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RONAN — Discussion of a possible subdivision in Ronan continued during a recent Ronan City Council meeting on April 12. Previously presented as a possibility by local surveyor Marc Carstens on Nov. 9 of last year, he returned with more progressed plans in order to keep the city apprised of the development and gain feedback. The subdivision, which would combine two properties – one city, one county – currently has plans for approximately 217 total lots south of the Mormon Church. However, the development would be phased, with the first phase made up of only a few lots as dictated by the market. Additionally, to help avoid the “cookie cutter” ph...
HELENA — The Montana House followed the lead of the state Senate Thursday to endorse a statewide ban on the social media platform TikTok. Senate Bill 419, sponsored by Rep. Shelly Vance, R-Belgrade, would bar the platform’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, from allowing “the operat...
News from the Department of the Interior FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Water users please be advised that the river water diversions from the Jocko River at the FIIP Structure identified as the Jocko K, Canal Headworks, will not be able to divert water until April 29 due to rehabilitation of this structu...
RONAN — The Flathead Water Compact board finalized their bylaws during their April 13 meeting and passed their very first resolutions as a board. The first resolution passed by the board was to establish the spending authority limits for the water engineer. Originally in a draft of the bylaws ...
News from DPHHS U.S. — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) announced April 12 that with the federal Public Health Emergency ending on May 11, the agency plans to discontinue the weekly updates to the COVID-19 case tracking and vaccine dashboards. The last update to the da...
News from the Polson School District POLSON — By now, your ballot(s) for the Polson School District Bond election should be in route to your mailbox if they haven’t already arrived. Thank you for your consideration of the various issues our aging school infrastructure faces, which you ...
News from the Arlee CDC ARLEE — The Arlee Community Development Corporation is looking for volunteers to help prepare a garden site for a Victory Garden that will provide fresh produce for residents of Arlee and the Jocko Valley. “We’re excited to be bringing this program to Arlee,&rdq...
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News from the Office of the Governor HELENA — Together with Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Department of Justice officials, Governor Greg Gianforte recently urged Montana legislators to invest in law enforcement to build safer, stronger communities. “Government’s chief ...
