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RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. Any age is welcome to come enjoy our meals; you don’t have to be a senior citizen. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: —  Wednesday, Sept. 11: soup & sandwiches, salad, dessert —  Friday, Sept. 13: Swiss steak, salad, dessert —  Monday, Sept. 16: scalloped potatoes w/ham, salad, dessert —  Wednesday Sept. 18: loaded hot dogs, salad, dessert We are always looking for new members. Come in and give us a try. Pinochle has started again. It’s played on Mondays fr...

POLSON — Our new and renewing membership campaign is gearing up for the third week in September. Free banana split are given to new or renewed members. Thirty years ago, our dues were $15. They still are. Free flu/covid vaccines offered by Safeway Pharmacy Sept. 23 from 10 a.m.-noon. The Safe Driver...

by Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press BILLINGS — Throughout the 2023-24 school year, Billings Public Schools Superintendent Erwin Garcia grew increasingly troubled by a sight he repeatedly witnessed in classrooms around the district: students scrolling their smartphones, their attention wrenched...

News from FVCC KALISPELL — Kalispell businessman Paul Wachholz has donated $2.1 million to Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) to continue his support of the Paul D. Wachholz College Center. Wachholz made a $4 million donation as part of the initial fundraising efforts for the project back in...

News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — Recently the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service released a new report that finds visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2023 resulted in a record high $55.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supp...

News from Montana State Elks Association POLSON — The Mission Valley Elks Club will provide a free EZ Child ID to create an ID for the children in your life, from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, at the Elks Club, 512 Main Street. Come take advantage of this amazing service. For questions, call 406-88...

Polson Schools announces all students eligible for free breakfast, lunch News from Polson School District #23 POLSON — Polson School District is happy to announce that all students are eligible for one free breakfast and one free lunch per school day for the 2024 to 2025 school year. There is...

News from the Montana Department of Transportation RAVALLI — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), along with construction partner Stillwater Electric, Inc., will begin the installation of safety measures on US Highway 93 (US 93), south of Ravalli. The project begins approximately 1 mile...

News from MT - DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently announced that it has received generous donations from Intrepid Credit Union and Toys for Tots that will help bring smiles to the faces of hundreds of children in foster care throughout Montana. &...

News from CSKT- NRD FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin two weeks early on Sept. 5 and will end on Nov. 3. The event dates were moved up to try and alleviate the cold mid-November temperatures anglers have endured the past couple of years. Mack Days fi...