Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN — Lake County undersheriff Dan Yonkin explained how much it would cost to outsource Ronan’s police force at a Sept. 9 City Council meeting, as the the council seeks options for police coverage of Ronan. “This particular proposal would include city calls and primarily being as...
MISSION — Arteries clogged by years of unhealthy habits are a typical image that comes to mind when hearing the words “heart disease.” “You automatically think of someone who’s older,” Mission resident Bobbie Cross said. Cross and her family are trying to...
CHARLO — The old wooden backstops at Tiny’s Tavern in Charlo are pockmarked from skidding, flying, and bouncing horseshoes that missed the iron target a few inches in front of them. For thirty years, Neal Coulter has thrown many of pieces of iron while in competition for the Mission Valley Horses...
LAKE COUNTY — Wednesday marks 12 years since a small group of terrorists orchestrated an attack that left 2,996 people from 90 countries dead, the World Trade Center demolished and the Pentagon damaged. S&K Technologies CEO Tom Acevedo was in Washington D.C. that day for a meeting with U.S...
ARLEE – On Saturday, world superpowers continued to weigh options for intervening in the Syrian conflict that has left more than 100,000 dead. Analysts said Pakistani militants might be planning to attack war-torn Afghanistan. Egyptian helicopters bombed insurgents. In Arlee, a multicultural group g...
MISSION — The St. Ignatius Town Council voted to reinstate a police officer reserve program at its Sept. 3 meeting. Chief of Police Jeffrey Ferguson asked if the approximately $77,000 budgeted to the police department would be enough to add another full-time officer to the police force.&...
LAKE COUNTY — A plan to bail out the Montana Teacher’s Retirement System will cost Lake County school districts more than $500,000 this year, resulting in less relief to the taxpayer and the inability to build reserve funds, according to local education officials. The plan was created i...
PABLO —Three juvenile suspects were taken into custody Thursday afternoon and charged with vandalism of Salish Kootenai College. Lake County undersheriff Dan Yonkin said offices were broken into and small vehicles were damaged during the crime that was discovered early Thursday. Colle...
LAKE COUNTY — Storms that brought relief for dry Mission Valley over the past few weeks also triggered three lightning fueled fires that were being fought or monitored on Monday. Helicopters, single engine air-tankers and 28 personnel are fighting the five-acre Eagle Pass Fire, located in the ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Louise Lamontagne has spent much of the past 20 years quietly creating art in her St. Ignatius studio, with a picturesque mountain view not unlike the beautiful landscape paintings she is known for. “When you look up Louise Lamontagne or someone thinks of me, that is what ...
