Articles Written By: Melea Burke
RONAN — The Charlo Vikings cooled the Hot Springs Savage Heat Thursday afternoon, winning the first game of the boys’ 14-C district basketball tournament 44-35. Both teams fell into foul trouble late in the game, and with 40 seconds left, the Savage Heat pulled within three points of...
Ever work really hard on a project and turn it in to a boss or teacher, only to find out you’d completely missed the mark? Maybe the requirements weren’t clearly outlined, or maybe you misinterpreted them. In either case, the situation is frustrating. I’d like to avoid creating sim...
Polson Police Chief Wade Nash and officer Cory Anderson have been ordered to attend ethics training by the Montana Public Safety Officers Standards and Training Council, or POST. Anderson must also be evaluated for chemical dependency by a certified evaluator and must follow “any and all&rdquo...
POLSON — Polson will join the ranks of cities such as Park City, Utah, and Cannes, France, this weekend as it plays host to the Flathead Lake area’s first ever film festival. The Flathead Lake International Cinemafest will feature 27 independent films, from documentaries to animated shorts, by fi...
POLSON — After growing his hair out for 2 years, 9-year-old Ethan McCauley recently donated his 11-inch ponytail to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any ...
PABLO — Nearly 100 Flathead Reservation residents joined a movement sweeping North America last week, marching, singing and dancing in a peaceful demonstration — becoming “idle no more” like tens of thousands more across the continent. The Idle No More movement began in Saska...
Someone once told me that winter is great because it puts us humans in our place. Mother Nature’s power is evident in the icy wind that stings our faces, the blizzards that pile up snow on our sidewalks and the biting cold that chills us to the bone. And when you face that raw power, because you have t...
Our world will never be the same. If it was not already gone, our innocence is now lost. And it was taken at a most bitter cost: a massacre of 20 little children, eyes bright with the hope of the future and hearts eager for the lives before them. There is no way to describe what happened in Newtown, Conn., l...
Thanksgiving isn’t what it used to be. As a kid, I remember looking forward to a long weekend that usually involved a trip to Grandma’s house and the promise of a dozen or so cousins to run around with once Thursday’s feasting was done. We’d play football, hunt squirrels, help Grandpa...
ST. IGNATIUS — High school volleyball players from the Mission and Jocko Valleys got one last chance to shine at an all-star volleyball game Nov. 15 hosted by the Mission Lady Bulldogs. Lady Bulldog assistant coach Annie Morigeau said the event was a rousing success, especially with only a week&rsqu...
