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News from Glacier Lake School The talented students of Glacier Lake School continued the tradition of musicals with a unique performance of the classic musical, “Bugsy Malone,” based on the 1970s movie starring Jodie Foster. The Grey Leaf Gallery, in Ronan, a 1920s former Masonic Lodge, provided the perfect setting for this musical set in 1920s New York at the height of prohibition. The hall was transformed into a ‘speakeasy,’ with the audience sitting at tables in the center. All four walls of the gallery were used as different scenes during the play. The packed hall came to life with action, fun and music, for two nights. Nicole Tavenner, who ru...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA – Governor Bullock responded to the decision by Judge Lovell that dismissed a case brought by an out-of-state dark money group challenging his executive order on dark money. “Today’s decision is another chapter in Montana’s pr...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office LAKE COUNTY – After a months-long investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of Montana Highway Patrol and Flathead Tribal Police, deputies have solved a series of Mission Valley thefts and burglaries. ...
LAKE COUNTY – According to the nonprofit Feeding America, more than 4,000 Lake County residents did not have access to enough food to support a healthy, active life in 2017. Without nutritious food, people become susceptible to illness and less able to achieve academically and socially, accord...
News from The North Lake County Public Library POLSON — The North Lake County Public Library District hosts Montana Conversation, “Montana’s Changing Political Landscape” with Mike Dennison on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 pm. The program will be held in the large meeting room of the...
Department of Labor & Industry MONTANA – Work-related fatalities decreased in Montana over the last year, from 32 in 2017 to 28 in 2018, according to the annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, released by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. “Today’s report shows...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA – Montana’s unemployment rate remained at 3.4 percent in November, as both total employment and the labor force grew. The U.S. unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points, to 3.5 percent. “As this decade comes to an end, Montan...
LAKE COUNTY – The U.S. Census has received about half of the needed number of applications needed for census-takers in Lake County. U.S. Census Bureau media specialist Josh Manning said the collected applications put the census process “well on track.” To date, Manning said the cen...
News from FLIC POLSON – The Flathead Lake International Cinemafest premieres its eighth annual winter film festival during the weekend of Jan. 24-26 at the Showboat Cinema on Main Street. FLIC screens full-length features, shorts, animation, student films and documentaries. FLIC 2020 once a...
News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock HELENA — Governor Steve Bullock today announced the appointment of Angela Grant of Arlee to the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council. She is being reappointed to serve a term ending Jan. 1, 2023. Ms. Grant fulfills the qualifications...
