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POLSON — Maclaen Burningham, of Polson, has volunteered his time to create an environment of inclusion in the state of Montana for several years, and he is asking for the community to get involved. His overall goal is “to help people with and without disabilities.” Maclaen saw the importance of bringing people together when he was in high school. He said in school, people with disabilities were often separated from students who did not have disabilities. Maclaen, who has Prader-Willi syndrome, felt the effects of exclusion. “It was hard back then,” he said. “I wanted to be in the same classes with everyone else. I wanted to feel like I belonge...
News from WMGC and LCCDC Western Montana Growers Cooperative and Lake County Community Development Corporation have worked together to distribute nearly 8,500 food boxes to families in need in Western Montana since July and an additional 1,000 will be distributed by mid-December. This collabora...
News from FLIC POLSON — The Flathead Lake International Cinemafest premieres its ninth annual winter film festival during the weekend of Jan. 29-31, 2021, at the brand new stadium-seating Showboat Cinema 6 on Main Street. FLIC screens full-length features, shorts, animation, student films...
News from the Office of Senator Tester U.S. SENATE — A pilot program launched by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation is developing a collaborative community response plan to quickly address emergent Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons cases in Indian ...
News from the Office of Steve Daines Montana will be receiving its second shipment of Regeneron’s antibody therapeutic, casirivimab and imdevimab, which has received emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. Regeneron’s antibody cocktail is authorized for the treatment...
POLSON — Mick Holien, legendary play-by-play announcer at the University of Montana, died Friday morning, Nov. 27, at age 76 due to complications from multiple sclerosis. Holien, known as the “Voice of the Griz” to generations of fans provided the soundtrack to many U of M Grizzly athlet...
News from the Montana Department of Labor & Industry HELENA — The Montana Department of Labor & Industry recently announced that Montana has begun paying an additional $200 weekly benefit to unemployed Montanans impacted by COVID-19. Last month, Governor Steve Bullock directed DLI...
News from SocialFlixx MONTANA — SocialFlixx, a Helena-based video-marketing business, is embarking on a feature-length documentary about the craft-beer industry in Montana. The Montana Brewery Passport Documentary, an independent film about the state’s 94 operational breweries...
By Jo Cheff, executive director of Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana would like to thank Humanities Montana and the National Endowment for the Humanities for funding us through a Humanities Montana CARES Act grant awarded in August of 2020. We are deeply grate...
News from the American Indian Graduate Center NEW MEXICO – American Indian Graduate Center announced Amerra Webster (undergraduate) and Justin Lund (graduate) were selected as the 2019 Students of the Year. “The Student of the Year Award celebrates exceptional scholars who have demonstrat...
