Lake County has seven active cases of COVID-19 with the most recent case reported on June 22. The state of Montana has counted 12 cases total in the county since March 26 when the first case was reported. Two children in the age range of zero to 9 have been reported to have the virus, and another child was between the ages of 10 to 19. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council noticed that children and teenagers haven’t been wearing masks to help prevent infection. They created the CSKT COVID Youth Community Care Awareness Campaign to take action. The council asked Artie Mendoza to create a music video asking young people to wear a mask. Mendoza incorporate...
LAKE COUNTY – For the past two years in late summer, a string of cyclists has ridden around the Mission Valley from farm to farm, sampling producers' goods and taking in the beauty of the region. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Pedal to Plate tour has been postponed to 2021. &ld...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE – Anglers are at the halfway point of the 2020 Spring Mack Days extended fishing event. Blustery winds and rain were hampering even the hardiest of lake trout anglers Saturday and Sunday. Friday was the calmest day of the weekend with a total of 1,564 lake tro...
MONTANA — With Montana’s response rate in the 2020 census lagging the national average, the state’s census promoters have an uphill climb to retool get-out-the-count efforts that have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, the stakes of ensuring the state has the most complete...
News from CSKT ELMO — The Kootenai Tribe, also known as the Ktunaxa Ksanka Band, will not hold their annual Ksanka Standing Arrow Powwow at the Elmo powwow grounds this year. The Ksanka Standing Arrow Powwow is a Native American gathering featuring drumming, dancing, camping and traditional dress....
Lake County law enforcement are looking for several suspects involved in a shooting incident that occurred during the early morning hours of June 18 in the Ninepipe area. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said that the 911-dispatch center received a call at 4:15 a.m. concerning an armed robbery. “The rep...
Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural, and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenge...
DIXON — Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community. We are still adhering and following social distancing precautions. We are accepting take-out meal requests only. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings, at 5:30 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon resi...
News from DAR MONTANA – The Montana State Society Daughters of the American Revolution is proud to announce that James Normandeau, a graduating senior at Ronan High School, was one of two state winners of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s Good Citizen essay co...
News from UCC Lake County-CSKT Unified Command Center reported that the Lake County Health Department has reported a presumptive positive COVID-19 case. Public health nurses have conducted a case investigation with the client and close contacts have been identified. Public health nur...
