Articles with the Tag: Polson
POLSON — “We call it our voyage to the end of the world,” Bev Thornton said. Bev and her husband Doug joined 16 other sailboats and about 40 members from the North Flathead Yacht Club in Somers for the club’s 7th annual sail to Polson. The group tied up at the KwaTaqNuk Reso...
News from CSKT Division of Fire MISSION VALLEY — The Division of Tribal Fire battled three fires over the weekend. The Big Pine Fire was contained and under daily patrol. It was caused by lightning in the Hell Roaring area six miles east of Ronan. The Station Fire was caused by lightning...
POLSON — Salaries were on the agenda at the Polson school board Aug. 12 meeting. School board trustees voted to give employees who are not represented by a union a 3-percent raise. District Business Manager Pam Owen received $1.55 per hour raise plus 3-percent, “in spite of her protests,” T...
POLSON — Mothers of athletes have always worried about their kids getting hurt playing sports, but what happened to Dylan Steigers is every family’s nightmare. Steigers played football for Missoula Sentinel High School and wanted to play college ball at Eastern Oregon University. ...
Teachers all over the valley are sending out lists of school supplies with items for students to collect and return to school including: pencils, erasers, folders, scissors and paper; but some parents are confused as to why they need to purchase a sometimes long list of items. “It seems like a lot o...
POLSON — Chili-lovers get ready because the Rotary Festival for Youth’s chili-cook off is scheduled for Aug. 24 in Riverside Park. Camp stoves will fire up at 8 p.m. so chili chefs and their teams can begin cooking. Tasting and judging begins at noon, and the public can buy tasting kits and...
A rain the night before damped down the dust, but the day of the second annual Polson Triathlon, Aug. 17, dawned sunny and bright. The 2012 Olympic distance course began with a .93-mile swim in the Flathead River, with competitors commenting on calmer water this year. Then athletes shed their wet suits an...
POLSON — With a carnation pink and white paint job, Marci Watson's 1957 Meteor Ranchero was an eye catcher at the Cruisen By the Bay Car and Motorcycle Show on Aug. 9 and 10. Watson's dream car also caught the judges' attention, capturing the Best of the 1950s award. The car is rare. Only a...
POLSON — People call Larry Rosenau and say, “I’ve got a chunk of wood you might be interested in,” he said. So he goes to look at it, or an arborist friend will save him interesting pieces or types of wood. That’s where he gets the raw materials for wooden bowls, bottle...
POLSON — At about 11:08 p.m. on August 3, a call to Lake County dispatch reported a hit-and-run with property damage. A by-stander said a female allegedly backed her Cadillac into a fence at the condominium development by the entrance to Boettcher Park. When the witness approached the drive...
