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Search team trains trackers Search team trains trackers

Suspects fled approximately 1 mile down Duck Road outside Ronan before Lake County law enforcement apprehended them. Officers asked Lake County Search and Rescue trackers to search the scene for any evidence dropped or lost during the flight. This was the scenario for a LCSAR training on Jan. 17, accordin...

Ronan businessman sentenced for illegally disposing of sewage

News from the United States Attorney’s Office  MISSOULA — James Leslie Vaughan, 48, of Ronan, was sentenced today to two years of probation for illegally disposing of domestic sewage. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy after the defendant’s October 201...

Homeless sought for annual survey

News from  United Way WESTERN MONTANA — Social service agencies throughout Northwest Montana are gearing up for the annual Montana Homeless Survey, which will be conducted on Thursday, Jan. 29.  People who consider themselves homeless or at risk of being homeless may fill out a surve...

Free tax assistance available to low, moderate-income taxpayers

News from the AARP Tax-Aide Program LAKE COUNTY — The AARP Tax-Aide Program provides free help in preparing and electronically filing Federal and State income tax returns for low to moderate income taxpayers. This service is free to taxpayers of any age. All volunteer preparers are trained and ce...

Resource book available

News from the United Way The 2015 edition of the Answer Book, a comprehensive guide to services in Flathead, Lake, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, is now available through the United Way. Copies are available at the United Way office at the Gateway Community Center in Kalispell in the former Gateway West Ma...

Literacy activities planned

RONAN — The Lake County Health Department is sponsoring a Parents as Teachers Group Connection in Ronan at the MSU Lake County Extension office, 300 Third Street NW, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 10-11:30 a.m. The theme will be literacy and specifically “ Five Little Monkeys” stories. We wil...

Food available for seniors

RONAN — One of the services of the Lake County Council on Aging is the oversight of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Commodities are delivered every other month on the third Tuesday of the month to the Christian Church in Pablo and to the Polson Senior Center. Volunteers place the food items in...

Healthcare available to ag families Healthcare available to ag families

Quality low-cost healthcare is available to families involved in nearly every type of agriculture in Western Montana through the Montana Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Council, Inc., the same group that gives care to families that labor in cherry orchards along Flathead Lake each summer. Yet year-round disco...

Healthcare providers react to Affordable Care Act Healthcare providers react to Affordable Care Act

LAKE COUNTY – Mission Valley healthcare providers say they have seen mixed results to their bottom lines and overall method of service delivery after the mandatory implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act went into place in 2014. The major overhaul of the national healthcare system implemen...

County officials say density rule revision still a goal

LAKE COUNTY – County commissioners say they remain committed to revising the county’s density regulations, though the process has been bogged down for the past three or four months because of lack of response from another organization with more knowledge about the legality of the issue.  ...


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