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News from the AHCA / NCAL The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report in November showing that new COVID-19 cases in nursing homes in the U.S. have now reached a record number of weekly new cases this month due to the community spread among the general population, surpassing previous peaks since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services started tracking cases in nursing homes. Recent data released by Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Medicare and Medic...
Merry Market thinks everyone deserves a merry Christmas News from the Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — In Lake County, the poverty rate is 20.9 percent. That means 6,110 people in our community are living in poverty and likely will be unable to purchase Christmas gifts for their chil...
Families are under an extraordinary amount of pressure right now, and the next few months will provide little relief. The trials of 2020 include economic uncertainty, winter dread, an emotionally charged presidential election and a worrying rise in coronavirus cases. Then there’s the disrupted school y...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2020 Fall Mack Days Fishing event ended Nov. 15 with a total of 14,821 lake trout entries turned in by 138 anglers. The 10-week long event was the longest Mack Days event ever. The 2020 fall total entries were not the best or the worst of...
News from the North Lake County Public Library POLSON — The Library has a new mobile app. We are excited to announce the availability of the new Montana Shared Catalog application. Available for iOS and Android, this app makes it easy to use the library even if a patron is not physically in the li...
Ronan High School 4.0 GPA Twelfth grade: Erik L. Bettwieser, Lindsey M.Brooks, Brant J.Heiner, Kiana L. King, Tucker L. Lytton, Madeline M. McCrea, Joseph R.Parnell, Ashley K.Rigby,Sariel A. Sandoval, Narya I.Sharma, Skyler A. Shima, Kristiana G. Sopke, Blaine M. Wearly Eleventh grade: ...
PABLO — After fire engulfed the The People’s Center on Sept. 6, museum officials wiped away tears and began the work of rebuilding to save precious artifacts of the Salish, Pend d’Oreille and Kootenai people. “Our goal has been to pick up the pieces and move forward,” s...
News from the Montana Department of Revenue MONTANA – The Montana Department of Revenue has begun the process to make licenses available for recreational marijuana cultivation and sale by Oct. 1, 2021, following the recent voter approval of Initiative 190. “There’s a lo...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Flathead Reservation Fish and Wildlife Board and CSKT Tribal Council are looking for public input on proposed changes to the 2021-22 fishing, bird hunting and recreation regulations. A temporary regulation is requested to begin the proposed regulation imme...
News from Reach Higher Montana MONTANA — November is National Scholarship Month, and the nonprofit Reach Higher Montana is celebrating with its annual Stick with Scholarships Campaign. The campaign encourages students to place a student-designed Reach Higher Montana sticker on an appropri...
