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This month, U.S. Senators began the markup of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution package. This rubber-meets-road moment seems to have given pause to some in their party whose votes will be needed to get a bill through Congress and across the President’s desk. Among them is Montana’s Senator Jon Tester. The President and the progressive left members of Congress have proposed financing the Administration’s marquee spending bill largely by raising the U.S. corporate tax rate. It is a moral imperative, they say, to make big business “pay its fair share.” In April, a notably fiery President Biden re-upped his call to raise the federal rate...
POLSON — The City of Polson was drenched in the colors of purple and gold on Friday afternoon as Polson High School celebrated the fall tradition of homecoming with the traditional homecoming parade down Main Street. During the mid-afternoon parade, students threw candy and waved at the crowds as th...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction ARLEE — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen joined Arlee School District students, teachers, and administrators this morning to announce that Bill Stockton has been selected as the 2022 Montana Teacher of the Year. Stockton, a high school science t...
ST. IGNATIUS — Thank you to all who donated and volunteered at the yard and bake sale on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2. It was well attended, and we had lots of folks stay for lunch. It was a wonderful community gathering. The Lake County Health department will give out flu shots on Oct. 6...
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, breakfast, and/or play pinochle. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon resi...
POLSON — The Polson Senior Center and Safeway Pharmacy are offering a Flu Shot Clinic at the center, 504 Third Ave. E., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to noon. Pneumonia shots are also available. We are seeking a kitchen assistant. Come to the center for an application or call 406-883-4735. Yo...
News from Montana Public Radio MISSOULA — The long-time host of Montana Public Radio’s children’s programs, The Pea Green Boat and The Children’s Corner, has announced her retirement. Annie Garde, who took over hosting and producing duties in 2003, will be stepping down after her...
POLSON — America’s Sweethearts, a New York City-based trio that’s performing in Polson Oct. 15 as part of the Mission Valley Live series, evokes the swinging sounds of the 1940s and ’50s and the tight female harmonies of groups like the Andrews Sisters. Soprano Carly Kincanno...
To accommodate an increase in demand for testing Tribal Health is offering pop-up testing near COVID "hot spots.” A mobile unit and a team of nurses is deployed to test at these locations. Most recently pop-up testing has been done in Arlee and Polson at the Linderman gym with great success. Any commun...
ST. IGNATIUS — Fueled by locally-grown, farm-fresh food, around 120 bicyclists got on their bicycles Saturday and pedaled around the Mission Valley during the third installment of the Mission Mountain Area Pedal to Plate (MMAPP) farm-to-farm bike tour. Designed with a wide range of riders with varyi...
