Articles Written By: Kate Haake
RONAN — After being thrown out of the Second Chance Saloon and the Ronan Liquor Store, a stray feline found her home in the most unlikely of places: the Ronan City Hall. Originally known as Alley, because of her humble beginnings on the street, the new city mascot took shelter in city hall in ...
POLSON — Shannon Nunlist had her thyroid gland removed and received radioactive iodine treatment after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 1996. But she considers herself lucky. Nunlist was diagnosed with a cancer that’s relatively treatable and was able to enjoy the last 14 years ...
RONAN — Following a lengthy and contentious discussion on Monday, the Ronan School board approved the motion to forward a draft letter to the Lake County Attorney, requesting the Montana attorney general’s opinion on the doctrine of incompatible offices in regards to Gale Decker. Decker serves...
RONAN — Among the faculty and staff at Ronan Middle School, there’s a universal truth known about Jim Gillhouse: his primary concern is for the well-being, health and of course the education of the kids he teaches and works with. But after 36 years of dedicated service to Ronan’s y...
RONAN —The Ronan Telephone Company commemorated 50 years in business on Thursday — not a small feat for a small company in Ronan. In the half-century that RTC has been in business, there have been many changes in the community and the communications business. Jay Preston Jr., the president of ...
RONAN — On Monday the Ronan City Council approved placing a proposed mill levy for the Ronan City Library on the ballot that will be voted on by city residents in September. According to a letter from the Ronan City Library Board, a 20 mill levy will cost the Ronan homeowner $46.30 per year fo...
RONAN — Over the last few decades, much of the meat processing industry has been taken out of the hands of the local farmer and become a corporate industry, comprised of feedlots and factory farms. But this April, local organizations introduced a new tool to give farmers and local poultry rais...
PABLO — The graduates at Salish and Kootenai College on Saturday morning were not your ordinary run-of-the-mill graduating class of Lake County. Donning shawls and regalia instead of caps and gowns, the proud graduates entered the Joe McDonald gymnasium following elders Octave Finley and Linda...
More than 100 athletes raced in the Torch Scholarship Run Sunday morning in Polson. The racers for the half-marathon portion of the event arrived a little before 8 a.m., while the 5-kilometer runners snatched another hour of sleep and arrived at the starting line a little before 9 a.m. The brisk wea...
When I interviewed Rita Tingey in September, she had a dream of Ronan’s very own community theater — where local people with some creative talent could band together and create something magical. She was banking on all the closet thespians to come out of the closet. She laughed and ga...
