Vikings kick off season under the lights

CHARLO — The Charlo High School football team is entering the 2017 football campaign with high expectations after finishing second in the Class C, 8-man state championship against Ennis.

Chiefs football ready for transition from Class B to A

RONAN —Ronan High School football coach Matt Detwiler is ready for the challenge his team will face as they prepare to make the transition from Class B to Class A.

Deputy uses personal experience to make difference

Long blonde hair pulled back into a ponytail and the sun glaring off her aviator sunglasses, Lake County Sheriff Deputy Korren Fehrenbach conducts herself as someone who has done the job for years.

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SOUTH FORK PRIMITIVE AREA OF THE JOCKO CLOSED

Art display opening showcases local talent

Works of art created by both youth and adult artists are featured in the current show, “Single, Double, Triple” at the Sandpiper Art Gallery on Polson’s Main Street.

Clarinda Diane Burke

Gianforte rides “Trump train” during Polson visit

Referring to Montana’s upcoming special election as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s first few months in office, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate Greg Gianforte visited Polson last week with a clear proposition for the GOP voter base.

Polson boys, girls tennis ready to continue tradition

The Polson boys tennis team is looking to improve on its second place finish at Divisionals last season.

Warriors starting five prepare for March Madness

The Arlee Warriors boys basketball team prides themselves on their basketball IQ and headed into the Montana Class-C State Tournament, they are preparing for the tourney with diligence because the Warriors said they know anything can happen.

Lady Pirates basketball hope for postseason revival

The Polson Lady Pirates basketball team has an unenviable task in an unenviable bracket even in the hypothetical scenario they were to defeat the Class A defending state-champion Butte Central in the first round of Class A Divisional Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Hamilton.

Chiefs prepare to host Western Montana duels

The Ronan wrestling program will be hosting the Western Montana Duels that start Thursday, Jan. 5-7 at Ronan High School’s gymnasium.

Detwiler takes charge of Ronan Braves football

By JASON BLASCO 

Calling her own game: Ronan catcher doesn't let health issues stop her from playing softball

Kaitlyn Sassaman looks comfortable on the field. Even crouching down, she looks at home. As a catcher, she spends a lot of time crouching. She has a sore hip, but it’s not noticeable. On this day, she takes pitch after pitch from Carston Rhine while the rest of the team works a base running drill; every once in awhile, Sassaman compliments Rhine on a pitch. As the practice comes to an end, Sassaman helps round up gear before walking over for an interview. At 5’2”, she does not tower over anybody, but what she lacks in height, she makes up for in personality.

Suspect of Sunday/Monday Rollins burglary faces judge three days later

Darrell Dwayne Smith pleaded not guilty to four burglary charges on Thursday that authorities believe he earned four days before.

Suspect accused of multiple burglaries Monday faces arraignment today

By MICHELLE LOVATO

Four Lake Monsters compete at state swim meet

Four local swimmers competed at the state swim meet recently.

When to put the camera down

As a freshman in high school, I was given a Canon 40D camera and asked to figure out how to work it. I loved taking sports photos. There was so much action, and once in a while, you would capture that moment that told a story without a caption.

Births from St. Luke in Ronan

Cancer is a theif of life, health

As the names of my parents, Bill and Edie Hall, were read during the luminary ceremony my eyes welled with tears of remembrance. Through those tears the full moon that had just risen over Mt. Harding appeared to be a giant heart glowing with love and hope. It had been an emotional evening--a reunion of sorts--as I found many of the faces at the Mission Valley Relay for Life to be familiar. All had been touched in some way by cancer.

The Adventures of Garlic Man and Wedgy Woman: The grand champion of lazy

My husband was offended when I told him he was so lazy his eyelids didn’t open all the way.