Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
MISSION — Administrators for the St. Ignatius School District will relocate to old high school office spaces this year, as the district searches for a solution to mold problems in its administration building. At the Aug. 20 meeting, the school board approved the temporary relocation and author...
Two Eagle River School will begin the year with a new dean and teacher. Rollie Sullivan will be the dean of students and principal at Two Eagle River School. Sullivan is from Sidney and graduated from Fairview High School. He holds degrees from Northern Montana College and Montana State University. ...
Charlo School District has one new teacher. Bonnie Perry will teach kindergarten at Charlo Elementary. She was born and raised in the Mission Valley and recently moved back to the area after two years in Douglas, Wyo. She previously taught in Polson. Perry is a graduate of Charlo High School and Sal...
Book program rolls on after vandals slash tires ST. IGNATIUS — Vandals complicated the last weeks of the St. Ignatius Library’s summer reading program. Three tires on the library’s Book Van were slashed, during town librarian Daniel Thompson’s vacation. The libra...
LAKE COUNTY — Late summer conditions normally trigger aggression in bees, yellow jackets, and hornets, but drought has exacerbated food supply shortages for the insects and caused an unusual jump in local pesticide sales. “Usually people come in and buy a bottle (of spray). This year the...
DIXON – Dixon has more than once served as an example for media outlets writing about the challenges of living without immediate access to a grocery store stocked with food. The tiny map dot on the edge of Lake and Sanders counties is home to 235 people who have to drive more than 10 miles to the neare...
The bumper stickers on the back of Frank Tyro’s truck can tell you a lot about what he feels passionately about, but the capital letters and vibrant colors cause more of a fuss than the quiet professor does in person. “It’s just his way of observing the world,” his wife, Lori...
RAVALLI — Witnesses who were first to arrive at the scene of an early morning August 18, two-car Ravalli Hill wreck said they called to report a suspected drunk driver three minutes prior to the crash. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Randy Owens, a 1999 Honda Accord crossed the yel...
PABLO – Before scattered thunderstorms forced people inside on Saturday afternoon, families enjoyed a few hours of music and artwork produced by local artisans at the People’s Center. “We thought we’d have a family fun day to thank everyone for supporting us this year,”...
MISSOULA — In an Aug. 14 farewell video, Emily Graslie, volunteer curator at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana, singled out a century old Flathead Lake specimen as one of 24,000 that face an uncertain future due to the departure of her and her supervisor. ...
