Articles with the Tag: Lake County
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...
Marriages Randy Jay Baxter and Maureen Kaye Rowan Dwayne Allen Kruse and Robin Joy Erickson Grant Lee Legare and Bethany Mae Lacock Jeffrey Dean Lang and Ginger Lee Pitts Leonard J. Twoteeth and Carol Ann Vilhaver Dillon Drew Erickson and Rebecca Ann Costilla Brielle Eden Hammer and Ki...
LAKE COUNTY – Smaller local schools are getting ready to return to in-class learning this fall if all goes as planned. “I am confident that we can open school and protect the safety of children, even the most vulnerable,” said Lake County Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Hall. ...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock and the Montana Department of Agriculture announced that over $1 million in grant funding has been awarded from the Montana Agriculture Adaptability Program. The grants are designed to provide relief to small and medium-s...

LAKE COUNTY – Organized by the Lake County and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Unified Command Center, the free COVID-19 testing event held across the reservation last week was part of a four-day, four-town cooperative effort among state, county and tribal agencies to slow the spread of the res...
Lake County has seven active cases of COVID-19 with the most recent case reported on June 22. The state of Montana has counted 12 cases total in the county since March 26 when the first case was reported. Two children in the age range of zero to 9 have been reported to have the virus, and another ch...