Articles Written By: Rob Zolman

RONAN — The Ronan Chiefs and Maidens basketball teams split their double-header against Mission High School in a non-conference cross county showdown Thursday night at the Ronan Event Center. The girls game went to the host Maidens 51-39, while in the boy’s game the Class B Bulldogs slipped pa...

ST. IGNATIUS – Seventeen months after a devastating arson caused fire engulfed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai People’s Center in Pablo, eight historic works of art damaged by soot, smoke and extreme heat have been returned, rejuvenated to their former glory. On Thursday, Joe Abbrescia, a...

CHARLO — In a battle between cross county and 14C conference rivals on Saturday evening, it was a clean sweep for the host school Charlo as the Lady Vikings overwhelmed the Two Eagle River Lady Eagles 59-11 and the Vikings outpaced the Two Eagle River Eagles 76-38. After jumping out to an 18-0 lead ...

ST. IGNATIUS — Two neighboring valley teams squared off this past weekend in the first of two nonconference basketball meetings designed to test each other without league implications. The Mission Lady Bulldogs hosted round one of the cross-county rivalry on Saturday, falling to the visiting Ronan M...

POLSON — Nearly 70 runners took full advantage of the unseasonably mild 30-degree-temperatures and competed in the Sorry ‘Bout That half marathon on Saturday, Jan. 8. The roughly 13-mile-long clockwise loop started at the Mission Valley Aquatics Center with runners trekking through the slipper...

Chances are good you’ve probably heard a runner rave about the almost endless health benefits one can enjoy from a long, sweat-inducing run. Well, it’s all true; there’s a plethora of documented scientific research and evidence that proves a vigorous run has very real and genuine h...

POLSON — The Polson Pirates and Lady Pirates hosted cross county and Northwestern A conference rivals Ronan Chiefs and Maidens at Linderman gym last Friday night. The Pirates prevailed over the Chiefs 56-35, while the Maidens came away with a 65-41 victory over the Lady Pirates. The Maidens raced...

RONAN — The week closed with a flurry of prep wrestling action for Mission Valley area teams during a weekend tournament in Ronan. Mission-Charlo Bulldogs, Polson Pirates and host Ronan Chiefs joined 15 Western Montana schools during the Annual Dave Edington Western Montana Duals Wrestling Tou...

POLSON — Temperatures weren’t the only thing taking a plunge on New Year’s Day. On Saturday afternoon, a few more than 50 spirited chill seekers made an icy plunge into Flathead Lake’s frigid waters, making a big splash into the 2022 New Year during the Polson Polar Plunge. In i...

POLSON — Polson Pirate Braunson Henriksen, who announced his verbal commitment to play football for the Griz earlier this month, on Wednesday morning made it official by inking the dotted line of his National Letter of Intent to the University of Montana. Henriksen was joined in the PHS weight room ...