Articles with the Tag: Lake County
LAKE COUNTY – A winter windstorm blew through the valley on Wednesday, Jan. 13, damaging homes and cars, downing power lines and toppling massive trees. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts across northwestern Montana moving up to over 90 mph during the day. Mild damage included a slew o...
Dr. Megan Vigil, who was recently appointed by the Lake County Commissioners as the county’s new Public Health Officer, says she wasn’t particularly focused on the coronavirus pandemic when she applied for the post. “I just thought it’d be cool to be involved in public health...
News from the Lake County Election Office LAKE COUNTY — Notice is hereby given that a City Resort Tax Election will be held on Feb. 2, 2021. Electors will consider the following: should the City of Polson impose a resort tax in the City of Polson of three percent on the retail value of al...
Lake County Public Health and CSKT Tribal Health reported that the COVID-19 numbers for the county were at 124 actives cases, as of Monday, Dec. 21. Sixteen people have died in the county from the virus, and 1,395 have recovered. There have been 96 hospitalizations with 11 people currently in the hospital du...
News from Lake County LAKE COUNTY — Lake County currently seeks volunteers for several boards. Positions begin on Jan. 1, 2021. For questions about the area of jurisdiction for a particular board or to obtain an application, please check with Lake County Planning Department. Please...
POLSON — Please join Polson Kiwanis Club on Thursday, Jan. 7, at noon at KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino, 49708 U.S. Highway 93, downstairs. Our speakers will be Emily Colomeda, Health Services Director for Lake County and Lynette Duford, CPA for the WIC Program. Duford is also a contact tracer for COVID-1...
News from Valley Glass LAKE COUNTY — The word challenge hasn’t been the most positive word of 2020, but if we work together, we can change that. People can help by pledging to make a monetary donation directly to any local Lake County food bank or the local Toys for Tots, and then, ...
MPR presents ‘Honor, Hope and Healing’ week News from Montana Public Radio MISSOULA — Honor, Hope and Healing Week runs Monday, Dec. 7 through 14 on Montana Public Radio with over 40 hours of special programming. “We wanted to take a look back at this extraordinary year and ...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Chelsea Kleinmeyer, Community Health Division Director for Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health, responded to a few questions about the coronavirus pandemic. VJ: What’s the current tally of COVID-19 cases among tribal members? And what do those numbers t...
News from Toys for Tots LAKE COUNTY — The Toys for Tots program helps provide gifts for children and will be taking applications for gift requests until Dec. 15. Applications are available online at https://polson-mt.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/local-toy-request-sing...
