Articles Written By: Melea Burke
PABLO — Weeding out a deeply rooted social problem like underage drinking is no easy task, so at a town hall meeting on the subject Monday evening in Pablo, organizers first went to those who are most affected by the issue: youth. Several high school students joined a panel of educators, law e...
POLSON — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office seized several computers last week from the home of a man who claims to be the sole author of a website accusing the department of corruption. Former Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Leonard was served a search warrant at his Polson home last T...
MOIESE — Despite a cloud of controversy over the recent decision by a federal judge invalidating an annual funding agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the National Bison Range’s annual fall roundup got under way Monday morning.&nbs...
Montana Political Practices Commissioner Dennis Unsworth says his office has accepted a complaint alleging that Lake County Sheriff candidate Jay Doyle has illegally influenced voters during his campaign. St. Ignatius resident Ken Scott filed the complaint Sept. 21, saying that Doyle violated a statute, M...
MOIESE — Just days before the annual bison round-up was set to begin at the National Bison Range, a federal judge rescinded an annual funding agreement between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the U.S. Department of the Interior, effectively firing all tribal employees from their jobs at...
RONAN — A small, quiet gathering in Bockman Park Sunday marked a little-known national day of remembrance for mothers of men and women killed in service in the United States military. In 1936, Congress dedicated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother’s Day. “It’s ju...
SLOAN’S BRIDGE — A 17-year-old boy is dead and his aunt in critical condition after a one-vehicle rollover Monday morning near Sloan’s Bridge on Little Bitterroot Road, a gravel road connecting Ronan with Hot Springs. The accident happened around 7:15 a.m. just inside Sanders County abou...
ARLEE — The harvest is in, and it’s time to celebrate at the final Jocko Valley Farmers' Market of the year. A bluegrass festival, Indian taco dinner, pie-baking contest and cider press demonstration are just a few of the events planned for Friday’s community harvest party in Arlee. It&rsqu...
RONAN — A failed transformer and regulator at a Mission Valley Power substation on Mink Lane put 900 residents out of power and nearly stopped the Ronan Chiefs from playing their homecoming football game Friday night. “It created a mess — it was right after the homecoming parade,” ...
“When people take action, it is an antidote to despair.” Those words echoed in Kristie Nerby’s head Saturday as she watched hundreds of youngsters zoom around on a world-class skatepark that ordinarily wouldn’t belong in a rural town on an Indian reservation. But Skate Ignatius ...
