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From the office of the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance funds to help Montana overcome school nutrition supply chain challenges. This adds to the existing flexibilities that the Superintendent already requested through Federal waivers for school meals for Montana students. Montana will receive a total of $5,159,810 from USDA in funding relief for our schools in three flexible opportunities: Supply Chain Assistance funds are provided to districts to purchase foods. Additional USDA Foods to be available for districts to order. Local fo...
POLSON — Elisabeth Bjorge, daughter of Marvin and Laura Bjorge of Polson, received a letter of congratulations for her academic success and placement on the Dean’s list of Crown University where she is a sophomore studying business administration as her major and entrepreneurship as a minor.
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes convene Friday, Jan. 7, at tribal headquarters in Pablo for the quarterly meeting, which begins with the swearing in of a new slate of elected officials. The general election was held Dec. 18. With five council seats up fo...
News from the Office of Senator Jon Tester MONTANA — Following the passage of his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, U.S. Senator Jon Tester recently announced he secured $28,610,817 in Federal Aviation Administration Fiscal Year 2022 funding for 69 Montana airports as part of the ...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Michelle Mitchell, head of the CSKT Tribal Education Department, says her own battle with COVID-19 inspired her to make the powerful new documentary, “Calling Our Warriors.” “The idea came at a time when, after doing everything I could to keep myself an...
News from the Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — It’s been another year of challenges, achievements, inspirations, and successes here in Polson, and there are so many of you out there who deserve the utmost recognition for all that you’ve done to make our community a better and bright...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Montana received two allocations of funds for a total of $1,876,824 to aid in educating homeless children and youth through the McKinney-Vento grant process. The Intend to Apply window for Montana School Districts was open from ...
News from DPHHS MONTANA — On Dec. 20 the Department of Public Health and Human Services officials have detected the Omicron variant through testing of positive COVID-19 samples from two Montana residents in their 30s with travel history to South Africa. The variant was confirmed through genomic se...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Since the Montana Water Rights Protection Act was signed into law a year ago, changes to how water rights are assigned and managed on the local level are beginning to fall into place – and impact some local land use and subdivision plans. The CSKT Water Compact was activ...
News from the CSKT Tribal Council PABLO — Election officials of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recently certified final election results, including all absentee and contested ballots, with livestream coverage of the process. On Saturday, Dec. 18, Tribal Members cast their votes for...
