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News from the Western Agricultural Research Center MONTANA — With warmer days in the forecast, our plants are waking up to the sunshine and soaking up the water left by the long winter we encountered this year. Apple blossoms are imminent at the Western Agricultural Research Center (WARC), along with all of the early flowering fruit trees, flowers and shrubs. Growing apples in the Bitterroot Valley has a long history starting with Fathers Ravalli and Desmet who reportedly planted Montana’s first apple trees in the state in the late 1840s, according to Mary Williams, consulting historian for Montana Heritage Apple Program. Many of these early trees did not survive due to ...

News from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana BILLINGS  — The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Pers...

News from MT FWP KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is initiating public scoping on a potential purchase of a conservation easement in Flathead and Sanders counties. FWP is working with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and Green Diamond Resource Company on a potential project to plac...

News from CAPNM KALISPELL — 2023 marks the 59th year since the Community Action Network was established to help American families and communities overcome obstacles to poverty. Over 1,000 agencies across the country are working every day to create opportunities and transform the lives of their nei...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte  HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte recently convened local, state, tribal, and federal agency administrators, and fire management officers for the 2023 Fire Briefing. “Advancing our agenda this legislative session, Montana has more resources ...

Marriages - Brett Douglas Rigler and Jamie Beth Heffner - Colleen Echo Adler and Cole Augustus White - Ronald Elwood Beams and Nancy Mildred Declue - Jason Dare Inman and Trisha Jolynn Hawk - Larry Mitchell Klein and Anna Janelle Brunson Divorces - Tony C. Buff and Barbara L. Van Hoo...

POLSON — Huckleberry club, turkey pesto, breakfast burritos and, of course, coffee all say “Blodgett Creamery” to Polson. These staples will not change under the new owners, Chell and Shain Little. The new owners of Blodgett Creamery have been making updates (with a few more to come) but sa...

News from the CSKT PABLO — Creatives Indigenous by Native Max announces a six-week business accelerator program for Salish and Kootenai artists and creatives who want to start a business or expand their businesses.  The accelerator program offers Native entrepreneurs a rigorous exploration...

POLSON — May 20th is Armed Forces Day. Since 1949 this holiday signifies the unification of the three branches of the armed forces into one unified force under the Department of Defense. Previously each branch had their own national day. Nearly 1.7 million active-duty personnel are currently serving in...

News from the North Lake County Public Library POLSON — Do you have a child between the ages of six to twelve? Interested in encouraging them to write? We are starting a Youth Pen Pal Program at North Lake County Public Library. We will work with another library to match up pen pals. Registration ...