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ST. IGNATIUS — As we all get ready to celebrate the holiday season with our family and friends, we want to express how grateful we are to all our members and volunteers. This is truly a great community with a big heart. We would like to thank those who have donated to help keep our meal programs going and to the volunteers who are the heart of our center. And many thanks goes to the anonymous sidewalk angel who shoveled for us and did not stick around to be identified or thanked. We are helping with the St. Ignatius Schools coat and hat drive. If you have any new or gently used donations, you can drop them off at the center or at the school. They would especially welcome items of c...
News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. Senate — Following an aggressive push, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agreed to help lower prescription drug costs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries by taking administrative action to address direct an...
LAKE COUNTY — Although sales of recreational marijuana become legal in Montana Jan. 1, locals won’t see a deluge of dispensaries selling pot. Instead, suggests Polson City Manager Ed Meece, “we’ll probably see the licenses issued in a constant trickle rather than a flood over 2022.&rd...
News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes have announced the availability of the Mar. 1, 2022 to Feb. 28, 2023 Flathead Indian Reservation Joint Tribal/State fishing, bird hunting, and recreation regulations and propo...
RONAN — The Northwest Food Hub Network has been awarded a $1 million grant as part of the Regional Food Systems Partnership grant program, the USDA announced. Part of a collective of farmer-owned cooperative food hubs spanning across Montana and Washington, the Northwest Food Hub Network aims ...
December marks two years since news of COVID-19 started to rumble global headlines, and in those 24 months people, businesses, and governments have seen more change than entire decades of the past. As businesses, families, and state leaders look forward into 2022, sometimes weary of words like “pivo...
RONAN — The power switch of what appeared to be billions of strands of twinkling and sparkling Christmas lights was flipped on during the annual Lights Under the Big Sky festival. After taking a year off last year due to the pandemic, the dazzling, one-of-a-kind holiday light spectacle returned once...
News from the office of Jon Tester U.S. SENATE — Facing the threat of significant Medicare cuts to Montana health providers slated to go into effect Jan. 1, Senator Jon Tester recently voted to protect enhanced Medicare payments through 2022, and issued the following statement: “Rural hos...
RONAN — The Montana Department of Commerce has allocated funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to create affordable rental homes throughout Montana, including Ronan. The Meadowlark Vista Apartments in Ronan received $210,000 in ARPA gap financing to complete construction on their 24 r...
RONAN — A locally crafted menu item will be made available to every K-12 school district in the state that participates in the National School Lunch Program this winter. The “Montana Marinara” sauce, created through a partnership between the Northwest Food Hub Network and the Montana Off...
