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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Polson teacher earns state honor Polson teacher earns state honor

POLSON — Studying Japanese or Latin, constructing an electric guitar from scratch, dissecting bovine brains, learning computer programming languages, writing novels and self publishing, studying coccidiosis or designing snowboards — these are just some of the subjects students have delved into in...

Golf tournament nets generous donation for Polson

POLSON — The Polson Senior Center would like to thank Farmers Insurance for the $1500 donation from the Senior Golf Tournament held in May. Local agent Tracy Dooley did a wonderful job and we can’t thank him enough. This money will go a long way to help with every day needs here at the center. Al...

A day for remembering: communities honor those who gave all A day for remembering: communities honor those who gave all

Old Glory was flying high throughout Lake County on Memorial Day. In Arlee, the Mission Valley Honor Guard visited three cemeteries in Arlee Monday morning, paying honor to warriors who gave their life for America. Parades traveled down Main Street in both Polson and Ronan.  The VFW, American L...

Old city dock decking torn off, soon to be replaced Old city dock decking torn off, soon to be replaced

POLSON — The old city docks are a thing of the past. On Monday May 21, McCrumb Construction and Marine’s barge removed the planks and concrete from the top of the dock. Left in place are the pilings and the center of dock filled with rocks. The pilings will be cut down a few inches and a new top ...

Free customer service training, tourism expo offered in Polson

News from the Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — Area businesses are invited to attend the free Montana Superhost statewide seminar, “Rockin’ to the Rhythm of Service” from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, June 10 at the KwaTaqNuk Resort in Polson.  Sponsored by the Montana Office of T...

Judge raises restitution in murder case

POLSON — Diana Cote and her three sons appeared before District Judge Deborah Kim Christopher seeking additional restitution in the murder of her daughter, Tasheena Craft.  Craft was brutally murdered in 2007. Her murderer, Kelly Birmingham, is serving a 100-year sentence in the Montana State P...

Traffic control subcontractor declares bankruptcy

POLSON — Bad weather or problems with machines could have caused slowdowns on the Skyline Drive project, but no one involved with the project would have considered the primary traffic control subcontractor, Highway Technologies, could disappear.  But according to a press release from Roland God...

Polson boys tennis state champions, girls battle Polson boys tennis state champions, girls battle

POLSON — Thunder cracked the sky, lightning struck the earth and rain pounded the courts during the Montana State Tennis Tournament last week, causing more than six hours of delays and pushing the tournament an extra day into Saturday. Even so, Polson's head coach Bob Hislop said the weather may have h...

A tradition of excellence: Lady Pirates finish state tournament strong A tradition of excellence: Lady Pirates finish state tournament strong

The weather in Belgrade wasn’t too bad on Thursday, with a sprinkling of rain and wind and on Friday, despite wind, the skies were blue and the temperatures were in the 50s. Yet temperature really didn’t matter to the Polson Lady Pirates softball team, who traveled to Belgrade to play some ball a...

Trucking company fined for East Shore spill Trucking company fined for East Shore spill

POLSON — Keller Transportation Inc. of Billings recently was fined for a 2008 spill of 6,380 gallons of gasoline on Montana Highway 35. This resulted in gasoline “entering springs along Flathead Lake, impacting groundwater as well as the lake,” according to a May 7 press release from the Un...


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