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POLSON — We are open but please wear a mask and social distance. We cannot guarantee your safety from COVID so use your best judgment before participating in activities and meals. We will be closed on Christmas Day. We need drivers to deliver meals at noon - do it one day for about one hour or less. If you need a car, we have one to use. Call the Polson Senior Center if you are interested. You do not have to be a senior citizen to deliver meals. Activities are the same: exercise class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m.; mahjong is played on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.; pinochle is played on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.; bingo is played on Fridays at 7 p....
PABLO — Two years after Aiden Finley, 20, of Pablo, was killed along U.S. Highway 93, near mile marker 53 in Pablo, his mother stood in the spot where he was found and pleaded for justice. “We still don’t know what happened to him,” Tricia Finley said. “We need answers. Someo...
News from the Polson Police Department POLSON — On Thursday, Dec. 10, in the afternoon, a black Jeep was seen following a UPS truck around the southeast side of Polson. The occupant or occupants of the Jeep were removing packages left by the UPS delivery person. “We are reaching out...
On the same week members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes were meeting with the U.S. Department of Justice and other law-enforcement agencies to hammer out protocols to address missing people on the reservation, the ABC series, “Big Sky” – a drama about missing women in Montan...
RONAN — This Friday’s Caravan of Lights in Ronan received a blessing from Lake County Commissioners and public health officials during a Zoom meeting last Tuesday, as well as from the Ronan City Council during last Monday’s meeting. The parade, which begins at 6 p.m. Dec. 18, is de...
News from Montana State Parks Lone Pine State Park officials will be giving out free Junior Ranger Kits to inspire youth to get excited about the outdoors this winter. The kits will be distributed from the Lone Pine Visitor Center, near Kalispell, on Dec. 30, Jan. 20, Feb. 10 and March 3. The kits wi...
POLSON — Remember what if feels like to settle into a comfy theater seat, minus all the distractions of home (dogs, kids, the drone of a dryer) and – popcorn in hand – sink into a story on the big screen? Even now, amid a pandemic, audiences can indulge in that experience at the ne...
News from the Office of Senator Steve Daines MONTANA — U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester and Congressman Greg Gianforte celebrated the U.S. Senate passage of their bipartisan legislation to rename the VA clinic in Bozeman after fallen Montana war hero Staff Sergeant Travis Atkins. &ldqu...
News from the Office of Jon Tester MONTANA — As hospitals in Montana’s seven largest cities prepare to receive the first round of COVID-19 vaccines for front-line healthcare workers once approved, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured a commitment from vaccine delivery strategists at UPS and...
POLSON — Polson cartoonist Sarah Walt Weaver recently designed a witty and colorful Montana-themed poster to help people gauge the appropriate social distance during the pandemic. “I wanted to create something educational and fun for our communities,” said Weaver. People viewing the p...
