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News from First Interstate Bank of Polson POLSON — Under the leadership of Shad Hupka, Branch President of First Interstate Bank of Polson, FIB employees April McLain, Randi Horner, Donna Gebhardt, Liz Johnson, Dave Rensvold, Michelle Morgan, and Jenaya Garcia, spent the afternoon of Sept. 8 working on the street corner flowerbed bump-outs for First Interstate Bank’s Volunteer Day. They were led by bump-out maintenance volunteers, Janice Donovan and Toni Young Whealon, who are local P.E.O. members. Together the group spent several hours weeding, trimming, picking up garbage in the bump-outs and pruning shoots from the trees along Main Street. New plants were added ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Montana’s unemployment rate hit a 14-year low, dropping to 3.5 percent in August. The national unemployment rate for August is 5.2 percent. “With Montana open for business and more Montanans returning to good-paying jobs, our econo...
By Kristi Niemeyer for the Valley Journal RONAN — Quarteto Nuevo, an innovative group that deftly blends classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz, opens the Mission Valley Live concert series at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 with a concert at the Ronan Performing Arts Center. “With an or...
News from Dana Grant, Safe Harbor POLSON — “Mending Broken Hearts: Native American Grief Recovery Workshop,” created by The Wellbriety Training Institute, will be hosted by the Fancy Free Learning, 303 11th Ave. W. Free childcare and meals will be provided every Monday from 5:30-8/8:30...
News from DPHHS HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier announced Montana has contracted with six treatment providers to pilot an integrated, evidence-based program to expand the State’s capacity to treat stimulant use disorders...
News from Polson School District No. 23 POLSON — The Polson School District recently purchased three Van Hool coaches to add to their bus fleet but lacks the drivers to drive them. The district is struggling to hire enough drivers to transport students. “Students must get to school ...
Every year as Ronan’s annual Harvest Festival approaches, decorated round hay bales start popping up around town to bring awareness to the event. The theme for this year’s hay bale competition is the 1980s. Contest entries can be viewed at the locations specified on the adjacent map. Ronan’...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 Montana Teacher of the Year. The selected candidate will go on to represent Montana in the 2022 National Teacher of the Year competition in Washington, D...
The City of Polson has established a Marijuana Task Force to begin developing initial strategies and recommendations for regulating recreational marijuana. Sales of legal pot are set to begin Jan. 1 under guidelines passed by the 2021 Legislature. At the city commission meeting on Sept. 8, city mana...
LAKE COUNTY – Four Lake County legislators met with county commissioners last Tuesday to discuss a laundry list of concerns, ranging from an over-crowded jail and traffic congestion to redistricting and frustration with the local office of the Department of Revenue. State Senators Greg Hertz, ...
