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Briefs for March 9, 2022

New tools, resources available on ParentingMontana.org News from DPHHS HELENA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Adam Meier announced recently that new online resources have been added to ParentingMontana.org for parents or those in a parenting role. The new resources include podcasts featuring parenting experts, guidance and information about teens and marijuana and other drug misuse, and more tools and resources covering vital topics such as stress and childhood trauma. The website empowers parents with tools, information, and examples of what to say in different parenting situations with their child. Kimberly Koch of DPHHS&rsquo...


Births for March 9, 2022 Births for March 9, 2022

Makayla Clary RONAN — Makayla Maree Clary was born on “Twos-Day,” Feb. 22, 2022, at the St. Luke Community Healthcare New Beginnings Birth Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Parents are Christopher and Aleisha Clary of Ronan. Paternal grandparents are Mark and Pamela Clary of Rona...


Lake County marriages and divorces for February 2022

Marriages Tilemoana D. Faulkner and Dakota Rae Kakakaway Patrick Urvin May and Sarah Teresa Stanley Edward Ward Stasso and Cassandra J. McClure Hyrum Joseph Taylor and Amanda Marie Dupuis Michael James Dodge and Katie Jo Harper   Divorces Ropeti Ropeti and Jodesa R. Ropeti (B...


Hunter education courses open for registration Hunter education courses open for registration

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Hunter education courses are open to registration in Kalispell, Polson, Eureka, and Plains.  Registration is free and available online at: https://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter-education. Additional courses will become available this spring...


Dixon seniors for March 3, 2022

DIXON — The Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. All are invited to come enjoy dinner. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon residents upon request. We are also a...


Polson seniors for March 9, 2022

POLSON — The Polson Senior Center serves the senior citizens of the Polson area and beyond. Our organization is committed to serving citizens in their ‘golden’ years. It sure sounds better than ‘graying’ or ‘sagging’ years.  So here it is again, where the Iri...


Dozens of prisoners file lawsuits for inadequate living conditions Dozens of prisoners file lawsuits for inadequate living conditions

News by Valley Journal Staff LAKE COUNTY — More than two dozen prisoners have filed lawsuits against various officials in the City of Polson and Lake County and the entities themselves in the past six months in regard to conditions at the Lake County Jail.  A judge in federal court in Miss...


DNRC helps navigate register water use registration DNRC helps navigate register water use registration

LAKE COUNTY — I’ve been in sleuth-mode lately. With the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board fully formed and a deadline of March 16 looming to register “existing uses” of water with the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), I’ve been navigating t...


Ronan acquires new property next to city park Ronan acquires new property next to city park

RONAN — The Ronan Revitalization Committee announced during a Feb. 22 meeting that the city of Ronan was recently able to purchase property behind the Second Chance Saloon.  “We’ve been trying to buy that property for years,” Public Works Director Dan Miller commented.  ...


CSKT division offers Q&A on projects tied to Water Compact CSKT division offers Q&A on projects tied to Water Compact

RONAN — The Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Division of Engineering and Water Resources held an event last week to answer questions about ongoing projects tied to the CSKT Water Compact. The four-hour event was meant to be informal, allowing attendees to come as their schedule allowed to ask abo...


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