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Students earn guitar workshop scholarships Students earn guitar workshop scholarships

PABLO — Organizers of the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation announced today that five students at Salish Kootenai College have been awarded a $5,000 scholarship to attend this summer’s Crown Guitar Workshop Aug. 30 – Sept. 6 at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. Two of the winners ha...

Art teachers converge to boost creativity Art teachers converge to boost creativity

PABLO — Stones as big as Volkswagen buses hunkered in the rock yard at Cold Springs Granite Company, according to Corwin “Corky” Clairmont, nationally-renowned artist and art instructor at Salish Kootenai College.  Clairmont chose a black granite “bus” with some flecks o...

Vanderburg Camp keeps old ways alive Vanderburg Camp keeps old ways alive

With the sun shining on tipis, campers and tents scattered around the edges of the meadow and Valley Creek winding its way down the drainage, Agnes Vanderburg’s Camp was in full swing the week of June 8-14. Although Agnes has passed, her legacy lives on in the encampment where Salish Kootenai Colleg...

Fun run supports health Fun run supports health

  A caped superhero led the charge from the start and finished faster than a speeding bullet during Saturday’s benefit run for Salish Kootenai College’s Center for Prevention and Wellness. Overall winner Robert Dempsey, 13, sped through the 5k run in 30 minutes, 40 seconds. He was foll...

Salish Kootenai College graduates earn degrees Salish Kootenai College graduates earn degrees

Yamncut drummed and head dancers Linda King and Wilbert Michel Sr. led the Salish Kootenai College graduates of 2015 into the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center on June 6, and Chief Cliff drummed them out into the world.   Traditionally the women wear shawls, and the men wear vests during graduat...

Nursing graduates pinned Nursing graduates pinned

PABLO — Twenty Salish Kootenai College nursing graduates marched into the Joe McDonald Events Center on June 5 for the pinning ceremony, ready to celebrate their degrees earned with hard work, late nights, endless studying, and sacrifice.  “Sometimes we get so caught up in testing, class ...

Wear costumes for wellness run

PABLO — The Style 4 Miles Run 4 It 5k and 1 Mile Run/Walk will take place June 13 starting at the Joe McDonald Fitness Center at Salish Kootenai College. Costumes are encouraged with prizes for best adult, best youth, best duo or group and most creative.  Fees for the fundraising run to support...

Festival celebrates birds-eye view Festival celebrates birds-eye view

  Birds of a feather flock together and in Mission Valley, people flock to their feathered friends. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department Wildlife Program hosted its third annual Community Bird Day on May 8, and people came out in droves to find out more about the f...

Ladies flock to Women 4 Wellness Fair Ladies flock to Women 4 Wellness Fair

PABLO – The floor of Salish Kootenai Gymnasium was a packed madhouse with a din of noise, but there wasn’t a cheering fan to be found last week, as women from around the valley utilized the space to take a pulse on their overall health and get informed about how to be better advocates for wellnes...

College powwow largest yet College powwow largest yet

PABLO – Fancy footwork and beautiful music filled the air May 9 as a tiny committee of determined Salish Kootenai College students successfully managed to put on a celebration for the record books.  “This year the powwow was the biggest yet,” College Powwow Committee President Storm...


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