Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Of the 30 cases on District Judge Jim Manley’s June 10 docket, all but two involved drugs — mostly methamphetamine, or alcohol, or both. “I was like most people and didn’t realize what a problem we have in this community, on this reservation,” Manley said...
POLSON — Impact fees assessed on building new houses or businesses in the city to pay their part for water, sewer, fire, parks and administrative work, were on the Polson City Commission’s agenda on June 15 again after being tabled at the last two commission meetings. The impact fees have been...
POLSON — A Colorado family survived a plane crash about a half a mile up Rocky Point Road north of Polson. The pilot of the 1946 Taylorcraft said he and his wife and 2-year-old son were flying at a high altitude sightseeing when they experienced engine failure, according to Lake County Sheriff Don B...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point on the evening of June 21, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The ...
POLSON — Desmond MacKay, 36 of Polson, who was charged with deliberate homicide in the death of John Barrows, appeared in District Judge Deborah Kim Christopher’s court on June 18 for sentencing. Instead, Judge Christopher rejected MacKay’s plea agreement, which would drop the charge fro...
A wild fire started on west Finley Point Sunday evening, but the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire jumped on it and continued efforts on Monday, with a helicopter dumping water on the flames, two fire trucks on site and firefighters working on the blaze. “The fire’...
POLSON — A family of three survived a plane crash about a half a mile up Rocky Point Road north of Polson. The pilot of the 1946 Taylorcraft said he was flying at a high altitude sightseeing when the plane experienced engine failure, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. The pilot said...
With the sun shining on tipis, campers and tents scattered around the edges of the meadow and Valley Creek winding its way down the drainage, Agnes Vanderburg’s Camp was in full swing the week of June 8-14. Although Agnes has passed, her legacy lives on in the encampment where Salish Kootenai Colleg...
POLSON — Unofficial results from the Lake County Election Office indicate the Lake County Road Levy passed with 2,561 voters mailing in ballots in favor of the two-year levy and 1,592 voters casting their ballots against the levy. About 35 percent of eligible voters returned ballots; the elect...
RONAN — Andrew Koehler noticed people using the walking and biking path along U.S. Highway 93 and thought benches would be a welcome place for people to stop and look at the Mission Mountains. Now two bright orange benches on the west side of the highway offer killer views of the mountains bec...
