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With a 2-1 vote, the Lake County Commissioners gave a preliminary green light on May 18 to a controversial zoning amendment that would affect more than 4,000 acres within the Upper West Shore zoning district on Flathead Lake. In doing so, the commissioners voted against the recommendation made by the Lake County Planning Board April 14 to deny the zoning variance. The vote came at the close of a nearly four-hour public hearing that drew around 165 attendees in person and via Zoom. The vast majority spoke in opposition to the zoning variance. The amendment would allow “commercial uses, limited to outdoor recreational activities, provided the primary entrance to the recreati...
Polson City Commissioners approved an ordinance regulating the keeping of chickens in city limits at its May 17 meeting, as well as hearing updates on personnel changes in the city public works department, planned workshops to help better serve the public and the expenditure of federal COVID-19 relief funds....
POLSON – More than 40 business community members took a moment out of their work week to share knowledge and learn about resources as they head into a post-COVID-19 pandemic world. Organizers called the event Polson Bounces Back. The City of Polson and Mission West Community Development Partne...
News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. Senate — Thanks to funding secured in the American Rescue Plan, Montana is set to receive $10,012,392 in community grant funding to support mental health and substance use disorder services, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced. The Sub...
News from North Lake County Public Library POLSON — Join us Mondays at 9:15 a.m. for Mother Goose. Mother Goose is an interactive program for babies, toddlers and their caregivers. We move back to in-person Storytime starting Wednesday, June 9, at 10:15 a.m. Our Summer Readi...
News from University of MT, Western DILLON — The University of Montana Western named students to the 2021 spring semester Dean’s List. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average. An asterisk after a na...
The 2021 Buck Young Scholarship winners and their college destinations are: Sam Fisher (FVCC); Michael Smith (BYU); Berkley Ellis (University of Montana); Megan Rost (Highline College); Taylor Collinge (University of Montana) and Madison Straub (Montana State University). The Buck Young Memorial Scholarship ...
DIXON — The Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. We have opened the doors for eating in while continuing to adhere to social distancing precautions, so our friends and neighbors can spend some time visiting with each other. We are also ac...
RONAN — Good afternoon from the Mission Valley Senior Center. We are completely reopened and serving meals three days a week. Hopefully everyone has had their shots and are ready to come back to the center and see all their friends, have some good food and do a little chit-chatting. Menu: &mda...
The library at Linderman Elementary in Polson is evenly split between rows of desks and shelves lined with books. Students must sanitize their hands to check out books, and desks in the large room are spaced so that kids keep a safe distance from each other. Three third graders, each wearing a mask,...
