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News from CAPNM KALISPELL — Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (CAPNM) is currently sponsoring its fifth annual Calendar Art Contest within Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, and Sanders Counties and we are inviting all students from K-12 to participate. The contest is for students to submit artwork depicting what energy conservation means to them. We encourage students to be creative and design a work of art showing any type of energy conservation; electric, water, heat, recycling, etc. A 12-month 2024 calendar created from the 13 winning pieces will be used to promote Energy Conservation throughout the year. The cover and each month will be represented by a different stude...
News from University of Dallas IRVING, TX — Kilty Edwards of Polson was one of more than 450 University of Dallas undergraduate students named to the fall 2022 Dean’s List for earning a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. Edwards is a sophomore majoring in Mathematics. Located in one of the la...
News from SKC PABLO — Salish Kootenai College’s Building Trades Program has a one-of-a-kind tiny home for sale and is looking for students to construct another home this spring. From May 15 to June 9, students can receive hands-on training and learn basic skills in construction safety, re...
LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Commissioners voted on March 27 to rescind Resolution of Intent 21-20 regarding the handling of fees related to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project. R21-20, passed by the commission in 2021, determined that Lake County would cease billing, collecting, and distr...
News from USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages urban producers, innovative producers and other stakeholders to submit comments for and virtually attend the fifth public meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (Comm...
MONTANA — In 2020, the state of Montana joined a pack of 20 other states and the District of Columbia when it legalized recreational marijuana. Montana voters passed ballot Initiative 190 on a thin margin of 57% for and 43% against. The legalization came with a brand-new pipeline of tax money ...
News from the Greater Polson Community Foundation POLSON — The 2023 grant application deadline is Friday, April 28. Grant applications will be accepted from non-profit organizations with a 501c (3) status in the Greater Polson area. Grants from the Greater Polson Community Foundation make a ...
PABLO — With April designated as “Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” SAFE Harbor and partners are creating a new way to bring awareness and community support to honor survivors. This year they will use beadwork. “We thought about beadwork in the sense that it’s inspiring,...
News from OPI HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is expanding the Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) Pilot Program to grades three through eight in math and reading for the 2023-2024 school year. Due to this expansion, the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is seeking a Field Test Flexi...
News from USDA BOZEMAN — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for grants until May 26, 2023, to fund Montana projects that could stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies. Conservation Innovation Gr...
