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Updated 3 days, 16 hours ago

Summer Reading Program promotes learning

Boats are out on the lake, people are walking around, and the traffic is getting a bit denser. These are all the t…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Polson Seniors: Thanks volunteer drivers

We must thank the volunteer drivers, the “old timers” and the “rookies,” who have stepped up to the plate, so to speak. We have added a fifth route due to the higher volume of meals delivered to the needy. Our rece…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Solstice Brewfest celebrates arrival of summer

It’s time to celebrate the official arrival of summer at the 2025 Summer Solstice Festival and Brewfest, June 21 at the Ronan fairgrounds. For the third year i…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Rocky Point residents worry about traffic impacts of new casino

The intersection of Rocky Point Road with Highway 93 north of Polson is always busy, especially during the summer months as lakeshore residents struggle to get on and off the highway. It’s likely to get worse with …

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Sawdust flies at Ronan's Chainsaw Rendezvous

Chainsaws were growling, grumbling and whirring amid a nest of extension cords, drifts of sawdust, and many bottles of water. Must have been the annual Mission…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mission High School graduation shines brightly

This past Saturday, MHS held their graduation for the class of 2025 – a group of 22 that, judging by the number of people in attendance at the outdoor ceremony…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mission Valley Food Fling: Burgers

A hamburger has become something of an American tradition. Like the Mets, Kevin Costner or country music, hamburgers are a part of the very fabric of this nati…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Hotter-than-normal May spurs rapid snowmelt

Springtime conditions across Montana felt almost summerlike with warmer than normal May temperatures spurring rapid snowmelt.

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
PROTECT Act would expand tribal jurisdiction in drug cases

U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Rep. Ryan Zinke have joined other legislators in introducing the bipartisan “Protection for Reservation Occupants Against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today (PROTECT) Act” to…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Geotechnical work begins near Ninepipe

Geotechnical investigation work began this week along Highway 93 in the Ninepipe and Eagle Pass Trail area and is slated to continue through the end of June. The schedule may fluctuate depending on weather and unfo…

Updated 3 weeks, 3 days ago
SKC grads: "The world needs what you have"

The Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center was packed to capacity Saturday with Salish Kootenai College graduates seated in chairs on the gym floor and well-wi…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Trial date set for second suspect in Loder murder

Judge Molly Owen set a trial date of Nov. 3 for the second suspect in the murder of Ronan resident Edwin Loder, who was allegedly murdered last August near his…

Updated 1 month ago
Mission Valley Calendar

Upcoming events and meetings in the Mission Valley

Updated 1 month ago
Polson man charged with rape

A trial was set for a Polson man accused of raping a woman at her place of employment. Barnell Kentrel Gadison, 45, entered a plea of not guilty in District Co…

Updated 1 month ago
Sentence deferred for sexual abuse

A man from Salem, Ore., who admitted to inappropriate contact with a minor, was sentenced on the related charge of sexual abuse of children in District Court i…

Updated 1 month ago
Polson Seniors: Board of Directors searching for candidates

Our Board of Directors is searching for candidates to serve the membership of Polson Senior Center. We need you. We need your support in a leadership position. Terms begin end of July.