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News from the Arlee CDC ARLEE — The Arlee Community Development Corporation has received a $18,369 2023 Community Challenge Grant from AARP Livable Communities and AARP Montana. This grant program is part of the nationwide AARP Livable Communities initiative, which helps cities, towns, and rural areas become great places to live for residents of all ages. Now in its seventh year, the Community Challenge grant is investing more than $3.6 million in communities all across the country. “We’re so excited to be awarded this grant that enables us to make our public spaces more livable,” said Marie Hirsch, Executive Director of the Arlee CDC. “The funds...
News from Purple Mountain Player ST. IGNATIUS — Come join us in celebrating “Good ol’ Days” with some “Good ol’ Fun” by attending a “Purple Mountain Player” production of “Stop the Press” aka “She’s not my type,” the mos...
News from the Port Polson Players POLSON — The Port Polson Players continue their 48th season with Tim McGuire’s rollicking new comedy with music, Carry Me O’er. The show takes place in 1924 and features a father and son in the cellar of a 300-year-old Irish farmhouse. &n...
News from MVP PABLO — Mission Valley Power (MVP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Zachary Conko Camel as the new General Manager of MVP. Mr. Conko Camel has 29 years of successful accounting, budgeting, compliance, and finance expertise. In his new role, Zachary will be responsible for ov...
News from the Office of Senator Tester MONTANA — As part of his continued push to support rural nursing homes and ensure Montanans have access to quality, affordable health care, U.S. Senator Jon Tester urged the Biden Administration not to implement a burdensome staffing mandate that would exacer...
News from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management held an auction for utility-scale solar energy development in Nevada the week of June 26, resulting in $105.15 million in high bids. The auction of four parcels across 23,675 acre...
MONTANA — The Montana Newspaper Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest announced its award winners last week. Lake County’s own Valley Journal took away three awards: First place in Best Niche Publication for the Montana Summer Guide magazine, first place in Best Special Secti...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced the launch of a new program to inventory for the presence of lead service lines in Montana communities. This statewide effort will support the work of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Le...
News from Big Sky Public Relations on behalf of the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — This week, crews will be onsite Monday through Thursday, from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Friday until midday. Work will pause for the Fourth of July starting Saturday, July 1, through Tuesday, J...
ARLEE — The Mobile STEM Learning Center made a stop at the Arlee Community Development Center (CDC) on June 23, opening up the learning program to all the kids who stopped by. The Mobile STEM Learning Center van – STEM meaning science, technology, engineering, and math – might be ...
