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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 nominees to push back against harmful plans for the agency currently being pushed by the current Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, such as higher postal rates, slower delivery standards, and reduced hours and closures at “low traffic” post offices—including offices in Montana. Tester expressed to the group that he believes DeJoy should resign his current post—a mo...

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...

Ava Morigeau RONAN — Ava Anna Grace Morigeau was born on April 8, 2021, at St. Luke Community Healthcare’s New Beginnings Birth Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Parents are Jeremiah and Annie Morigeau of St. Ignatius. Paternal grandparents are Charlie Morigeau and Jackie Spidel of St....

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 adhere to and follow social distancing precautions. This way our friends and neighbors can spend some time visiting with each other.&nb...

ST. IGNATIUS — By the time you read this, we will have had our grand re-opening. As of this week, the health department has told us that we can resume going through the line at the steam tables.     We will ask folks to use hand sanitizers and common sense when serving themselves. It ...

BISON RANGE — A chorus of meadowlarks sings out along the Bison Range’s Prairie Drive on a crisp morning in early April, and the sun casts strong shadows across Red Sleep Mountain. National Bison Range Refuge Manager Amy Coffman is at the wheel and looking for two early bison calves, sighted by h...

LAKE COUNTY – Pollinator Week, sponsored by the Lake County Conservation District, was by all accounts a success – both at educating the public on the value of pollinators and giving free seeds to gardeners who want to plant plots that attract these beneficial insects and birds.  Accordin...