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News from CSKT   FLATHEAD LAKE – Lake trout anglers have completed four weekends of the nine-week 2021 Spring Mack Days fishing event.  The event is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. There are to $225,000 in cash and prizes that will be awarded at the conclusion of the fishing event on May 16.  A total of 14,068 lake trout have been entered.  Friday’s total was 1,060. On a very windy and cold Saturday the total was 64 entries. Most anglers did not go out on the water, and several drove to boat ramps and anxiously watched and waited for calmer waters that never came.  ...

News from the Office of Senator Tester U.S. SENATE U.S. — Senator Jon Tester announced that he has secured $32,191,069 in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for the Montana Department of Health and Human Services to support the Montana state laboratory’s capacity for the prev...

News from the Office of Governor Gianforte Montana’s unemployment rate declined in March to 3.8 percent; the state’s third consecutive month of lower unemployment rates. Nationwide, the unemployment rate was 6.0 percent in March. “For the third consecutive month, this year, Montana ...

News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA – Governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 161 into law to make housing more affordable by cutting red tape and increasing supply. “For too long, burdensome regulations have limited the housing supply, driven up prices, and made buying a home...

News from the Dept. of the Interio r WASHINGTON D.C. — On April 23, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice will convene the first White House Council on Native American Affairs meeting of the Biden-Harris administration. Secretary Haaland will serve as the Coun...

News from the office of Senator Tester  Senator Jon Tester met with President Joe Biden’s nominees for the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors and pressed them to address crippling delays in mail delivery and to work to maintain full USPS service for rural Montana. Tester also urged the...

News from the Office of the Governor  MONTANA – Governor Greg Gianforte issued an executive order prohibiting the state-sponsored development and required use of so-called vaccine passports in Montana. “I strongly encourage Montanans to get a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine, which i...

Electronic Waste Day scheduled News from Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — The Transfer Station is holding an Electronic Waste Day on Saturday, May 22, from 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. They are accepting TV and computer monitors (flat screen only), cell phones, copiers, printers, cords electronic was...

Eighth grade 4.0: Ellie Benson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Erica Foley, Olivia Jore, Kaya Michel, Summer Newman, Samantha Rensvold, Landon Shoemake, Haley Willer High Honor Roll: Stella Bradley, Logan Burke, Shaylee Davis, Landon DesJarlais, Kira Hensley, Jack Mausshardt, Ted Mausshardt, Sasha McCoy, ...

News from CSKT  Last Wednesday and Thursday, representatives from 12 different Northwest Tribes spent two days in Mission, OR, discussing a salmon and energy proposal from Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) that could make an unprecedented infrastructure investment in the Pacific Northwest. The Columbia Basi...