Articles Written By: Tetona Dunlap
The Mariners opened their hometown Firecracker tournament with a boom last week, taking the opening game from the Dillon Cubs with a score of 11 to 6. Dillon gained a quick two-run lead in the first inning, but the Mariners answered with four runs of their own. They logged seven more in the fourth and fifth ...
PABLO — There are many reasons women do not visit the doctor or get health screenings — no time, no insurance, no money — but Thursday’s event gives them one less excuse. The public is invited to join a full day of health-related booths with free screenings ranging from hearing tes...
ST. IGNATIUS — It was a very windy and cold day at the Jules Karlan Classic in Missoula, but it was a good preview to State. At the Jules Karlan Classic May 3 in Missoula, the girls’ team had a good showing as Ahlborn took home the top prize in the No. 4 championship. Ahlborn defeate...
POLSON – The host had the most as the Pirates track and field team took first overall at the Lake County Invitational track meet in Polson May 1. The Pirates won 165 to trump Ronan-St. Ignatius 92, Charlo 58, Arlee 34 and Two Eagle. The best of the best in Lake County put on a show w...
The two candidates for House District 12 are two men who present different sets of skills and experience, but both say they’re ready to tackle the work ahead. While working as a legislative assistant in the 2011 Montana Legislature, Luke Walawander watched a state senator from Great Falls figh...
ST. IGNATIUS — A thick fog covers the Mission Mountains as the smell of sausages and firewood waft from a small wooden cabin on the emerald green valley below. Smoke rises from a humble home protected by a sod roof and decorated in animal furs, the door made of a single sheet of canvas. It is ...
POST CREEK — If generosity can be measured in laughs, the Mission Valley United Methodist Church’s first annual can-building “cantest” was a smashing success. Groups and organizations tested their creativity as they went to work assembling sculptures using cans of corn and to...
ST. IGNATIUS — Mayor Charles Gariepy announced that he has decided to keep city attorney Bob Long until the end of the year, although four people applied for the position. Long’s contract as the city attorney was up a couple of years ago but has been renewed on an informal year-to-year basis s...
POLSON Four city commission races and new names on the mail-in ballots made for an interesting election on Nov. 8. The results are all unofficial until they are certified. Lake County Election Administrator Kathie Newgard reported that 38.9 percent of voters returned their ballots. Ward One had races for ...
EVARO — According to Rob McDonald, spokesman for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, tribal authorities are still investigating a robbery that occurred at the Gray Wolf Peak Casino on May 7 just before 1:30 a.m. A man wearing a black ski mask was captured on video surveillance robbing...
