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Spring Mack Days start March 19 Spring Mack Days start March 19

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake will begin Friday, March 19, and end on Sunday, May 16.  This lake trout angling event is sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks with up to $225,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded to the lake trout anglers at the conclusion of the event.   It is an angler’s dream: 59 total days of lake trout fishing on Flathead Lake. Anglers can fish one day or every day. All it takes is one fish to win a cash prize in the lottery-style drawing.   The first Mack Days Fishing Event was developed in 2002 for fishing enthusiasts of all...


LCCD calls for scholarship applications

News from LCCD LAKE COUNTY – Lake County Conservation District share the following scholarship opportunity:  Do you know a Lake County resident high school senior with an interest in conservation, natural resources and agriculture?  Check out our Future Steward Conservation Scholar...


Local legislative update open to the public

News from the  Northwest Counties Farm Bureau RONAN — Northwest Counties Farm Bureaus along with the Lake County Commissioners, Lake County Democrats and the Lake County Republican Central Committee are co-sponsoring this event. Please join us for a Legislative Update on Thursday, March 4,...


Polson chamber announces protocol from CSKT, Lake County

News from the Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes announced that CSKT employee and building protocols will remain in place until rescinded by the tribal council.  The CSKT Tribal Council remains vitally concerned about the public health and safet...


Polson Boys & Girls Club celebrates Mardi Gras Polson Boys & Girls Club celebrates Mardi Gras

POLSON — The Mardi Gras parade at the new Polson Boys and Girls Club featured a 15-foot, flying red dragon fashioned out of cardboard boxes, wire, tape and red paint.  It had moving wings, blinking eyes and a “fire” breathing snout. Trumpeter Joe Martinez accompanied three of Dick B...


MSU to offer July writing camp for students grades 5-12

MSU News Service MONTANA — Registration is now open for Montana State University’s Youth Writing Camp to be held July 12–16 on MSU’s campus. The camp, presented by the Yellowstone Writing Project and the Continuing, Professional and Lifelong Learning program of Academic Techno...


Leading trauma recovery practitioner brings training to Montana

News from Tamarack Grief Center  MONTANA — Tamarack Grief Resource Center’s 17th Annual Grief Institute will be held March 8th through 12th as a Live, Virtual Event.  This year’s week-long conference will feature internationally renowned speaker and educator Dr. J. Eric Ge...


‘Words Out West’ - Voices from the literary landscape of Big Sky Country, beyond

News from  Montana Public Radio MONTANA — Montana Public Radio announces the release of “Words Out West, a new literary series spotlighting writers of the contemporary West. “Words Out West” features poems, stories, radio plays and other forms of spoken word from the literar...


Tester demands reverse on embargo

News from the office of Senator Tester MONTANA — U.S. Senator Jon Tester demanded that United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy reverse the agency’s embargo on mailing live animals, which has severely impacted Montana’s family farmers. “I am troubled to lear...


Senators secure $20M for 68 MT airports: helps keep up with costs during pandemic

News from the offices of Senator Tester and Senator Daines  U.S. Senate — As part of his continued efforts to ensure that Montana’s airports are able to continue serving the state throughout the coronavirus pandemic and beyond, U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines announced that 68...


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