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News from Polson Middle School Polson Middle School is off to a fantastic start of the 2023-24 school year. We currently have an enrollment of 492 students in the 5th through 8th grades. This fall we have had some exciting additions to PMS. Thanks to Ms. Jordan Gurgiolo PMS was awarded the “Outride” cycling grant. There were 225 schools that received this grant across the United States and Canada. This grant included 30 specialized mountain bikes, helmets and teacher training. Ms. Gurgiolo was able to attend the training this past summer as part of the grant. Students really enjoyed the addition of the bikes and numerous students had the ability to learn how to ride a bi...

News from the North Lake County Public Library POLSON — The North Lake County Public Library will close early at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, for the Thanksgiving holiday and will remain closed through Friday, Nov. 24. The library will reopen on Saturday at 9 a.m. Our temporary locatio...

St. Ignatius   By Barb Plouffe                       for the Valley Journal ST. IGNATIUS — We are inviting you to come to our dinner on Nov. 15 for our Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. We would appreciate a call ...

POLSON — We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24. Being grateful is a sign of being humble, being humble is a sign you are human. We are still in need of drivers and wheelchairs, but not drivers of wheelchairs. See’s Candy is now on sale for $27. See Ka...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — One week is all that is left of the 2023 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, will be awarded on the last day of the event, Nov. 12. There will be no fish fry, but ...

RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: —  Wednesday, Nov. 15: hashbrown casserole, salad, dessert —  Friday, Nov. 17: birthday dinner, sal...

News from the Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Charlie Brereton and Office of Public Instruction (OPI) Superintendent Elsie Arntzen recently announced plans to offer the new federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT)...

More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn’t get cut off from Medicaid. Callers in Missouri and Florida reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coverage. The parents of a...

BOZEMAN – Language is a meaning-making tool, one that educates and informs, persuades and dissuades, connects and divides. At Montana State University, Michelle Miley has devoted her career to ensuring that students develop the skills to use that tool, along with an understanding that the writing proce...

News from Montana Conservation Voters HELENA — On Oct. 30, 2023, the nonprofit organization Montana Conservation Voters (“MCV”) and a group of individual Montanans challenged the Public Service Commission (“PSC”) district map, which the legislature drew to ensure Republican...