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CHARLO — The Lake County Job Service Employers’ Committee (JSEC) and Job Service Polson invite you to the 2023 Assistance for Business Clinic (ABC) on Thursday, May 18, at Ninepipes Lodge from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The ABC is a great opportunity to learn more about the regulations that impact you as a Montana employer. Some of the topics include unemployment insurance tax and requirements, workers’ compensation coverage, independent contractor coverage and the differences between an independent contractor and an employee, and wage and hour topics. The ABC is from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and lunch is included. The day is packed full of information and there is opportunity to a...
Adeline Bridgeford RONAN — Adeline Rose Bridgeford was born on April 18, 2023, at the St. Luke New Beginnings Birth Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Parents are Brad and Blakely Bridgeford of Polson. Paternal grandfather is James Bridgeford of Lewistow...
LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Elections Office has released the unofficial results of the 2023 School Election for Lake County. Results are unofficial until canvassed. - For Trustee Chief Cliff Fire, Sigurd Jensen and Mike Meuli both won with the most votes of 159 and 2...
POLSON — The 31st annual Cowboy Ball rang in areas’ events season at the Polson Fairgrounds on Friday. Started in around 1990, Una Rose Graham of the fairgrounds said the event has gotten bigger every year. Involved since nearly the beginning, Graham explained that the earliest events st...
News from Shane Morigeau FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) would like to announce that the Mollman Pass Trail Road will remain open. CSKT was able to coordinate an effort with Lake County and Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP) to ensure that the Mollman P...
News from the Lake County Fire Mitigation Coordinator LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Fire Association, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will be conducting a joint fire training exercise on May 20 in the Rocky Poin...
News from Fred Barrett LAKE COUNTY — On March 14, Mission Valley Elks Lodge 1695, Polson, presented grant checks to two local fire departments totaling over $3,000 dollars as the result of grant requests from the Montana State Elks Associations Major Project “Aid to Rural Volunteer Fire Depa...
St. Ignatius — St. Ignatius High Schools 11th grade student, Sheldon McCloud, earned High Honor roll, 3.5-3.9, for the third quarter of the 2022-23 academic school year.
PABLO — Organizations, both local and nationwide, have come together to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and their families by holding the “Step By Step … We Remember” 5K out of the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo on May 6. Held in conjunction with Nation...
News from the MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is looking for approval from the Fish and Wildlife Commission to move forward with a rule making process on administrative rules that address state management of grizzly bears. The request comes as the Monta...
