Members of Ronan's Academic Bowl team wait to see if the answer they've given to a question is correct.

Ronan wins 2026 Academic Bowl

RONAN — A team of middle schoolers from Ronan made their school proud, bringing home the traveling trophy for this winter’s annual Lake County Academic Bowl. The Ronan team of sixth, seventh and eighth gr...

Western A Divisional Track meet

Representative Brad Barker House District 55 (Carbon County)

Legislative Notes

Over the past 40 years, Montana’s property tax burden quietly shifted from natural resource extraction and industries to homeowners. From 2003 to 2023 alone, residential property as a percentage of the total taxab...

Jury trial scheduled for fatal shooting in Polson

POLSON — Ashley Whitmore, 33, will face a jury trial on March 9 in Lake County District Court on one charge of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of 39-year-old Adam Mowatt of Polson. She was arraigned Nov. 20 in Lake County District Court before the Honorable John Mercer, where she...

14C District Tournament

Annie Garbagnati remains productive while social distancing.

Wild photo for April 22, 2020

Bird watching: Come rain, sun or snow, birds are getting ready for their busy season.

Wild photos for April 15, 2020

Wild photos for March 18, 2020

CSKT Communications Director Robert McDonald fields questions about “The Water Keepers,” which debuted at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Casey Ryan stands to his left. Both McDonald and Ryan were the film’s co-producers.

‘Water Keepers’ documentary to be shown at various local venues

“The Water Keepers,” a documentary film that chronicles the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ groundbreaking water-measurement program, will be shown at Ninepipes Lodge on March 18. The 6 p.m...

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Polson P.E.O. announces scholarship recipients

News from Polson P.E.O. Chapter AI POLSON — Polson P.E.O. Chapter AI sponsored Kaitlynn Lamphere, of Ronan, to receive a $15,000 scholarship from the Montana State Chapter of P.E.O. for her freshman year at Cottey College. Kaitlynn’s field of study is in criminology. This scholarship was granted for her upcoming sophomore year. Kaitlynn is a 2020 graduate of Polson High School. Her parents are Nathan and Sarah Lamphere, of Ronan. In addition, Polson P.E.O. Chapter AI offers two or three $1,000 memorial scholarships to exceptional young women graduating from Polson High School. These memorial scholarships honor Myrtle Sweet, Faye Harris, Doris Herbert and...