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BOZEMAN — Following on the heels of January’s abundant snowfall, February also delivered above normal to record-setting snowfall in mountain ranges supplying water to regional rivers and streams. New records were set for February snowfall at seven mountain snowpack telemetry sites in southern and central Montana that were favored by the unstable north-northwest flow coming from Canada during the first three weeks of the month. The recovery in snowpack was well timed. “January and February snowfall took the dismal snowpack totals reported on Jan. 1 along the Montana/Idaho border and improved snowpack to near- to above-normal on March 1,” said Lucas Zukiewicz, USDA ...

News from the Montana 
Historical Society MONTANA – March is Women’s History Month, and the Montana Historical Society invites the public to celebrate the lives of the amazing women who have called the Treasure State home. For example, Martha Edgerton Rolf Plassmann, born in 1850, not only w...

POLSON – Once the new clubhouse is complete, the Boys and Girls Club of Lake County and the Flathead Reservation will be able to serve more than 200 children at their new facility, up from 40, the capacity of their current Polson site. The new clubhouse, being built across the street from the Polson...

News from Montana Census 2020 MONTANA – Having good data is the cornerstone of good decision making in public health. Without an accurate population count, the resources, infrastructure and care practices that Montana depends on could be at risk. The Census helps determine how hundreds of billions...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION – Spring debris burning season will open Sunday, March 1.   Burning is a great way to clear dead vegetation and clean up. Before lighting piles or grass this spring, people need to take the necessary precautions to ensure the burn does not become ...

    PABLO – The science laboratory at Salish Kootenai College was recently filled with elementary students, all of whom had their eyes glued to their microscopes as they counted the number of heartbeats Daphnia, or water fleas, had for 20 seconds. This science experience emphasized that resea...

News from Polson High School POLSON — Scholarships are available this spring to Polson High School graduates provided by the local Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation organization. Money for PSEF is generated by various fundraising events, donations from individuals and clubs, and from ...

MCDONALD LAKE – The ice started to crack as a man stood on McDonald Lake during the late evening of Monday, Feb. 24.  According to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell, the ice completely broke and the man fell through into the cold water at around 10:45 p.m. The man’s name isn’t being r...

MONTANA — For the past year, concertgoers headed to downtown Missoula’s Wilma Theatre have passed Rocky Mountain Relief, a medical marijuana dispensary next door to the venue and across the street from a new hotel. If Montanans pass one of several ballot initiatives this November to legalize a...

News from the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter MONTANA – On March 19, the Alzheimer’s Association Montana Chapter will host an Advocacy Day at the state capitol to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and their impact on Montana. According to the Alzheimer&rs...