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News from the Mission Valley Museum Consortium ARLEE Arlee/Jocko Valley Museum Our historic site will open on the Fourth of July. View our beautiful war memorial by driving by. The memorial is outside of our site. ST. IGNATIUS St. Ignatius Mission Church St. Ignatius Mission Church summer visiting hours are from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Memorial Day through Labor Day. Visitors may view the 58 murals in the church, explore the Sisters of Providence cabin built in 1864 and visit the original Jesuit cabin built in 1854. They are open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. All persons are invited to join us for Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. The Church is known for i...
News from the Northwest Accordion Association The Northwest Accordion Association has been in existence for over 35 years in Kalispell and the Mission Valley. Dances were held at the Elks in Polson and at the Eagles in Kalispell on the first and third Sunday of each month. It was a sad da...
News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – Saturday, June 1, promises to be a splendid and fun-filled day at Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. The June “First Saturday” event takes place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and offers one watercolorist, one jewelry maker, a DVD film show...
LAKE COUNTY – A subscription drive for the Valley Journal, your homegrown newspaper, is currently underway. The Journal will transition from a free to a paid newspaper on July 3. The July 3 issue will be the first to be mailed to new subscribers. The newspaper will cost $1.25 at newsstands but is avail...
RONAN – Rainy weather and a few muddy puddles couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of more than 40 cyclists who attended a family-friendly bike ride around Ronan on Saturday during the Mission Mountain Family Pedal to Plate. “It was really wonderful to see people out biking in our community,&r...
LAKE COUNTY – Sen. Dan Salomon (R) sponsored a bill to help make irrigation elections easier, and the Governor signed it into law on May 1 after a 50-0 vote on the third reading. Senate Bill 116 revises the voter requirements in irrigation district elections across the state. “Numerous i...
LAKE COUNTY – The unofficial results for the mail-in 2019 District Election are waiting to be canvased. In the Arlee School District, voters were asked to vote for two candidates for the school board for three-year terms. Kris Gardner has 194 votes; Brian BigSam has 175 votes, and Cr...
POLSON – Where there once stood a cute little white cottage with blue trim is now just an empty 50-foot lot. The space is located in downtown Polson between the Showboat Cinemas and the Payne West Insurance buildings. At 9 a.m. on Friday morning, crews from Abel Moving and Rigging out of Arlee began...
News from Montana University System MONTANA – The Montana University System has announced that local students have been offered the prestigious Montana University System Honor Scholarship. The MUS Honor Scholarship is a renewable scholarship offered by the Montana Board of Regents t...
POLSON – The Polson Middle and High schools were recently awarded for being 2018-19 Montana SMART School Recycling Challenge champions. The Montana SMART School Challenge, now in its fifth year, challenges schools across Montana to compete amongst each other to see who can save the most money ...
