Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus

In a four-way race for the House District 93 seat, two Republicans and two Democrats are campaigning. Democrat Susan Evans will face off with James Steele, Jr. in the primary election on June 3. The Republican race pits incumbent candidate Dan Salomon against Frank Delgado. Dan Salomon ...

PABLO — With cutouts of women of all sizes and shapes lining the road, including Wonder Woman, the 6th annual Women 4 Wellness event drew a huge crowd. Women 4 Wellness’ goal is to help women become involved in their health care and to help them take the steps necessary to live healthy l...

While Memorial Day is a day to remember those Armed Forces soldiers, sailors, aviators and others who died in the service of the United State of America, maybe it’s also a good day to be glad some Montana men made it back. Flick Riebe, a Polson man, was an operations sergeant in World War II. ...

POLSON — Polson High School seniors Tel Motichka and Cash Sisler were honored at the May 12 Polson School Board of Trustees meeting. The two young men will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Also honored was Trustee John Laimbeer, who had served on the board for many year...

POLSON — Every year Cherry Valley Elementary School hosts a Night of the Arts. "This year we are celebrating Native American art and culture,” said kindergarten teacher Molly Billedeaux. “This year’s theme grew out of our work for Indian Education for All,” said Cherry Val...
POLSON — The Polson City Commission spent 50 minutes in executive session discussing Polson City Manager Mark Shrives’ six-month performance evaluation and talking to Shrives at the May 5 meeting. After reconvening, the commission agreed that Shrives has a satisfactory performance review and w...

POLSON — Piper, a boxer mastiff mix, was excited by all the extra people at Mission Valley Animal Shelter. To calm her, Joey Ray, who volunteers at the shelter on Saturdays, talked to her and stroked her head. “Piper’s been at the shelter way too long,” said Jill Si...

POLSON — “I love to cook steaks, and I love to eat Italian food,” Nathan Ricciardi said, smiling. Newly hired as the new executive chef at the KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino, Ricciardi will be revamping the menus and turning The Nook, the KwaTaqNuk’s restaurant, into a steak house. He...

PABLO — With an impressive line-up of drums, the Salish Kootenai College powwow filled the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center on May 9 and 10 with grand entries at 7:45 on Friday evening and at 1 and 7 p.m. on May 10. This is the second annual powwow for SKC, hosted by Spirit of the Bison. This ...

On the June 3 ballot is the election for Lake County District Attorney. Incumbent Mitch Young is running against challenger Steve Eschenbacher. Eschenbacher, managing attorney for the Office of the Public Defender in Polson, has lived in Lake County for five and a half years and moved here from Hamilton. ...