Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
To honor Salish Kootenai College President Robert Reginald DePoe III, drums echoed through the event center at the campus on Monday, Dec. 28. DePoe passed away a week earlier on Monday, Dec. 21, due to complications from cancer at the age of 40. Hundreds attended the funeral service including tribal leade...
EVARO – Construction on the Gray Wolf Peak Casino expansion project in Evaro is underway, although it’ll be smaller than originally planned. “We listened to the elders,” said Sheila Matt, S&K Gaming board of directors and CEO. She explained that many of the elders thought...
POLSON — Supporters packed the lobby for the opening ceremony and ribbon cutting of the newly completed Lake House. The need for a community based, 24 hour emergency mental health crisis and stabilization center in Lake County was palpable. Located across the street from St. Joseph Medical Facility, th...
PABLO – In an effort to hear what the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal election candidates think about current issues before the General Election on Dec. 12, students from Two Eagle River held a forum in their school on Wednesday evening. Seven of the 10 candidates running for five seat...
Lake House to celebrate opening Dec. 11 POLSON — Lake County, in partnership with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health Services, Providence Health and Services, and Western Montana Mental Health Center, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the op...
News from Energy Keepers POLSON — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an “Order Denying Rehearing,” sending a resounding message to those who formally opposed the transfer of Selis Ksanka Qlispe FERC Project No. 5, which is the former Kerr Dam project. On Nov. 19, the FERC...
News from Energy Keepers POLSON — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an “Order Denying Rehearing,” sending a resounding message to those who formally opposed the transfer of Selis Ksanka Qlispe FERC Project No. 5, which is the former Kerr Dam project. On Nov. 19, the FERC...
It’s such a big celebration that it couldn’t fit into one day. So the folks at Salish Kootenai College decided to make a weeklong celebration to honor those who helped to develop the college. “The goal and vision was to help capture the vision of those founders who worked so dilige...
Forty years ago Daren Incashola was a little guy playing with blocks during his time at a Head Start in St. Ignatius. He was 4 years old. He would grow up and send his two children to the child development program for children ages birth to 5. On Friday, Incashola helped celebrate Head Start’s...
PABLO – Francis Stanger, 87, is one of the last dozen or so World War II Veterans in Lake County. He enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 17. He served from 1945 to 1947. He remembers being stationed in North China near the China Wall and seeing plenty of combat. During one mission, he remembers...
