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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Local physician assistant receives national recognition

News from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants  POLSON — Tim Thornton, PA-C, a physician assistant who works at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, is one of only 108 certified physician assistants (PA-Cs) nationally to recently earn a specialty credential called a...

Homeowners urged to test for radon

News from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality HELENA — January is Radon Awareness Month, and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality is urging Montanans to protect their health by testing their homes for radon gas.   Radon is an invisible, odorless gas that occurs natural...

AARP offers free tax assistance

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 certified through the IRS and must sign a confidentiality agr...

Polson speakers head to state

News from Polson High School speech coaches POLSON — The Polson High School speech team finished second in Class A speech sweeps at the Northwest Divisional Speech and Drama Meet on Saturday, Jan. 25.  Columbia Falls, Frenchtown, Libby, Polson, and Whitefish participated at the meet. The top...

Duford named to honor roll

  SPOKANE, Wash. — Shalaina Duford of Polson was named to the spring 2013 honor roll list at Spokane Falls Community College. To receive honor roll status, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Community Colleges of Spokane is a 12,300-square-mile state community college di...

Polson students star in ‘Heidi’ Polson students star in ‘Heidi’

News from the Port Polson Players POLSON — The Port Polson Players, in association with Mission Valley Friends of the Arts and Polson School District No. 23, have teamed up once again for a children’s theater production featuring 100 Polson schoolchildren in two casts of 50 each. &ldqu...

Westland Seed, airport burglars caught in Washington

LAKE COUNTY — Four suspects believed to have been involved in recent rash of burglaries in Ronan were apprehended by authorities in Washington earlier today, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. The suspects were arrested by authorities in an undisclosed part of Washington after they co...

Burglars attempt rash of break-ins, Ronan business hit hard Burglars attempt rash of break-ins, Ronan business hit hard

Authorities responded to a rash of burglaries and attempted burglaries in the early morning hours of Jan. 21.    Would-be thieves used a sledgehammer in an attempt to break the door to Ronan Sports and Western at approximately 4:30 a.m. Store management said the shatter-proof glass door w...

Local women ‘push petals,’ help homeless Local women ‘push petals,’ help homeless

POLSON — With a name like petal pushers, people of a certain age could misunderstand and think of capri pants.  But Kathy Scott of Polson can explain about Petal Pushers. It’s a volunteer organization of more than 4,000 people who decorate the Lutheran Hour float and other floats in th...

Filmmaker debuts “Ride the Sky”

“Ride the Sky,” a film about skydiver Joan Carson, debuts Saturday at FLIC during the 10 a.m. screening session.  Filmmaker Paul Gorman attended Redmond High School in Washington State during the ‘60s with Carson, who as a cheerleader was visible around the campus.  A mutual...


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