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News from the Drum Brothers In January, Matthew Marsolek and Tracy Topp of Drum Brothers will be offering a five-week online hand drumming series to students of all ages around the region. This special online hand-drumming course is for new drummers and will start from the ground up and cover all the basics of West African drumming. We haven’t been able to offer a new beginning series since April, but after getting requests from friends and folks in isolation, we wanted to give new drummers an opportunity to jump in and give online drumming a try. For many of us, music and art-making has been a calming and healing balm during this pandemic, and coming together with our stud...
News from Senator Steve Daines MONTANA — U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester celebrated their bipartisan bill, the “Montana Water Rights Protection Act,” being signed into law by President Trump on Sunday, Dec. 27. Several Montana leaders issued statements in suppo...
News from St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center began vaccinating its caregivers with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28. St. Joe’s director of nursing Erin Rumelhart said: “Our caregivers are excited about receiving the vac...
News from St. Luke Community Healthcare RONAN — The birth of a child symbolizes hope and new beginnings, which we could all use this year. At 10:10 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2021, Aniya Skye Walker Harpine was born to parents, Scott Harpine and Danielle Pierre. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. and stretching 20 inche...
News from St. Luke LAKE COUNTY – St. Luke Community Healthcare recently received COVID-19 vaccines to protect healthcare workers and nursing home residents. Further information will be shared as the vaccine becomes available to the public. “We were able to administer the vaccine to ...
News from the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Patrick Leahy announced that their bipartisan bill promoting access to affordable health care by increasing transparency and enhancing consumer protections in health insurance passed the U.S. Senate and will be hea...
News from the Lake County Election Office LAKE COUNTY — Notice is hereby given that a City Resort Tax Election will be held on Feb. 2, 2021. Electors will consider the following: should the City of Polson impose a resort tax in the City of Polson of three percent on the retail value of al...
POLSON — In response to the surging spike of COVID-19 cases, Special Olympics Montana has decided to move its annual Polar Plunge fund-raising activities to an all-virtual online event for the 2021 season. “The virtual polar plunge offers plunging participants the opportunity to show the ...
News from the office of Governor-elect Greg Gianforte BOZEMAN — Governor-elect Greg Gianforte announced his appointment of Mike Foster to lead the Department of Agriculture. “Montana farmers and ranchers drive our state’s number one industry, and deserve a leader who will work...
News from DPHHS HELENA — Officials with the Department of Public Health and Human Services announced the expansion of ParentingMontana.org, a website created specifically for parents and those in a parenting role. The expansion includes new resources that provide practical tools to support pare...
