Articles Written By: Karen Greene
Aubrey DuMont, 13, of Charlo, faced the loss of her older brother Brandon to suicide last year at this time. It hasn’t gotten easier. She remembers him as always smiling. And that’s just it. He was always smiling. She never thought he would ever commit suicide. “So many kids are co...
PABLO – Melanie Smith noticed a drug problem in the valley that is affecting children at all ages and income levels. “It’s taking beautiful people with all the potential in the world and robbing them of their lives,” she said. “And children are in the middle of it.” ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Briar Ahlborn, 19, won the Montana Meth Project’s Paint the State contest in the celebrity artist category with her “Pass the Peace Pipe, Not the Meth Pipe” mural located on U.S. Highway 93 at mile marker 33. “I didn’t believe it when I won,” ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Administration positions at all levels changed this year in the Mission School District with former high school principal Jason Sargent coming in as the new superintendent. Dan Durglo became the new elementary principal moving from his position as the middle school principal. Shawn Hendr...
CHARLO – Senior Dominic Shively decided he wanted to ride in a police car in the homecoming parade after he was elected by his peers to the homecoming royalty court. He got the idea after finding out that Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Shad Andersen was going to be driving the car, and if a t...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control discussed the possibility of appointing a representative for the irrigators to the Compact Implementation Technical Team (CITT) at the last regular board meeting. After the Montana Legislature ratified the CSKT Compact earlier this year, the p...
ST. IGNATIUS – Connor Durglo, 8, invited a group of people from all over the world to the Mission School District on Friday afternoon to learn about local culture. The world travelers called themselves Friendship Force. The club works much like a foreign exchange program where students come to...
ARLEE – The Arlee School Board voted to increase staff in the special education department during the regular board meeting with one full time teacher, two elementary aides and one aide in the high school to ensure a smaller student-to-teacher ratio. Funding for the additional staff comes from a supple...
ARLEE – The Arlee School Board voted to increase staff in the special education department during the regular board meeting with one full time teacher, two elementary aides and one aide in the high school to ensure a smaller student-to-teacher ratio. Funding for the additional staff comes from a supple...
ST. IGNATIUS – Mary Leishman was appointed as the new clerk during the town council meeting on Tuesday. After 38 years, Lee Ann Gottfried retired from the position, although she isn’t completely finished with the job. The council voted to hire Gottfried as a deputy clerk to fill in and answer que...
