POLSON — In the latest twist on water rights, two of the three irrigation districts that make up the Flathead Joint Board of Control — the Mission Irrigation District and the Jocko Valley Irrigation District — asked District Judge Deborah Kim Christopher for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction. The restraining order and injunction will halt the mailing of ballots for Referendum 2013-5. The referendum asks that any commissioners who desire to withdraw from the FJBC first conduct a referendum of the fee land irrigators they represent. Judge Christopher signed an order of abeyance on Oct. 22 to halt the suit. Since...
Ronan High School Forensics and Drama had a strong showing at its first meet of the season. With several team members unable to compete due to football and cross-country, the team was small. Overall, Ronan placed third in speech sweepstakes and second in drama sweepstakes. Ryan Dresen took first and Samantha...
FRENCHTOWN — The Polson High School Speech and Debate team attended the Frenchtown Invitational Speech and Drama meet on Saturday, Oct. 26. Placers for PHS were: 1st Place, Policy Debate: Tommy Mercer and Sam Heutmaker 6th Place, Policy Debate: Annabelle Smith and Katie Stobie 4th Place, Li...
RONAN — Students at K. William Harvey Elementary School spent last week dressing up in silly hats, sunglasses, their pajamas, slippers and school colors before the grand Friday finale when each class competed to see who could don the most red that matched the ribbons they wore all week. The fe...
ARLEE — Arlee’s central location for all things creative turns 10 years old with a celebration as diverse as the place itself, including featured artists sharing their talents with the public. Donna Mollica, owner of the Hangin Art Gallery, rushed around preparing food, printing out scri...
HEALDSBURG, CALIF. — Amy Croft and Jason Foust were married Aug. 10 in Healdsburg, Calif. The ceremony and dinner were held outdoors overlooking beautiful vineyards in the valley. Amy’s parents are Tom and Sarah Igler of Severna Park, Md. and Jeff and Jean Croft of Maple Valley, Wash. Jason&rsquo...
A last few humming harvesters made their way slowly over the Mission Valley fields last week, deftly cutting open the bowels of the earth and pulling potatoes from the ground. The seed potatoes were stored and left to sleep in climate-controlled cellars meant to keep them from sprouting until early ...
This year marks one of the largest pools of candidates for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council as 42 people have announced their candidacy. The primary election will take place Saturday, Nov. 2 from 8 a.m to 8 p.m. Polling places are the Arlee Indian Senior Center, the Elmo Community Cente...
RONAN — According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin five unbranded horses were reunited with a Ronan family over the weekend after they disappeared from a tribal grazing lease near Pistol Creek some time between September 19 and September 30. “The horses have been located ...
MISSION — There are two at-large seats on the St. Ignatius Town Council up for grabs in the November 5 election. Only candidate Roger Lemon filed by the deadline to be on the regular ballot. Three candidates filed as write-in candidates. Lemon, 68, is a manager for Johnson Transportat...
