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Methodist Church announces Easter services News from Mission Valley United Methodist Church ST. IGNATIUS — Four events for Easter morning, April 9, are planned for the MV United Methodist Church, on the top of Post Creek Hill. A sunrise Easter service will be held at Ninepipes Restaurant’s outside deck at 6:45 a.m. All are welcome. Wear a warm jacket. At 8 a.m., worship will begin in the sanctuary of the United Methodist Church. That service will be followed by an Easter brunch in the Fellowship Hall at 9 a.m. All are invited. The regular 10 a.m. service will be held following brunch where all are welcome to worship and celebrate the Risen Chris...
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 (Committee) on April 18, ...
MONTANA — Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family. Nyomo remembers them lacking empathy.&nbs...
News from GPCF 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 significant difference. Ov...
MONTANA — In a recent press call, Senator Jon Tester addressed bipartisan bills in the works to support Montana’s law enforcement and measures to be taken to support the mental wellbeing of Montanans. During the week of March 22, Tester backed the “Recruit and Retain Act,&rdqu...
News from the MT Dept. of Labor and Industry HELENA — Montana’s unemployment rate set a new all-time low in February, declining 0.1% to 2.4% according to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. The February rate of 2.4% is t...
News from OPI HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is opening the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) Stronger Connections Grant Program on March 27 through Montana’s digital Egrants system. In June 2022 the federal congressional BSCA awarded the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) $4.8 ...
News from the Polson School District POLSON — According to the US Department of Education, a “skills gap among jobs that require either a high school diploma, postsecondary certificate, or associate’s degree ... presents a barrier to American economic competitiveness” as more of ...
News from Sandpiper Art Gallery POLSON — Sandpiper Art Gallery and Gifts in Polson has opened the application period for their art scholarship program. Each year they offer art scholarships to deserving students from Lake and Sanders Counties. Scholarships are available to students accep...
News from Asst. Director Mallory Witham, North Lake County Public Library POLSON — We are currently operating at 301 Sixteenth Ave. E (First United Methodist Church). We will be open for our regular hours of service: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Church hours...
