RONAN — St. Luke Community Healthcare celebrated 70 years this month, a landmark for the community-owned healthcare organization. Opened in March of 1953, St. Luke Hospital was built by Mission Valley residents from the ground up. “I think the community came together back in the late ‘40s and they realized they wanted to have a healthcare entity that was community owned and operated and not part of a big system or anything else, just really an organization that was dedicated solely to this community,” St. Luke CEO Steve Todd explained. “So, the community came together and fundraised and literally brought hammer and shovel in hand to build the organizat...
MONTANA — Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family. Nyomo remembers them lacking empathy.&nbs...
MONTANA — In a recent press call, Senator Jon Tester addressed bipartisan bills in the works to support Montana’s law enforcement and measures to be taken to support the mental wellbeing of Montanans. During the week of March 22, Tester backed the “Recruit and Retain Act,&rdqu...
WHITEFISH — This weekend, skiers and riders on Whitefish’s Big Mountain were whooping and hollering as they plowed through deep powder during one of the rare instances where a significant winter storm overlapped with a long weekend when lots of people were planning to hit the slopes anyway. As Wh...
POLSON — April Fool’s Day is the first of the month. Traditionally this is the day that some play practical jokes or propagate hoaxes upon their victim. There is enough tom-foolery going around these days. We don’t need to encourage it. Ban April Fool’s Day. Call your legislator. Orga...
ST. IGNATIUS — It Must be spring. I saw a robin. At least that’s what I was told as a child. Be aware and don’t be fooled on April Fool’s Day. Easter is early this year. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt in St. Ignatius on April 8. Watch for more information. Ever...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center, (across from St. Luke’s Hospital), is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Wednesday, March 29: teriyaki glazed drumsticks, salad, dessert — Friday, March 31: birthday dinner - r...
RONAN — Crowds of families lined Ronan’s Main Street as the 34th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade rang in the start of spring. A warmer parade than the year prior, the sidewalks were crowded with onlookers. Kids clad in green and holding plastic bags to gather candy shrieked in deli...
By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal RAVALI — The McNutt family has had a difficult year, Dawn McNutt shared, as what remained of their roof came crashing to the ground earlier this month. The family first lost part of their roof two years ago during high winds. While their church and the c...
By Caven Wade & Elinor Smith, UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism MONTANA — The 68th Montana Legislature, with an unprecedented Republican supermajority, is halfway through its 90-day session and the next 45 days promise to be dominated by debates over the s...
