HOT SPRINGS – Every second weekend in June for the past 70 years, the town of Hot Springs has hosted a celebration in honor of the original homesteaders who first started plowing up the dirt in the area back in the late 1890s. The tradition continued this year, although the festivities looked a bit different. Many activities were curtailed as part of the COVID-19 safety measures. The normal three-day event usually attracts locals and thousands of tourists with food, music, activities, and a rodeo. According to event officials, organizers made the tough decision to scale back the community celebration to just two days, canceling all other events except for the street dance and...
WOODS BAY — Lake County Sheriff Don Bell reported that U.S. Highway 35 was closed on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9, to through traffic on both sides of mile marker 26. The highway was closed to allow state officials time to investigate the scene where a shooting occurred. The incident began...
News from UCC FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Lake County- CSKT Unified Command Center reported that Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health officials confirmed Friday that three previously presumptive positive COVID-19 cases are positive. On top of the initial three, confirmation came from th...
News from UCC FLATHEAD RESERVATION – The Lake County – CSKT Unified Command Center will be offering all residents of the Mission Valley a free COVID-19 test at four sites over four days. Residents of Lake County and/or the Flathead Indian Reservation are invited to attend the ...
RONAN — The Ronan Library District is open and providing services on a limited basis to balance patrons’ needs and ongoing safety. Current hours of service are Tuesday thru Friday, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Everyone is required to wear masks and respect social distancing while in the library. Patrons a...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Once every ten years, the federal government counts residents of the United States, and a local group is working to ensure that residents of the Flathead Reservation are included in the 2020 count. The census is available for completion at mycensus2020.org. It takes less...
POLSON – The Polson Commission voted unanimously to accept the four finalists for city manager, chosen by consulting firm The Mercer Group, Inc. and the city’s commission-appointed City Manager Search committee, in a vote held via Zoom meeting. City planner Kyle Roberts said Jim Mercer r...
POLSON – When the state of Montana was under a stay-at-home order, businesses around the area deemed “non-essential” went dark as part of the effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Polson Chamber of Commerce office manager Carol Cunningham said many local businesses have lost si...
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 challenges...
ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center is accepting applications for the part-time position of site manager. For more information about that position, call center president Barbara Plouffe at 406-745-3396. The center is tentatively scheduled to reopen on July 7. Meanwhile, the center re...
