duane Weible said. The unanimous vote was prompted by ...
RONAN — The Ronan Chamber of Commerce installed an 18-foot tall teepee on Friday morning. The newest traditional monument adorns the Mission Mountain Visitor's Center in Ronan, drawing tourists from U.S. Highway 93. Facing east, the Sioux-style teepee is made from two types of weather resistan...
