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While 2020 may not seem like an auspicious year to launch a new business, five intrepid women have opened retail shops in downtown Polson since June 15. River Rock Mercantile at 7 3rd Ave. E. opened June 15, just two days after the Hallmark store closed at the same location. The new owner, Megan Comings, worked twice for Hallmark proprietor Marilyn Frame; first, after graduating from high school, and again, for the past two years after she and her husband settled in Polson. The new store still has a coffee bar with the same popular brands, plus cards and gift items. But shoppers will find new inventory, too, including handmade children’s clothes, a new line of lounge...
UM News Service FLATHEAD LAKE — Over the last few decades, water scientists have noticed a rapid and consistent warming of surface temperatures. Changes beneath the water surface, however, have been subtler, but could still have significant consequences for lake ecosystems. In a study recently ...
News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock announced Montana’s unemployment rate continued to decline to 4.9 percent in November, down from 5.0 percent in October. Montana’s rate remains lower than the national rate of 6.7% for November. “M...
Library’s ‘Mother Goose’ is flying south POLSON — Join us on Monday, Dec. 28, at 10:30 a.m. for Mother Goose’s last session before she flies away. Don’t worry, she’ll be back sometime in 2021. Every week we read books and sing a song or two. You can find t...
RONAN — With COVID-19 hindering many Christmas gathering plans, the Ronan Chamber of Commerce hosted a Caravan of Lights parade on Friday evening. The Caravan of Lights, which started at 6 p.m., differed slightly from the city’s traditional parade of lights. This year’s caravan was desig...
Teri Lynn Miller, a St. Ignatius paramedic, was one of the first people in the Mission Valley to receive a coronavirus vaccine. She joined more than 3,000 Montana health care workers who received the injection last week at 10 Montana hospitals. “I kind of scooted out of the normal lane to get ...
Lake County Public Health and CSKT Tribal Health reported that the COVID-19 numbers for the county were at 124 actives cases, as of Monday, Dec. 21. Sixteen people have died in the county from the virus, and 1,395 have recovered. There have been 96 hospitalizations with 11 people currently in the hospital du...
PABLO — Charred wood and crumpled metal are all that remain of two uninhabited mobile homes destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. At about 1:45 a.m., the Ronan Fire Department received a call concerning a report that multiple structures were on fire at the corner of Division Street and Old U.S. Hi...
News from DPHHS MONTANA — Mental health crisis lines available to Montanans include the Montana Crisis Text Line, Montana Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Montana Warmline and Thrive by Waypoint Health. The Crisis Text Line is available 24/7 by texting MT to 741 741; the Montana Suicide Prevention ...
News from Cedar Creek Integrated Healt h For many, it might feel like mental health services in rural communities are hard to find. Cedar Creek Integrated Health would like to let the public know that, no matter what a person is facing, behavioral health resources are available. Cedar Creek launc...
