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ST. IGNATIUS — The Garlic Festival made an official return to St. Ignatius last Friday with plenty to celebrate. Cloudy skies that threatened rain didn’t stop participants from coming out to enjoy festival bounty.  Event goers ate soup and greens while listening to live music and shopping with local vendors. Murmurs of “this is great” and “it’s good to see everyone,” filled the air. The festival featured plenty of produce for sale. Foothill Farm held a big bounty with six trays of different kinds of garlic. Julie Pavlock, of Foothill Farm, said: “We have one variety of soft neck garlic and three hard necks, but most of the garlic we...

Polson Loaves & Fish News from Polson Loaves & Fish POLSON — The Polson Loaves & Fish Pantry, 904 First Street E, is staffed entirely of volunteers. They serve about 300 families per month. Theirr school weekend backpack program reaches 71 children each week. They are open for foo...

News from the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — Next week, Riverside Contracting Inc. crews will continue to install fencing and signage throughout the project area, as well as beginning work on approaches for the Sinclair gas station and properties on the southbound couplet, the short ...

News from the office of Senator Tester  U.S. Senate — As a part of his continued efforts to combat drug trafficking in Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $1,161,355 in funding for law enforcement, public education, and supporting at-risk youth.  As a senior member of the S...

News from the Dept. of the Interior   WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced the launch of a new large-scale water recycling program and made $180 million in initial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law available for projects aimed at crea...

News from Eristina Moore, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center and St. Luke’s Community Hospital recently partnered with Helping Hands to educate new mothers and families on postpartum mood disorders by providing educational materials and a $25 i...

News from Mission Valley Choral Society POLSON —The Mission Valley Choral Society is preparing for their Christmas Concerts and will accept members until Oct. 12. Practices are from 7-9 p.m., Thursdays, at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Christmas 2023 concerts are scheduled for Dec. 16 a...

News from CSKT Natural Resources, Montana FWP MISSION VALLEY — Sign in opens at 6 p.m. for the Polson, Ronan, Pablo Spring Hunter Education course starting Monday, Oct. 2, in Lobby of the PQLAW building on the Salish Kootenai College campus in Pablo. All classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at ...

ELMO —  On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the Tribal Health & Fitness Center in Elmo hosted a Harvest Fest to highlight healthy lifestyle choices and programs. Family games and prizes, information about tobacco prevention, food preservation, cancer screenings and more were offered. Tobacco Educati...

News from the Society for Range Management WICHITA, KANSAS — The Society for Range Management recently established the Chuck Jarecki Rancher Land Stewardship Award thanks to a generous donation by its namesake, retired Polson rancher Chuck Jarecki. The award was created to recognize ranch operator...