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News from DPHHS HELENA — Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Adam Meier announced on Feb. 2 approval of the Family First Prevention Plan by the Federal Children’s Bureau. The five-year plan emphasizes prevention services aimed at keeping children and youth safely at home with their families, and when foster care is needed helps ensure they are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like setting appropriate to their special needs. It is the culmination of over three years of Child and Family Services Division staff partnering with stakeholders to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act in Montana. “Our goal is to conti...

Harrison Norling RONAN — Harrison James Norling was born on Jan. 29, 2022, at the St. Luke New Beginnings Birth Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Parents are Bryce and Phoebe Norling of Ronan. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Rhea Gates of St. Ignatius. Maternal grandparents are Chris and...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — The group responsible for developing Montana’s new trapper education program is meeting on Friday, Feb. 11, in Polson.  The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at the Red Lion Inn & Suites, 209 Ridgewater Drive. Members of the public a...

News from the Office of the Governor HELENA — On Jan. 31, the last day of Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Governor Greg Gianforte announced a partnership between Town Pump, the LifeGuard Group, and the State of Montana to raise awareness and put an end to human trafficking in Monta...

POLSON — Local author Maggie Plummer has just released her latest novel, Eagle in Flight, the third book in her semi-autobiographical Jessie Morgan Series. The novel begins in May 1975, as Jessie escapes to the remote wilds of northern British Columbia. Traumatized by her ex-boyfriend’s violen...

News from Montana FWP HELENA – As elk populations continue to be a concern across the state, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is convening a citizens advisory group to address the future of elk management. The 12-member group will be tasked with developing new and creative ideas and recommendati...

    Marriages Theodore T. Morigeau and Ylena Nicole Gazdik William James Sivelle and Leigh Ann Bradley Christina M. Gardini and Greg Trenton Hamilton   Divorces Richard M. Groff and Jackie L. Groff Adam J. Clairmon and Elizaeth R. Clairmon (Rathe restored) Ter...

News from Raph Graybill and Rylee Sommers-Flanagan   HELENA — Judge Menahan of the First Judicial District Court held on Feb. 3 that Senate Bill 319, which legislators amended heavily in a closed 16-minute hearing just a day before the end of the 2021 legislative session, violates the Montana ...

News from the Governor’s Office of Community Service HELENA — The Montana Student Volunteer Award is presented through a partnership between the Governor’s Office of Community Service and Montana Campus Compact campuses.  Honorees of this annual award are college students across the...

Polson Middle School Grade 8 4.0: Mackinzi Bartel, Jeffrey Bird, Emma Boogerd,Francesca Burnett, Kalven Christopher, Brayden Clark, Kalim Crawford, Elyanna Crego,  Joshua Ducept, Ruger Ellis,  Holden Emerson, Arianna Fisher, Vivian Grainey, Patience Hatch, Parker Hendrickson, Josie Henr...