Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
While the beauty of Flathead Lake and the Mission Mountains draw many visitors to the area, in late July the sweet cherries ripen and provide another reason to visit. “The Lambert (cherry) has gone the way of the dinosaur,” Brian Campbell told about 40 people at a Pachyderm meeting. New var...
Next month, 17-year-old Anjeli Doty will graduate from high school and prepare to take the next steps in her life. She is excited to receive her diploma and has already sent out 150 graduation invitations. Anjeli is also expected to read a senior speech to the crowd, but she isn’t that nervous, because...
POLSON — Volunteers at the North Lake County Public Library got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday morning — free breakfast and recognition for their volunteerism. About 36 volunteers and representatives of local entities showed up at 8:30 a.m. “There are so many people who ...
PABLO — With brisk breezes blowing, Salish Kootenai College students gathered to watch the ribbon cutting on the new recycling bins located west of on campus housing on April 20. Before cutting the ribbon, SKC President Luana Ross complimented the students. “SKC had no money for a sustainab...
POLSON — The Polson City Commissioners voted to change the zoning on the 38-lot Timberwolf Estates Subdivision Condominiums from low density condominiums with residential resort overlay to mixed-use residential, which means townhouses and single-family homes, with residential resort overlay. Residen...
POLSON — Families were biking together; friends walked the path; and moms and dads pushed strollers as older children broke out their bikes on the bike path from Polson to Ronan for Earth Day Walk and Roll. The fourth annual bike path appreciation day held in conjunction with Earth Day for Mission V...
PABLO — Although zebra and quagga mussels remain the priority aquatic invasive species, Caryn Miske, Executive Director of the Flathead Basin Commission, and AIS consultant Erik Hanson reported an infestation of curly-leaf pondweed at Eagle Bend near Bigfork. Miske and Hanson broke the news during a...
POLSON — With the school board election on May 8 and ballots already in the mail, Polson School Board candidates answered questions related to their potential new position. Six candidates are vying for three elementary school seats and one high school seat. All positions are for three years. ...
RONAN — It’s spring, and people are craving baby lettuces, peppery radishes and rhubarb pie. With fresh local food in mind, consumers and producers met on April 17 to discuss forming the Montana Co-op. Karl Sutton, program manager at the Mission Mountain Food Enterprise and Co-op Development C...
POLSON — Spring is the season when people are burning ditches and fields, raking out flowerbeds and cleaning pine needles out of their gutters. To take advantage of this spring cleaning and help people “reduce the potential loss of life and property from wildfire,” FireSafe Montana, in conj...
