News from Kalispell Regional Hospital KALISPELL — Kalispell Regional Hospital is expanding visitor restrictions at Kalispell Regional Medical Center at the health center and North Valley Hospital to protect the health and safety of our patients, families and staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restrictions are intended to minimize the spread of COVID-19 at KRH hospitals and the communities we serve. Effective March 13, 2020, the visitor restrictions will: restrict visitors to one designated family member per patient and limit access to one entry point in each facility. We will continue to monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation through r...
LAKE COUNTY — Active listening, I statements, acknowledgement … the basics of healthy communication can save marriages, and maybe even bridge political divides. In a time of increasing divide between left and right, finding common ground has gotten harder. In an effort to keep the peace, marr...
News from the Office of the Governor, Montana DPHHS MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock provided an update on the Montanan visiting Maryland who tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 last week. Maryland investigators reported to DPHHS that the patient was last in Montana on November of 2019 and ha...
Like most of the rest of the world, in the coming weeks, Lake County will be visited by COVID-19, the illness caused by a novel corona virus, SARS-CoV-2. Though the day to day work of caring for individual patients is vitally important, in times of a public health event it is critical that we consider the he...
The media is most definitely not your enemy. Far from being the enemy of the people, day in and day out we take our role as the Fourth Estate seriously and work hard to protect your right to know, making public records requests and attending public meetings to keep you informed. Why? ...
Most of us prefer sunshine. It’s rare to hear someone say, “That was a nice, cloudy day.” We’re invigorated by a glorious sunrise and spend hours outdoors on brilliantly sunny days. As John Denver so succinctly sang, “Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.” In jour...
News from Congressman Gianforte WASHINGTON – Congressman Greg Montana (R-Mont.) issued a statement after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced that a Montanan visiting Maryland tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). “As the governor of Maryland confirms Montana’s first case of co...
POLSON — Don’t panic. The stock market will go back up and the coronavirus will disappear. We need to take a deep breath and do the best that we can in these difficult times. The Polson Senior Center still has activities going on. Tai Chi is practiced every Tuesday and Thursday from 10-11 a.m....
ST. IGNATIUS — Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. AARP will hold a “Safe Driving” class on Friday, May 8, from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Please call the center to get signed up at 406-745-4462. Meals can be delivered to qualified seniors; if you would ...
RONAN — What starts with e, ends with e and has only one letter in it? Envelope. April 23 is the date set for the spring bazaar at the Ronan Senior Center. If you have a homemade craft that you would like to display and sell contact us to reserve a table. There will be local crafts, a bake sal...
