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News from Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Two Montana State University students who plan to use their education to provide mental health counseling services to underserved populations have been awarded a coveted fellowship to help them meet their goals. Jenaya Burns and Ileana “Illy” Dinette, both graduate students in the counseling program in MSU’s Department of Health and Human Development in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, received the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship for Addiction Counselors. The award comes with $15,000 and includes opportunities for professional development, mentorship support...
PABLO — The National Book Foundation visited the Salish Kootenai College last week, connecting authors with audiences and educating attendees on how to map a novel. Best known as the presenter of the National Book Awards for nearly 75 years, Director of Programs Natalie Green explained that in...
LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Elections Office has released the unofficial results of the 2023 School Election for Lake County. Results are unofficial until canvassed. - For Trustee Chief Cliff Fire, Sigurd Jensen and Mike Meuli both won with the most votes of 159 and 212 respectively. - Fo...
News from MDT LAKE COUNTY — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) in partnership with Riverside Contracting will begin work on Glover Road and US Highway 93 (US 93) on Monday, May 15. Guardrail and signage will be added to the curves on Glover Road at the canal crossing. A yellow flash...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office LAKE COUNTY — On May 3 at around 5:30 a.m., Lake County 911 took the report of a motorcycle colliding with a black cow on Hwy 93 near Post Creek. Emergency responders arriving on scene determined this to be a fatal accident with a single motorcyclis...
News from Mike Cutler Polson Superintendent POLSON — Polson Schools is pleased to announce that both the elementary and high school bond elections passed. We thank the voters for their commitment to making our schools safer, more secure and providing more workforce training for our high school stu...
HELENA — On Tuesday May 2, the 68th Montana Legislature came to end with words “sine die” uttered in both senate and finally, late Tuesday, in the house. In Lake County many eyes were watching the house, in particular HB 479, the only bill left dealing with the funding of Public Law 280 or ...
News from JSEC LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC) is excited to announce the winner of the 2023 Ken Rohrenbach Scholarship: Hope Morrison. Hope is a senior at Polson High School and has participated in speech and debate, student government, yearbook, Link Crew, Nat...
POLSON — Demolition for the North Lake County Public Library renovation began on May 3 with the swinging of a sledgehammer. The first major renovation in the 30 years since the library was built, improvements are estimated to be completed by the end of 2023. In the meantime, library operations have mov...
News from CSKT Division of Fire FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Wildfires can occur at any time of the year, the majority of wildfires in Montana occur between May and September of each year. May is an ideal time to promote wildfire awareness in Montana so that residents and visitors can begin to ...
