Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN – Departments within the city of Ronan requested $30,000 more in funding for the current fiscal year than a balanced budget will allow. At its Sept. 23 meeting the city council made few indications of what exactly was on the chopping block, and deferred cuts to its Sept. 30 meeting. Ther...
Five months, 26 days, 3,300 miles, and three pairs of shoes after setting out from Everett, Wash., Marine Corps Sgt. Chuck Lewis arrived on foot with his wife and nine other supporters at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Lewis began pushing a 150-poun...
Running a blade across a reeking, days old deer hide to slowly remove it of hair might not seem like the most appealing thing to do after biting off a piece of freshly made jerky, but fifth grade Polson Middle School students were begging to stay at an education station manned by Tribal Health worker Elliott...
RONAN — The Ronan City Council voted to keep its full-time police force and suspend its reserve officer program at its Sept. 16 meeting. The police department had been under scrutiny since the July 16 ruling from the Montana’s Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council, that ef...
A long dry spell kept farmers and gardeners irrigating this summer, but there were still plenty of fruits and vegetables to be had as Ronan marked the first day of fall with a harvest festival on Saturday. This year’s crop of Atlantic Giant pumpkins was especially bountiful. Big Sky Pumpkin Gr...
CHARLO – Charlo School Board heard updates about changes to the school security system, emergency plan and records policy at a board meeting that saw little action. At the district’s open house parents were able to see the school’s new security doors, which limit access to school b...
RONAN – Since the first Lake County Fair was held in 1931, dedicated volunteers and donors have made the event possible and worked to build it a permanent home in Ronan. In the past year land acquisitions have doubled the size of the fairgrounds to eight acres. The expansion, coupled with improvements ...
VIRGINIA — More than three decades and 27 armed conflicts separate the dates Ronan resident Chuck Lewis and Alexandria, Va. resident Brendan O’Toole served the United States Marine Corps, but on Wednesday the two men had a chance meeting on a Virginia roadway that was part of final legs of separa...
MISSION – There was a transcontinental exchange of culture at St. Ignatius Elementary School Sept. 13, as children of the St. Ignatius Dance Troupe donned traditional outfits and held a powwow for students and tourists from Bavaria, Germany. It’s an event the school tries to hold each ye...
ARLEE – If you ask Harold and Vi Tanner the secret to a successful marriage, they have few words to impart, despite the recent celebration of their 70th wedding anniversary. “It just worked out,” said Vi Tanner, who was 18 when she and Harold, who was 20 at the time, wed. ...
