Valley Journal
Valley Journal

This Week’s e-Edition

Current Events

Latest Headlines

What's New?

Send us your news items.

NOTE: All submissions are subject to our Submission Guidelines.

Announcement Forms

Use these forms to send us announcements.

Birth Announcement
Obituary

Articles with the Tag: Ronan

Ronan pays dispatch fees, but questions billing ambulance service

RONAN – Ronan City Council voted pay the last installment of the 2014-2015 fiscal year’s billing for emergency dispatch services, but mulled whether or not some of the billing should be transferred to the business owner who runs the local ambulance service.  The $30,000 bill used to be sp...

Council mulls Ronan parking problems Council mulls Ronan parking problems

RONAN – Ronan City Council on June 8 directed Public Works Director Dan Miller to look into ways to stripe Main Street and possibly other downtown areas, after a citizen’s complaint about parking issues was met with unanimous agreement on the council that the parking situation is a bit dicey.&nbs...

American Legion retires Old Glory in flames American Legion retires Old Glory in flames

POLSON — Protocol says the American flag should never touch the ground — or be heaped in the trash when the colors fade and edges fray.  So when members of the American Legion Hardwick Post 112 retired a couple hundred flags on Sunday, they lit them up with honor in a 50-gallon drum crema...

Student receives top scholarship Student receives top scholarship

 RONAN – When Amerra Webster talks about the difference receiving the Gates-Millennium Scholarship will make in her life, she can’t help but get teary-eyed.  She had performed well all her academic career in Ronan School District, where she attended through 10th grade, and she contin...

Ronan student completes Eagle Scout project Ronan student completes Eagle Scout project

RONAN — Andrew Koehler noticed people using the walking and biking path along U.S. Highway 93 and thought benches would be a welcome place for people to stop and look at the Mission Mountains.  Now two bright orange benches on the west side of the highway offer killer views of the mountains bec...

Helping hoof it to Kentucky Helping hoof it to Kentucky

RONAN — The Western Montana Stockman’s Association donated $1,000 of the estimated $10,000 cost of attending the FFA National Conference to the Mission Valley FFA team. The Livestock Judging team will be the first from Mission Valley to compete at the national level. Competition will be held this...

Bringing ‘em back Bringing ‘em back

    More than 120 retrievers are competing in the National Amateur Retriever Club finals held in Polson and Ronan this week. Dogs from all over the United States and Canada poured into town to start the finals, which puts the dogs through retrieval exercises on land and water at properties th...

Ronan

  RONAN – I’ll cut right “to the chase.” We have good food and great people making special memories. These are two of the top reasons why Ronan Senior Citizens’ group, at 528 Main Street, is here. We are sharing a few of life’s events that strengthen the inner pers...

Crab Crack promises a good time Crab Crack promises a good time

RONAN – A longtime Ronan tradition of good-hearted community fun will be held in Ronan this weekend as the Ronan Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Crab Crack at Bockman Park.  The crack has been a longtime staple since former Chamber Secretary Carlene Bockman was first mailed a flyer by...

Golf tourney supports ALS victims

RONAN — The 13th annual Ken Sagmiller/Pat Williams ALS memorial and scholarship scramble will be held on July 11 at the Mission Mountain Golf Course.  This annual tournament is named for two local golfers who passed away of the terrible disease of ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a dea...


Sponsored by: