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POLSON — AARP Tax Preparation Assistance pre-registration begins now through April 15, 2025. You must make a reservation for assistance by calling or stopping by the Polson Senior Community Center. Appointment times are available starting in February on Mondays or Thursdays only between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. through mid-April.  You may register by phone; then pick up your packet to fill out prior to your appointment time.   Full-time or part-time Executive Assistant/Nutrition Director wanted.  Apply at the center. Weekdays only. Wage is depending on experience, $16-$25.  Negotiable. Activities:   Bowling: “no-tap” Tuesday 1 – 3 p.m. Joi...

News from Big Sky State Games BILLINGS – Registration for the 23rd Annual Shape Up Montana program is underway.  Since it began in 2003, over 88,800 Montanans have logged more than 15.7 million activity miles. Shape Up Montana is a team-based healthy lifestyle program of the Big Sky State Gam...

Jordan Clovis Simpson RONAN — Jordan Clovis Simpson was born on Jan. 1, 2025 at the St. Luke New Beginnings Birth Center in Ronan, making him the first baby born at St. Luke in 2025. He measured 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 inches long. Parents are Quinten Reid and Taylor Everheart of Polson. Paternal gran...

News from Granite Peak Communications LLC LAKE COUNTY — AT&T made a $17,500 contribution to the local Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County as part of its commitment to narrow the digital divide in underserved communities. Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Re...

News from DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently released new guidelines to improve access to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program for families who receive the traditional Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship.  Families who have been determ...

News from the Lake County Planning Department LAKE COUNTY — Lake County currently seeks volunteers for the following boards.  Positions begin on January 1.  Attendance may be in person or via Zoom for most meetings. If you have questions about the area of jurisdiction for a particular bo...

News from the office  of Governor Gianfor HELENA — Along with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Governor Greg Gianforte today announced a record-setting oil and gas lease sale on state trust lands in four months, totaling more than $5.4 million in revenue. ...

News from the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently announced the bipartisan “Protection for Reservation Occupants Against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today (PROTECT) Act” to combat drug trafficki...

News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced new agreements with the U.S. Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as part of the Department’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The ...

News from the Montana Department of Commerce HELENA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today more than $37 million in federal housing tax credits will be allocated to six developments to build new affordable homes in five Montana communities. “The Montana Board of Housing has ...