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News from Senator Jon Tester MONTANA – After 72 hours negotiating substantial, bipartisan improvements to COVID-19 stimulus legislation that had previously fallen far short, U.S. Senator Jon Tester voted (March 25) to deliver critical, urgent relief to Montana workers, families, small businesses, hospitals and others hardest hit by the outbreak. On Sunday, Tester outlined his opposition to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's original spending package, which did not protect workers or businesses while bailing out large corporations , and got to work over the next 72 hours to improve the bill — successfully adding strong accountability provisions on loans to corpo...
ST. IGNATIUS – Weekdays look different for the McNutt family compared to a few short weeks ago, before Governor Steve Bullock announced that all public schools should close to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Since St. Ignatius schools closed on March 16, the five McNutt children s...
ST. IGNATIUS — For now, the Mission Valley Food Pantry will remain open on our regular schedule. Clients will no longer be allowed into the pantry. Rather they will be asked to come to the window to sign in and we will have boxes made up. We will only ask them about fresh and frozen items. There will b...
News from Mission Valley Power As the nation is gripped in a health crisis, Mission Valley Power has made the decision to not charge our customers any late or penalty fees for 30-days beginning April 1. Notifications will still be mailed. We will work with our customers on a case-by-case basis as we pro...
LAKE COUNTY — As additional social-distancing measures are put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Lake County Council on Aging encourages senior citizens to self-isolate. According to LCCOA Executive Director Dara Rodda, the organization has limited its services to the senior food c...
LAKE COUNTY – The classrooms of all local schools are empty in an effort to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus sweeping the nation, but teachers and administrators don’t want their students to fall behind during their absence from school. For now, schools across the state are clo...
COVID-19 presents challenges well beyond the obvious health concerns. Many adults are working from home or home dealing with the stress of unemployment. Many now have the added duty of around the clock childcare, no small task in ordinary times. Now, with the “stay at home” directive, there are t...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE – With all the cancelations happing throughout the Mission Valley, rest assured at least one event will not be canceled. Grab your fishing poles and get your families onto Flathead Lake to participate in the 2020 Spring Mack Days event, which began on March 20...
News from Loaves and Fish POLSON – The Polson Loaves and Fish food pantry thank our incredible supporters and pass along this important information. The pantry is still open during our regular hours, 2-5:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and 10-1:45 p.m. on Fridays. However, we are now a drive-through ...
LAKE COUNTY – Though schools are closed for two weeks to reduce the spread of COVID-19, districts are making sure students are still fed. Since the closures, schools have given out hundreds of meals for students to eat at home to make up for meals they would have otherwise eaten in their school’s...
