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CSKT ed department hosts back-to-school kickoff
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Education Department tapped into the excitement and possibilities of a…
City and Rural Fire to remain separate indefinitely
William Cleveland: The Man of the Hour
There he stood in the center of the arena. On Friday Sept. 11, the Polson Fairgrounds hosted a benefit in his honor to raise money for his family. He looked ar…
State of the Tribes
Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes communications director Rob McDonald gave the “State of the Tribes” address at the Polson Chamber of Commerce luncheon this…
What we talk about when we talk about suicide (PART TWO)
Roxana Colman-Herak once thought her world ended when she was 24 years old. After the break up of her relationship—a relationship fraught with abuse and violen…
Remembering Byron Christian: Friend, community servant
You don’t have to look far to realize the many legacies of Byron Christian, who died recently after a short illness. Among them are:
Hewankorn will be tried for stealing checkbooks
Ashley Rae Hewankorn was arraigned on four counts of felony burglary Sept. 9, seven months after the Lake County Prosecuting Attorney’s office filed formal paperwork in her case and nearly two years after the alleg…
DaShazer appeared drunk when he tried to help parked cop
At 1: 48 a.m., Jason Alan DeShazer pulled up next to a parked Sheriff’s cruiser and asked if the cop needed help just before that officer arrested DeShazer for felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs and misd…
Pablo woman sees her stolen items pass her on the road
A Pablo woman whose house was broken into the night before, saw her stolen items traveling in a red truck going the opposite direction on Sept. 17, according to a Lake County Sheriff’s Department police report.
Mathewson nears end of court process
Faces jail for rape, assault, kidnapping, drugs and bail juming charges
Mission elementary and high schools lockdown is false alarm
Emergency responders are proceeding to St. Ignatius elementary and high schools after lock-down alarms sounded at both schools, scanner traffic reported at about 2:30 Friday.
September 11th Memorials
First graders from Cherry Valley elementary walked down to the corner of 1st Street and Highway 93 to thank the firefighter, Scott Kiser, and Police Chief Wade…
Fresh life church helps Child Bridge
Before searching Polson’s streets for trash, members of Fresh Life Church were collecting food for a Bigfork foster family. The two-purpose weekend was intended to reach out the family of nine kids and their superv…
Local school in lockdown during police foot chase
Quick law enforcement decision-making and a well-placed camera system might have saved hundreds of Polson lives at around lunchtime last week.
CAUTION Montana 35 drivers! Slow ahead
Drivers traveling Montana 35 beware there are several basketball-sized rocks in the road near mile marker 4. Lake County emergency dispatchers are actively alerting the Montana Department of Transportation at this …
Sex offender arrested for Ronan assault
Ameen Yusuf Omar-El, 51 of Ronan, was arrested and charged with felony assault with a weapon Saturday after being accused of stabbing a 20-year-old Ronan man.