Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Mike Moore

Ronan tennis teams go 1-3 on Bitterroot trip Saturday

CORVALLIS – The Ronan tennis team went 1-4 during dual matches at Stevensville and Corvallis Saturday. The team first faced off against Stevensville, where the Maidens earned the only Ronan victory of the day, 5-2. The Chiefs fell just shy of a victory, losing 4-3. Ronan then matched up with Corv...

Tick, tock, aftershock: Mission Valley fault line one of the region’s largest

With recent catastrophic damage due to Japan’s massive earthquake on March 13, residents in the Mission Valley should be aware of a nearby fault line that could cause damage. Along the western edge of the mountains, thousands of fault lines make up the larger Mission Valley fault. According to the d...

Ronan hosts cleanup day

RONAN – The Ronan Chamber of Commerce and the City of Ronan are hosting a clean-up day Saturday, April 16. There will be three dumpsters available for community members to use. The locations are: the True Value parking lot, the city park (across from the fire hall), and the Ronan City Shop at the end o...

Don't cut it out

RONAN – With less than two hours left before the government would have been forced to shut down, President Obama and Speaker John Boehner reached a tentative agreement on a framework for funding the remainder of the fiscal year. Kicking Horse Job Corps had a scare when they learned of the potential ...

Mission, Ronan split in early-season tennis match

RONAN - Mission’s defending Class B-C state singles champion Spencer Ahlborn led his boys’ tennis team to a 6-0 win over Ronan on Tuesday. The Maidens took a 6-1 win over the Lady Bulldogs. Ahlborn defeated Ronan No. 1 Hunter Shima in the singles match, 6-2, 6-0. Mission won all matches, to sw...

Rough Start: Maidens struggle against Frenchtown

RONAN – Frenchtown’s Kyla Bordner went 4-4, including a homerun and a double, and drove in six runs to lift the Lady Broncs to an easy 16-2 win over a shorthanded Ronan squad Thursday. With several players away for school functions, the Maidens had a hard time keeping up with the full-stength ...

Offensive Explosion: Lady Bulldogs score 14 unanswered runs to blow past visiting Eureka

ST. IGNATIUS – The Lady Bulldogs overcame a shaky start to pick up a lopsided win at home Friday as Mission pounded visiting Eureka 14-4 in five innings. Eureka came out swinging to take 4-0 lead, yet the Lady Bulldogs proved to be the hotter team at plate, winning by mercy rule in the fifth, 14-4. ...

Ronan woman keeps up with favorite sport from her back porch

RONAN – From her back porch, 90 year-old Dorothy Lundvall has the best seat in the house to watch her favorite sport: baseball. In the late 1960s, she donated approximately three acres of her farm, (which at the time was still considered the “outskirts” of Ronan), to become a new baseball p...

Up, up and away

RONAN – Students in Jane Whaling’s fifth grade classroom at K. William Harvey School spent three days building large balloons, as part of a classroom science project. The balloons were comprised of colorful tissue paper and glue. Whaling used the balloons to teach students about air pressure, and...

Mission/Charlo/Arlee softball begins

ST. IGNATIUS – Mission/Charlo's Janeal McDonald proved how clutch a player she can be as she drove in the winning run during the bottom of the 7th inning in a 4-3, season-opening victory over Plains Saturday. Mission took a 1-0 lead during the second inning as Loren Erickson hit a double, and then s...


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