Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Tetona Dunlap

Educators file Human Rights violation

ARLEE — Superintendent John Jay Miller and his wife, elementary principal Lisa Morger-Miller, have filed a Montana Human Rights violation with the State of Montana’s Department of Labor and Industry against Arlee School Board chair Amy Burland. The Millers’ complaint alleges that the Arl...

Scarlets edge Bulldogs, Noxon in thrillers

ST. IGNATIUS – Whitney Malatare’s 3-pointer was enough to put the Scarlets into overtime against the Mission Lady Bulldogs Feb 2. Malatare also scored five points in the extra minutes and finished the game with 16 points. Mahalia Hendren and Alexis Shick also scored 16 each. Mission’s...

Warriors check Bulldogs, 62-60

ARLEE — The battle between the Warriors and Bulldogs on Feb. 2 was a chess match with Arlee putting St. Ignatius in check in the final minutes of the game. Before halftime, both teams battled back and forth, the score close from the beginning. Arlee was up 16-13 at the end of the first quarter, t...

Eagles crush St. Regis, 75-19

PABLO — Cole Noble scored 30 points in the Eagles’ dominating 75-19 win over the St. Regis Tigers Feb. 2. The Eagles jumped out to an easy lead in the first quarter 34-6, and everything was downhill from there. The Tigers were outscored in every quarter, putting up just a single point in the f...

State-bound

PHILIPSBURG — It was an all day battle for wrestlers navigating their way through brackets at the Western B-C Divisional tournament in Philipsburg, with several emerging with tickets to the State meet next weekend in Billings. The Arlee Warriors (120) fought their way to a fifth-place finish, 24.5 p...

Mission teens selected as international ambassadors

ST. IGNATIUS — The People to People movement was founded in 1956 on the idea that by traveling to different countries and interacting with people, ordinary citizens, no matter their age, can promote world peace and cultural understanding. St. Ignatius High School freshman Courtney Heath and sophomor...

Young boy’s stolen television replaced

ST. IGNATIUS — Eleven-year-old Bronco Branson had a Christmas wish come true through the kind act of a St. Ignatius teacher. On Dec. 17, a few weeks before Christmas last year, Branson had someone break into his family’s home and steal his television. The boy and his family hoped that if he sh...

Test of Time

Statistics suggest that most failures of startup businesses will occur in the first two years of their existence. According to the Small Business Administration, seven out of 10 new establishments survive at least two years, and 51 percent survive at least five years. Factor in that both small and large busi...

Pinning Wins

DARBY — The St. Ignatius-Charlo and Arlee teams traveled to Darby to compete in the Darby Invitational Jan. 28. Several grapplers walked away with second and third place finishes but Jacen Petersen led all after taking first in the 160-pound category. Jamie Mullins picked up a couple of wins, pin...

One point makes difference in Eagles’ win, loss

PABLO — One point was all the difference this past week in two games for the Two Eagle River boys’ team. Just one point vaulted the team over neighboring Charlo 55-56 but clipped the Eagles 50-49 in a loss to Victor. Against Charlo, the Eagles led by four with just seconds left when Charlo&rsq...


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