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News from the Office of Sen. Jon Tester U.S. Senate — As a part of his continued work to modernize Montana’s power grids, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured two awards totaling more than $9 million in funding for Missoula Electric Cooperative (MEC) to prevent and protect against wildfire. This investment comes from Tester’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and will work to modernize MEC’s power grid to mitigate effects of extreme weather by improving data monitoring and weather forecasting. Tester worked with five Republicans and four Democrats to negotiate the IIJA and was the only member of Montana’s Congressional delegation to vote fo...
News from Valerie Lindstrom, Cheerful Heart POLSON —Anyone affected by cancer will gain understanding of others, inspire and support others or just find a safe place to share or listen when attending the Cheerful Heart Cancer Support Group. The group meets from noon to 1 p.m. on the secon...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — General hunting season is underway in Montana. More than 1,600 hunters appeared at northwest Montana game check stations on Saturday and Sunday. It was a slow start to the season across the region based on check station results. The overall nu...
News from Sloane Stinson, on behalf of the MT Dept. of Transportation RONAN — Due to the weather, Riverside Contracting Inc. will now begin paving operations on US Highway 93 (US 93) on Monday. Crews will be onsite Monday, Oct. 30, through Friday, Nov. 3, from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., weather permitti...
HELENA — Together with Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Charlie Brereton and the Montana Healthcare Foundation (MHF), Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced the investment of $7.5 million to increase access to behavioral health and substance use disorder screening and...
This noble cause enables The Helping Hands, Safe Harbor, Lake County Sheriff, and local Police Departments to provide food, clothing and many more benefits because of the funds raised during this campaign. If you or your organization are interested in being a bell ringer please contact Nancy Hines at 406-270...
By Adina Fuchs for the Mission Valley Woman’s Club RONAN — From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ronan Community Center, more than twenty arts and crafts vendors from locally and Missoula to Kalispell will display their wares for buyers and curiosity seekers. Since Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, the c...
By Adina Fuchs for the Mission Valley Woman’s Club RONAN — From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ronan Community Center, more than twenty arts and crafts vendors from locally and Missoula to Kalispell will display their wares for buyers and curiosity seekers. Since Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, the c...
News from North Valley Music School WHITEFISH — North Valley Music School is hosting “A Weekend with Jack Gladstone” on Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 4. Two community events will bring music education, performance, and music appreciation to Northwest Montana. An evening co...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office PABLO — The identity of the man who died in a camper-trailer fire on Friday, Oct. 13, in Pablo, is 63-year-old, Steven L. Rosenbaum of Pablo. The deceased was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office and his cause of death is still un...
