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LAKE COUNTY — As of Friday, Jan. 28, I have the dubious distinction of becoming a statistic: one of approximately 233 active COVID cases in Lake County, and 15,713 statewide. I’m also a fully vaccinated and boosterized person who was still susceptible to an infection that “broke through” those protections. I’m certainly not alone. On Thursday, my cousin went to the hospital complaining of sharp abdominal pain and wound up in the operating room Friday morning with acute appendicitis… and a positive COVID test. A friend, who has been ultra-careful throughout the pandemic because he’s immune-compromised, sliced off a fingertip with a...
News from CSKT/MT Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation HELENA — Appointed members of the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board selected Georgia Smies to serve as the fifth board member on Feb. 2, 2022, during the second meeting of the Board. The Secretary of the Interior will ...
HOT SPRINGS — The annual Lunar New Year parade kicked off in Hot Springs on Saturday with a colorful display put together by the community. Celebrating the Year of the Tiger, the parade was launched with the shot of a cannon, and a tiger danced its way to the front of the procession to lead the way ...
News from DPHHS HELENA — Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Adam Meier announced on Feb. 2 approval of the Family First Prevention Plan by the Federal Children’s Bureau. The five-year plan emphasizes prevention services aimed at keeping children and youth safe...
News from the Office of the Governor HELENA — On Jan. 31, the last day of Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Governor Greg Gianforte announced a partnership between Town Pump, the LifeGuard Group, and the State of Montana to raise awareness and put an end to human trafficking in Monta...
POLSON — Local author Maggie Plummer has just released her latest novel, Eagle in Flight, the third book in her semi-autobiographical Jessie Morgan Series. The novel begins in May 1975, as Jessie escapes to the remote wilds of northern British Columbia. Traumatized by her ex-boyfriend’s violen...
News from Raph Graybill and Rylee Sommers-Flanagan HELENA — Judge Menahan of the First Judicial District Court held on Feb. 3 that Senate Bill 319, which legislators amended heavily in a closed 16-minute hearing just a day before the end of the 2021 legislative session, violates the Montana ...
News from the Governor’s Office of Community Service HELENA — The Montana Student Volunteer Award is presented through a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Community Service and Montana Campus Compact campuses. Honorees of this annual award are college students across the...
Polson Middle School Grade 8 4.0: Mackinzi Bartel, Jeffrey Bird, Emma Boogerd,Francesca Burnett, Kalven Christopher, Brayden Clark, Kalim Crawford, Elyanna Crego, Joshua Ducept, Ruger Ellis, Holden Emerson, Arianna Fisher, Vivian Grainey, Patience Hatch, Parker Hendrickson, Josie Henr...
News from Marshall Swearingen/ MSU News Service BOZEMAN — When an innovative computer developed at Montana State University heads to the moon next year for testing as part of a NASA mission, it will carry an unusual cargo: short messages submitted by Montana students and anyone else who wants to h...
