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News from the Polson School District POLSON — Amy Williams, a special education teacher at Polson Middle School, was the recipient of the 2020 Teresa Veltkamp award for excellence in Indian Education for All. This prestigious award was created in honor and memory of its namesake Teresa Veltkamp and was first bestowed in 2012. Williams received the award in 2020 for her role in Indian Education in Polson, including her work with the EAGLES recycling and environmental education club, her sponsorship and coaching of the robotics team in the Mars challenge and the several community events she organized. She also participated in various Office of Public Instruction committees...
News from the office of Congressman Gianforte WASHINGTON — Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) recently spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to mark National Suicide Awareness Month. “Unfortunately, Montanans are all too familiar with the epidemic of suicide,” Gi...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced last Thursday it has been awarded a federal grant of more than $525,000 to help Montana-made businesses export and promote products to international markets. The State Trade Expansion Program gra...
News from CSKT PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Economic Development Office is now accepting applications for coronavirus business relief funds. The CSKT Small Business Relief Grants program offers over $1 million in federally allocated financial assistance to qualified...
St. Ignatius By Irene Pritsak for the Valley Journal ST. IGNATIUS — As I write this, our yard sale is in full progress. Thank you to all who donated items, those who baked the delicious treats for the bake sale, our intrepid volunteers who worked so har...
POLSON — We are open with masks and social distancing. We cannot guarantee your safety from COVID-19. — Flu shots - Thursday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-noon — Thanksgiving dinner canceled due to COVID-19 — Exercise classes - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10:30...
RONAN — On Friday we held our first on-site meal since the virus closed us down. Things went very well. We will be open only Fridays for on-site meals through the month of October and play it by ear after that. We will still have meals available for pick up or delivery on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday...
DIXON — Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community. We are still adhering to social distancing precautions. We are accepting take-out meal requests only. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings, at 5:30 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon residents upon reques...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce and the State Complete Count Committee are reminding Montanans that there is still time to respond to the 2020 Census through Oct. 31. Recent actions by the federal government have created confusion about ...
Maddox Medicine Horse POLSON — Kennedi Garrett and Paul Medicine Horse announce the birth of their brother, Maddox Reign Medicine Horse. He was born on Aug. 8, 2020, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center’s Nesting Place. Maddox was 21 ½ inches long and weighed 8 pounds, 1.5 ou...
