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News from Candy Faroni ST. IGNATIUS — The 39th annual Good Old Days event winners have been announced. Parade Winners - Grand Prize: Hometown Auto (Commercial) - Commercial: 1st- Rods Harvest Foods, 2nd- Mountain View Cenex, 3rd- Cedar & Sage Salon - Clubs/Organizations: 1st- United Methodist Church, 2nd- Class of ‘72, 3rd- Class of ‘02 - Farm Equipment: 1st- Terry Andres (1938 John Deer), 2nd- Jack Noland (1939 Farm All) - Novelty/Humerous: Pit Bike - Youth 12 and Under: 1st- Malt Shop - Native: Miss Omake Stampede Encampment Katie Adolph - Custom/Classic Car: 1st- Travis Jeppesen (1936 Chevy Pickup), 2nd- Stuart Morton (1...
RONAN — With a visit from the Montana Main Street (MMS) program on July 11, the Ronan Revitalization Committee outlined their next steps for upcoming projects to breathe life back into downtown. Ronan received an offer of membership from MMS back in March, along with the offer of an additional...
News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON D.C. — In a new op-ed on Indianz.com out today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland highlights the importance of Native people voting. In the new piece, she discusses the importance of democracy in Indigenous communities and the struggle to gain the...
News from the Department of Comme rce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced that $50 million in federal assistance funding is now available to help Montana homeowners impacted by the pandemic stay in their homes and get caught up on their mortgage and utility bills. The fun...
ST. IGNATIUS — Streets filled with families, friends and neighbors July 15 to 17 to celebrate over 39 years of fun, games and food at the annual Good Old Days event. The morning started with the annual Buffalo Run, which travels through and around Main Street. One of the eldest contestants, Bo...
News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. Senate– Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Senator Tester’s First Responders Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned (RETIRE) Act which will help federal firefighters, law enforcement officers, Cust...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has a new face as chief legal counsel. And though she may be new to FWP, she’s a veteran at serving the Montana public. Sarah Clerget has worked nearly her entire legal career as a public servant in Montan...
News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY – U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced on July 7 that he secured more than $11 million for the construction of a new terminal at Missoula Montana Airport. This funding will come from his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a...
News from Tribal Waves RONAN — Tribal Waves held an event last week called ‘Celebrate Ronan,’ and it was a major success. Everything at the event was free from the bouncy houses, dunk tank, snow cones, 1000 hot dogs, to free prize giveaways. We provided the community with all of this t...
News, photos from Mission Valley Aquatics POLSON — Six swimmers from the Lake Monster swim team are going to represent the Mission Valley in Missoula next weekend, July 21 to 24, at Montana Long Course State Championships. They will be swimming in an Olympic sized pool (50m) and showing why they a...
