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BOZEMAN — As a nurse, Adessa Durglo’s goal is to treat her patients the way she would want her own family members to be treated. It’s a simple concept, and — as she watched her grandparents near the end of their lives and wanted something more for their care — it’s what led her to nursing in the first place. Durglo, an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, graduated from high school in St. Ignatius in 2011 and then began taking classes at MSU. Her father had gone to MSU, she said, and, with Bozeman about a four-hour drive from St. Ignatius, it felt like a good distance from home. She also earned a t...
News from the CSKT HELENA — The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in partnership with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, invite the public in the Flathead Reservation area, particularly water users, to the first meeting of the Flathead R...
ST. IGNATIUS — A fatal vehicle vs. pedestrian crash was called in on Jan. 14. According to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, at 6:27 p.m. Lake County 911 took a report of an apparently intoxicated pedestrian walking on the highway near the Mission Creek bridge in St. Ignat...
News from the Montana Department of Revenue HELENA — The 2021 Legislature passed House Bill 303, changing how Montana taxes business equipment. The new law increases the business equipment tax exemption from $100,000 to $300,000 for Tax Year 2022. Businesses whose statewide market value of equi...
POLSON — On Feb. 10, a new medical spa will have its grand opening in Polson. Located inside Bella Vita Salon, the joint companies of Skin Beautiful and Skintegrity406 were established by two women brought together by chance. Julie Yonker had moved to the area from her home in Scottsdale, A...
News from the Mission Valley Christian Academy POLSON — Mission Valley Christian Academy just opened a new pre-school and is now starting “Phase 1” of building the community center thanks to a recent donation from Greg and Susan Gianforte and support from numerous individual dono...
News from Hockaday Museum KALISPELL — Professional working artists from various disciplines, media, and styles are invited to apply to the 2022 Artist Wilderness Connection (AWC), a unique collaborative artist-in-residence program in Montana managed by Hockaday Museum of Art, Flathead National For...
News from MT Medical Assoc. Communications HELENA — The Montana Medical Association has partnered with nine other trusted Montana health care and public health associations to launch the “Your Best Shot MT” campaign to help answer parents’ vaccine questions and increase COVID-19 ...
News from the MPSC HELENA — The Montana Public Service Commission has opened an investigation into the adequacy of legacy telephone systems owned and operated by CenturyLink Communications, LLC, and its affiliated Montana carriers. Many rural Montanans rely on these legacy systems for phone servic...
News from the MDC HELENA — Montana Housing announced on Jan. 5 that more than $30 million in rent and utility assistance has been paid to support Montanans who have experienced financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were at risk of housing instability. The federally funded assistance...
