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Summer reading comes to an end Summer reading comes to an end

RONAN – Dozens of families came out to see  if they would win a prize at the Ronan Library’s Summer Reading Program Grand Finale at Bockman Park on Saturday.  “We had a lot of great participation this year,” Librarian Michelle Fenger said of the 393 people who read 12,405...

Ronan specialist appointed to commission

HELENA — On July 31, Governor Steve Bullock appointed Jasmine Courville-Brown of Ronan to the Flathead Basin Commission. Courville-Brown is a pesticide specialist for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The Flathead Basin Commission’s purpose is to protect the existing high quality of th...

Ronan, Pablo fall hunters education class scheduled

PABLO — The Ronan-Pablo Fall Hunter Education course will begin Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Room 118 of the Beaverhead Math and Science building on the Salish Kootenai College campus in Pablo. Interested students are required to register online now at fwp.mt.gov. All classes are free of charge and open to hun...

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RONAN – Here’s the second part of the poem “I’m Fine” - “My pulse is weak, and my blood is thin, But I’m awfully good for the shape I’m in. I think my liver is out of whack and a terrible pain is in my back. My hearing’s poor, my sight is d...

Large fires erupt on west side of reservation, smaller ones on east side Large fires erupt on west side of reservation, smaller ones on east side

  RONAN – Six new fires were sparked by lightning on the Flathead Reservation on Friday, including three large ones near Ferry Basin and two smaller ones in the Mission Mountains. According to Division of Fire Prevention Specialist C.T. Camel, the Melton One Fire, near Melton Ranch in Hot Sp...

Grant helps keep town safe during Pioneer Days Grant helps keep town safe during Pioneer Days

RONAN — Only minor public intoxication incidents and an ATV theft occurred during Pioneer Days weekend, and Ronan authorities say grant monies providing for extra law enforcement coverage probably played a key role in the quiet weekend.  A $5,000 safety grant from the Montana Department of Tran...

Ronan Council votes again to dissolve park board Ronan Council votes again to dissolve park board

Status of innovative play project in limbo RONAN — The Ronan City Council had to vote again to dissolve its park board on Aug. 4, after its attorney advised that a previous vote made in July was not legally kosher. The dissolution of the board also leaves the status of a planned innovative play p...

Fatal wreck claims one life

RONAN — A two-vehicle crash on Round Butte Road left one person dead on Aug. 6.  At approximately 2:30 p.m., emergency officials responded to a head-on collision. Montana Highway Patrol officials say a passenger car was driving in the wrong lane of traffic and collided with a Ford pickup truck....

Fraudulent cattle broker sentenced

RONAN — A Ronan man who took money for the sale of cattle and land but never delivered received a suspended sentence of 10 years and was ordered to pay $191,920 in restitution. In Lake County District Court on July 30, Andrew Jackson, 29, was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for felony dec...

Lake County Fair announces results Lake County Fair announces results

RONAN — This year’s Lake County Fair went smoothly and saw more than 1,000 entries, according to fair officials.  “The fair went extremely well,” Lake County 4-H Agent Nori Pearce said. “Everybody did an excellent job of getting everything completed. It was just an excel...


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