Articles with the Tag: Lake County
LAKE COUNTY – After Governor Steve Bullock issued a mask directive in Montana, people started calling 911 to report noncompliance in the county. “Our 911 Dispatch Center has been overloaded with calls from the public regarding citizens and businesses that they feel are not complying with...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Local officials discussed the COVID-19 virus on the Flathead Reservation during a July 13 Zoom call that included the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ tribal council, a variety of public health employees, Lake County commissioners and the county attorney, along with...
Barron to discuss current affairs in Lake County POLSON — The Pachyderm Club would like to invite the public to hear Commissioner Bill Barron give a presentation on the current affairs of Lake County on July 24 from noon-1 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Rural Polson Fire station off Regat...
POLSON – On the Fourth of July, a group following social distancing guidelines gathered on the bridge to support universal human rights. About 30 people held up signs on the bridge while a Trump Boat Parade floated around Flathead Lake. The Lake County Republican Women organized the boat parad...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Tribal council chairwoman Shelly Fyant said on July 6 the tribe fully intended to end its shelter-in-place order on July 13, but then, a number of cases of COVID-19 started ramping up. On Monday morning the council was informed of three cases in the county. After lunch, ...
News from Lake County-CSKT Unified Command Center Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, through individual and organizational actions, Lake County and the Flathead Indian Reservation had been able to keep numbers of positive cases low. This is changing and the positive case numbers are ri...
By Rob Zolman / Valley Journal HOT SPRINGS – Sanders County area resident Tammy Beerntsen waited in a steady line of cars Thursday morning for the opportunity to participate in a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing event held at the Hot Springs rodeo grounds. “I wanted to come down to ma...
News from Lake County-CSKT Unified Command Center – COVID-19 cases in the Mission Valley are increasing at a rapid pace and we each need to do our part to slow the spread of the virus. Medical officials concur that the surest way to slow the spread is to practice social distancing, and use personal mas...
LAKE COUNTY – The Fourth of July celebration in Lake County was a little different this year after many traditional activities were canceled due to the COVID-19 virus, including powwows, parades, rodeos, firefighter fundraising, and city-run fireworks displays. Despite the closure of many acti...
News from Youth Advocacy Coordinator Robert Mazurek LAKE COUNTY — Tar Wars is a national tobacco-free education program from the American Academy of Family Physicians designed for fourth through sixth-grade students. The program consists of a one-hour presentation that is given by v...
