Painted turtles are the only native turtle on the Flathead Reservation. Usually they cross U.S. Highway 93 if their pond dries up, they’re searching for a mate or they need soft mud to lay their eggs. Many turtles are killed each year by highway traffic. PHS teacher Mark Rochin and his classes have patrolled the sides of Hwy. 93 from the rest area south of Ronan to the top of the Post Creek Hill for eight years, collecting the turtle pieces and parts to get a count on how many turtles died. Rochin began the project when he taught science at Two Eagle River School. Wearing bright green safety vests and plastic gloves and carrying trash bags, students from the Jobs for Montana Gra...
MISSION VALLEY — For many years, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was something to be terrified of, but not something to talk about. Tom Freeman changed all of that on the Flathead Indian Reservation, and probably saved many lives in the process. According to the Center for Disease Control, HIV ca...
RONAN — Anyone who’s ever chased a dream at their wallet’s expense can identify with the term “starving artist.” However, those who can identify with the term also seem to understand the concept of helping those in need. These are the circumstances surrounding the fifth...
ST. IGNATIUS — Beaming smiles and the sounds of laughter filled the halls of nearly every St. Ignatius School District building April 25 as students, parents and faculty alike participated in the latest installment of St. Ignatius’ Community Showcase. “I love it,” smiled midd...
RONAN — On Saturday, May 4, the City of Ronan and the Ronan Area Chamber will hold its annual “Spring Cleanup Day.” Meet at 9 a.m. at Ronan City Park to pick up garbage bags and gloves and a hot cup of coffee to get you going. There will be a construction size box dumpster, donated by Allie...
POLSON — It’s spring, time for tulips and daffodils, ant there’s music in the air — at least there will be in Missoula for the Montana High School Association State Music Festival May 3-4. High school music students who received a superior rating at the MHSA District Music Festival wi...
CHARLO — A colorful, and intricately designed, exhibit of 28 Kachina dolls is available for viewing at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. This exhibit was donated to the museum by members who had collected the dolls in the 1990s made by artisans from the Navajo Indian Reservation in northern Arizon...
POLSON — Polson city staff will be coming around to residences in the city limits to pick up clean yard waste that is piled next to the street on Friday, May 17. All clean yard waste must be piled next to the street in order for us to pick it up. Please put all loose material (leaves, grass) in bags an...
POLSON — Volunteerism is no stranger to Lake County, and while hundreds of community members donate their time and efforts to enrich life in the Mission Valley through a variety of programs and projects, many people have no idea the work put in by one small group of volunteers. They are Court Appointed...
Retired attorney Lloyd Ingraham, Ronan, surprised the Flathead Joint Board of Control on April 16 with a writ signed by District 20 Judge C.B. McNeil preventing the FJBC from voting on whether to adopt or reject the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project water use agreement. About 50 people crowded the Flathe...
