Articles Written By: Melea Burke
RONAN — They’ve been sewing, painting, designing and rehearsing for months, and now Ronan Middle School students are finally ready to present their first musical to the community. “The Wizard of Oz” plays Dec. 10 and 11 at the Ronan Performing Arts Center, and director Rita Tingey cou...
POST CREEK — Winter weather is hard on animals and farming equipment, but that’s not all ranchers have to worry about during the cold months. Animals, cattle in particular, can be destructive of equipment like wheel lines when they’re kept in the same pasture. “They bend (the wheel...
Flathead Lake soon could face its greatest enemy if scientists confirm the presence of invasive mussels in its waters. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced that four routine plankton samples taken in July from the northern end of Flathead Lake near Woods Bay contained microscopic larvae suspected to be...
Santa came early to St. Ignatius Saturday, leaving loot from new bicycles to an Xbox 360 for local kids at the annual community Christmas carnival. “I think almost every kid here got a raffle prize,” Chamber of Commerce member Darren Orr said as the kids hauled away their toys. Local busine...
Ronan’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner became more of a community affair than ever this year, volunteer coordinator Adina Fuchs said. Not only did Fuchs have so many people volunteer that she ran out of jobs and had to turn some away, but musical entertainment and better organization made the seventh...
On the day before Thanksgiving, Ronan Middle School sounded like a jukebox. And while students in the “R” Gobbler Lip Sync Dance Show weren’t making the music, they managed to entertain the whole school with their creative and often hilarious performances. The show was purely for fun, ph...
Commissioner of Political Practices Dennis Unsworth won’t be investigating three complaints against Jay Doyle for Sheriff filed just before Election Day. Unsworth rejected the complaints — which were identical, he said — because “the complaint wasn’t specific enough.” O...
ARLEE — A 27-year-old St. Ignatius woman died Monday night after swerving to avoid a deer on U.S. Highway 93 near North Valley Creek Road north of Arlee. Amanda Jones was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Randy Owens said. Her passenger, 20-year-old Aut...
Heavy snowfall over Thanksgiving weekend made for hazardous travel conditions around Western Montana, and Lake County was no different. The Montana Highway Patrol responded to 34 crashes over the weekend in the Polson detachment, which encompasses U.S. Highway 93 from mile marker 15 near Arlee north...
Twenty tiny faces can barely contain their excitement as they reach the last stop on their tour of the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. Teachers remind the kindergartners to hang on to their partners’ hands and keep their voices down — but once they catch a glimpse through the doorway, silence ...
