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News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE – The 2020 Fall Mack Days event began Tuesday, Sept. 8 and will end Sunday, Nov. 15. The event will be one week longer because the spring event was shortened, due to COVID-19. There will be up to $200,000 in cash and prizes awarded at the conclusion of the event. Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a management tool to reduce non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake. There have been two $10,000 lake trout winners. Felix Gauci, of Stevensville, was the angler who caught the first $10,000 tagged lake trout on Oct. 25, 2014. Felix ended the event with 910 lake trout entries. Matt Guc...
News from the Glacier Symphony, Orchestra and Chorale KALISPELL — As the saying goes ... “The show must go on!” Tickets and seating may be limited and other changes will have to be implemented to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines, but nevertheless, the Glacier Symphony, Orchestra and Chora...
ST. IGNATIUS – Students across Lake County put on their masks and went back to school last week during uncertain times. At the St. Ignatius High School, student Kayden Carter, 16, said the mask got a bit warm during the school day, but he didn’t mind wearing it. He said it was much bette...
POLSON – In a virtual meeting, city commissioners heard a presentation and public comment about a proposed additional tax on services and items commonly purchased by visitors to the area to fund street repairs in the city. The proposed tax would be a 3 percent year-round tax on lodging, restau...
News from Lake County Sheriff Don Bell LAKE COUNTY — Lake County citizens aided in helping law enforcement with two incidents last week that deserve gratitude. On Aug. 16, at around 1:10 p.m., a two-vehicle crash occurred at mile marker 41 on U.S. Highway 93. A Dodge...
Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural, and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – While the mountains have been intermittently cloaked in smoke, it hasn’t been an unusually busy local fire season. According to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ fire management specialist C.T. Camel, most of the smoke visible in the area is from f...
News from CSKT PABLO — As an artist, the goal is to create something people want to hear. These six Mission Valley performers knocked it out of the park. When the community called upon their musical talents, they poured their hearts out. Six artists created original songs to ask listeners to take ...
News from the Chief Cliff VFD DAYTON – The Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department is holding its annual Dayton Daze fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the spacious Dayton Park. Pioneering the West is the theme of this year’s costume event, and attendees are encouraged to dress up ...
News from the Chief Cliff VFD DAYTON – The Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department is holding its annual Dayton Daze fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the spacious Dayton Park. Pioneering the West is the theme of this year’s costume event, and attendees are encouraged to dress up ...
