Articles Written By: Karen Greene
POLSON – In the unlikely event that something happens to the Selis Ksanka Qlispe Dam, an emergency action plan is tested and ready. On May 24, an emergency scenario was played out to test that plan. A conference room at the KwaTaqNuk resort was full of personnel from real agencies including law enfo...
ST. IGNATIUS – St. Ignatius Police Chief Matthew Connelly announced during the city council meeting on Tuesday, June 6, that his department is getting a $5,000 grant. The Montana Department of Transportation is allocating the grant to the police department through the Selective Traffic Enforcement P...
RONAN – United States Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana), stopped in Ronan to share his views on issues from healthcare to water rights on Wednesday, May 31. Tester said President Trump’s first proposed budget cuts a lot of federally funded programs, which if approved will negatively impact everyo...
By Karen Peterson Valley Journal FLATHEAD RIVER – Lake County Search and Rescue brought in underwater cameras to search for a 23-year-old Nebraska man who fell into the Flathead River below the spill way of the Selis Ksanka Qlipse dam on Wednesday, May 31. Lake County Sheriff Don B...
Korbyn J. Pierre sings the National Anthem at the Mission 2017 High School graduation ceremony. ST. IGNATIUS – Dan Durglo worked a line from a Joni Mitchell song into his speech as the guest speaker for the Mission High School graduation on Saturday, June 3. “You don’t know what you&r...
RONAN – Valedictorian Daniel Koehler used his time at the podium to thank teachers and family at the Ronan High School graduation on Sunday, June 4, and he spoke about human kindness. He said a Holocaust survivor taught him about the importance of speaking up for every human being. He said she told ...
PABLO – Marita Growing Thunder’s graduation ceremony from Polson High School on Saturday, June 3, marked the finish point of her yearlong project to give voice to missing or murdered indigenous women. “As many times as I wanted to give up, I made it,” she said. She vowed t...
LAKE COUNTY – Lake County’s election results once again predicted the overall winner of a major election during the May 25 Special Election for Montana’s U.S. House of Representatives seat. Montana’s overall numbers are at 50 percent for Republican candidate Greg Gianforte to Democ...
PABLO – A sub-adult grizzly bear weighing 390 pounds stood on the grass at Salish Kootenai College to welcome people to the Fifth Annual Community Birds and Bears Festival on Thursday. The grizzly looked like it might be walking through campus on its way to forage for food, but it turns out that it ...
ST. IGNATIUS – About a month after an internal investigation began into Flathead Joint Board of Control missing monies, the board said the Federal Bureau of Investigation has stepped in to take over. The FJBC is comprised of 11 members and one additional member at large to represent irrigators...
