Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation awards 35 scholarships

Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation (PSEF) awarded 35 scholarships totaling $52,000 to Polson High School seniors and former Polson High School graduates who are currently attending an accredited two-year, four-year program, community college, university or vocational school.

Election results posted for schools, library and fire districts

Across Lake County last week, a smattering of mail ballots – 3,665 in all – were cast for school board, library and fire district trustees, as well as in three school levies.

Two Eagle River grads take first walk of season

The Chief Cliff Singers sang and drummed the 2025 Two Eagle River High graduates into the packed gym Sunday for the first graduation of the season.

Garden of the Rockies Museum reopens in June

The Garden of the Rockies Museum in Ronan provides a place where the essential connections between generations, represented by the materials, images, and stories of local history can be protected, shared and used as educational tools.

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The graduation season begins

With six high schools and one college in Lake County, graduation season is hectic for students, families and friends.

Sharbono tops in Class B discus

At the 2025 MHSA Class B/C State Track and Field Championships, held May 22–24 at Missoula County Public Schools Stadium, Lake County had one state champion and several placers.

Kiwanis luncheon honors groups that nurture kids

The mission of Kiwanis is serving children, one child at a time. At last Thursday’s luncheon at KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino, that mission came to fruition as the group dispensed checks to organizations that help children.

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SKC names health science building for Dorene Vallee

Salish Kootenai College honors the legacy of Dorene Dupuis Vallee with a ceremony naming the Vallee Building at 11 a.m. May 30.

Polson music students earn superior ratings at state festival

Several members of the Polson High School Band and Choir received Superior ratings at the State Music Festival, May 2-3 in Great Falls.

River Honoring celebrates elders, educators

With the Flathead River flowing behind him, Elder Johnny Arlee opened the 38th annual River Honoring on Monday night with a prayer in Salish and some special words for the gathering. This year’s River Honorees are elders Violet Trahan and Germaine White and educators Nicole Camel, Polson, and Jennifer Jilot and Bill Stockton, Arlee.

Ronan Charter Academy to open this fall

Josh Illig, the new director of the Ronan Charter Academy understands that some learning environments might be challenging for certain students. He believes the new academy, which opens this fall, could “provide a more flexible learning environment to meet the needs of more students.”

PEO awards two memorial scholarships

PEO marguerite daisies were in full bloom as they were presented to Polson High School seniors Olivia Jore and Alyssa Orien along with $1,000 Chapter AI Memorial Scholarships on Senior Signing Day.

Ronan grads told: "No more time for procrastination"

The Ronan High School Band played the processional ushering in the Class of 2025 last Friday evening. The stands of Laverne Parrish Memorial Field were filled with parents, grandparents, relatives and friends, many holding flowers, who came to celebrate the 89 graduates of Ronan High School.

Craig Matelich, 69

Dr. Craig C. Matelich, M.D., 69, entered into eternal life on May 10, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., surrounded by his loved ones. The Vigil will be 6-8 p.m. June 12 and the Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. June 13, both at Immaculate Conception Church in Polson. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery.

Charlo Class of '25: Small but mighty

Fourteen seniors collected their diplomas in the Charlo gym Sunday – perhaps the smallest graduating class in Lake County. Small but mighty, according to commencement speaker and social studies teacher Mike Mercer, who described them as “the most fun, interesting, thought-provoking group of young adults I've ever been around.”

Legals for May, 29 2025

Lake County softball teams compete at C-Town Showdown

Several Lake County youth softball teams took to the fields over the weekend at the 2025 C-Town Showdown, held May 30 to June 1 at the Columbia Falls High School softball complex.

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