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News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median total monthly precipitation,” said Eric Larson, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Hydrologist. The timing and severity of the storms varied across the month. During the first two weeks of March most SNOTEL sites picked up an inch or two of precipitation, however northwest Montana reported slightly more, about 2-4 inches. Storms intensified during the second half of...
News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median ...
News from P.E.O. Chapter CA, Polson POLSON — On March 19th, P.E.O. Chapter CA presented their Ready? Set-Goals! (RSG) program to the ninth-grade girls at Polson High School (PHS). Designed to inspire, the RSG program helps young women to become more organized and prepared for college, vocational s...
New Tai Chi class offered News from Tribal Health FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Growing Older Staying Strong initiative through Tribal Health is seeking responses of interest from the community for Tai Chi classes. If you or someone you know is interested, go to: bit.ly/CSKT_GOSS or call Jessica...
BOZEMAN – A Montana State University psychologist is embarking on a study to determine whether common sleep habits of preadolescent children contribute to later psychiatric disorders, such as substance abuse and depression. Cara Palmer, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the Coll...
ST. IGNATIUS ¾ Spring is on the way. The willow tree in my yard is budding. People have talked about their crocuses and iris’ coming up. I have to make a correction. I misspelled Eve’s (the audiologist coming to the St. Ignatius Senior Center) last name. The cor...
POLSON - The AARP Tax Filing Assistance program has filed nearly 700 individual or joint tax returns over the past 10 weeks for local senior citizens. Special thanks to the 12 trained volunteers who worked more than 3,000 combined hours to assist in this AARP event. We need a driver(s) for a short d...
ARLEE - March and come to an end with wonderful days of sun and warmth, rain and green grass, daffodils exploding with a promise of a delightful spring. Those who went south for the winter are beginning to see Jocko Valley again as the place to come home to. We welcome all of you to the Arlee Senior’s ...
ST. IGNATIUS — Fort Connah held their second Black Powder Range Day of the season on April 12. Ed Larson was out teaching the art of muzzleloader shooting at the event. He said, basically, that you have a bullet and a patch of cloth and black powder and you put that in the barrel of the gun and shoo...
ARLEE — Clear skies and spring temperatures welcomed 281 runners to the annual Buttercup Run on Saturday, April 5. Runners participated in 1k, 5k and 10k races that got started at the Arlee Community Center and followed new routes this year that went through fields instead of around them so they cou...
