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News from Glacier National Park GLACIER PARK — Shuttle services at Glacier National Park will be available to visitors this year after not operating due to COVID-19 restrictions during the 2020 season. Shuttles will be running from July 1 through Labor Day weekend with limited capacity and stops. In order to fulfill COVID-19 restrictions, a Ticket-to-Ride will be required to board the park’s shuttle. A Ticket-to-Ride is $1 (non-refundable) and 75 percent of tickets for the entire shuttle season may be purchased on Recreation.gov beginning June 1 at 8 a.m. The remaining tickets will be released for 48-hour advance purchase on a rolling window. Tickets...
News from the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church quilters POLSON — The quilters at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church have just completed another successful year of quilting. Six to ten ladies meet on Monday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon to tie the guilts. They start quilting in September and work until...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte KALISPELL — Governor Greg Gianforte signed two measures into law to cut Montana’s income tax rate and simplify the state’s tax code. Gov. Gianforte signed the Personal Income Tax Relief Act, Senate Bill 159, which reduces Montana’s to...
Tabletree Montana Wins Silver in sofi™ Awards BIGFORK — Tabletree Cherry Juice has won the silver award in the Juices and Beverages category as part of the Specialty Food Association’s 2021 sofi™ Awards, a top honor in the $158 billion specialty food industry. Tabl...
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, continuing to follow social distancing precautions, so our friends and neighbors can spend some time visiting with each other. We are also accepting ...
When the Legislature wrapped up its biennial session last week, two bills signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte won praise from Polson physician Cara Harrop, whose pureHealth direct primary care clinic is one of just eight in Montana. Senate Bill 374, which allows physicians to dispense medications...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Police are still searching for a person suspected of making a bomb threat that ended up closing the CSKT Tribal Complex on Thursday, April 29. Officers from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, working with the Lake County Sheriff’s Offi...
POLSON — Walking down Main Street, Juan Escano brims with curiosity and enthusiasm for Polson and its potential. The city’s new community development director is guided by a basic premise: “Support what’s here. Lay the groundwork to make it grow.” That applies to trees ...
News from the Department of Commerce MONTANA — Montana will regain its second congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the 2020 Census state population count released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The count reveals that Montana’s population grew from ...
News from the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — The Montana Department of Transportation would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a proposal to install a center left turn lane on about 0.5 miles of U.S. Highway 93, approximately five miles south of Ronan, at the ...
