Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — While Polson High School may not be able to throw out the buckets catching water from the roof, that time is coming soon. Voters approved the Polson School District 23 bond election by 2,002 to 1,059 votes Tuesday, Feb. 26. The mail-in ballot drew votes from 39.3 percent of registered vo...
The water rights compact proposed and negotiated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the United States and the State of Montana affects every person in Lake County, as well as those in several surrounding counties. Since the compact is such a once-in-a-lifetime event, everyone has an opi...
POLSON — Children’s laughter, the smell of chlorine, towels and the slap of bare feet on tile hopefully will soon fill the Mission Valley Aquatic Center. Mission Valley Aquatics is working with the Montana Community Development Corporation and U.S. Bank to secure funding to complete the ...
POLSON — The teepee-sleepers at the Wander Inn in Polson have upped the ante this year. ”We aren’t coming out until we’ve raised $20,000,” said Sandy Farrell, an event director and sleeper. In the past three years, the group has set their goal at $10,000. This is the...
PABLO — The parking lot was crowded on Feb. 19 at the Joe McDonald Health and Wellness Center on Salish Kootenai College campus. Lots of vehicles predicted good attendance at the SKC job fair, hosted by Salish Kootenai College and Lake County Job Service. Todd Erickson, Lake County Job Servic...
Questions about development and projects being linked to Agenda 21 have surfaced in Polson recently. Area resident Diane Speer first became aware of Agenda 21 and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives at a February 2012 meeting of the Polson City Commission when she heard peo...
POLSON — “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting” says an old cowboy platitude, and the latest “fight” took place in Twentieth District Court Judge C. B. McNeil’s courtroom on Feb. 14. McNeil heard arguments from plaintiff attorney Brian Shuck represe...
POLSON — Trustees were eager to hear McKinstry’s Dan McGee’s results of a performance grade audit at Polson High School at the Feb. 11 school board meeting. With four components — roof construction, HVAC construction, building envelope and general conditions — the amount totaled...
“The (Two Eagle River Eagles) are pretty calm and laid back,” Terri Malatare said. She should know. Her husband Clayton is head coach, and son Clay, a senior, plays for the Eagles. Clay wants to play college ball, she said. Terri sat in the stands at the 14-C district tournam...
It’s not on Pennsylvania Avenue, but the White house in Ronan is available — the George White house, that is. And all its charm is free. It’s a sturdy white farmhouse, reminiscent of a time when sheets billowed on the clothesline as children chased each other and the dog through the yard...
