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News from the Western Montana Conservation Commission LAKE COUNTY — Registration for the Flathead Waters Cleanup on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. is now open. Volunteers for the annual event will clean up trash in and around the rivers, lakes, creeks, and ponds of the Flathead Watershed in Flathead and Lake Counties. The cleanup ends with two concurrent afterparties and prize giveaways hosted at Sacred Waters Brewing in Kalispell and Glacier Brewing in Polson from 4 to 8 p.m. “Volunteering for the Flathead Waters Cleanup is just one way we can be good stewards of our Montana waterways,” said Emilie Henry, Program Coordinator of the newly established Weste...

News from Summit Independent Living RONAN — With the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Summit Independent Living’s branch office located in Ronan and serving Lake and Sanders counties, as well as the Flathead Reservation, is open again Mondays through Fridays. Public hours are from 9 a.m. to ...

News from Les Schwab Tire Centers MONTANA — Les Schwab Tires Centers at any Montana location will accept monetary donations in all stores, or from the fundraiser QR code, through Saturday, Aug. 19. Les Schwab Tire Centers will also match donations up to $15,000. “Les Schwab is proud to in...

News from Native Max PABLO — Creatives Indigenous by Native Max announced a free event at the Salish Kootenai College Theatre where a cohort of Salish and Kootenai artrepreneurs pitch their business plans to faculty, partners, and the local community.  Since the beginning of June, this coh...

ST. IGNATIUS — We would like to say thank to all who came to the pancake breakfast, played bingo and bid on the silent auction items, and thank all the volunteers as well that helped prepare the pancake breakfast and helped serve it. A special thank you goes to the Mission Valley Ranch Hands 4-H Club f...

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 is: —  Wednesday, July 26: chili, cinnamon rolls, salad —  Friday, July 28: roast Beef Dinner, sa...

POLSON — Women’s world cup of soccer opened July 20. Temperature in Sidney, Montana, 79 degrees, the other Sidney 53 degrees. The coaches and fans are wearing down-lined winter coats. Polson, 89 degrees.  It’s fire season. Summer was in June if you missed it. We have noted a substan...

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare People who live in rural communities live an average of three years fewer than their urban counterparts and face a 30% increased risk for stroke mortality — a gap that has grown over the past two decades. The team at St. Luke Community Healthcare is committe...

News from MSGA HELENA — Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) has opened internship applications for the 2023 Annual Convention that will be held Dec. 6-8 in Billings. The program was created to provide students with a hands-on experience of the various facets of association event planning and e...

News from Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press MONTANA — Montana’s Office of Public Instruction on Friday opened public comment on a raft of proposed rule changes impacting the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program, a decade-old initiative to bolster Indigenous language proficiency in...