Articles Written By: Karen Greene
RONAN — The Ronan City Council isn’t giving up yet on a matching grant to support the police department. “The council voted to accept the COPS Hiring Grant but not to hire an officer at this time,” Ronan Police Chief Ken Weaver said of a special council meeting to address the issue...
CHARLO — Toby Odom, 16, was given the Montana Highway Patrol Meritorious Award for an event he isn’t likely to forget. “What makes this really impressive is that he is only 16,” Trooper Terry Rosenbaum said. On April 30, Toby was driving on U.S. Highway 212 toward Charlo. He tra...
CHARLO – The Charlo School District’s football field and track are scheduled for an update in the Spring of 2017 after a committee of volunteers decided to get started on the project during a Monday, Dec. 19 meeting. “The exact start date is weather related,” volunteer Bernice Hawk...
CHARLO – David Peck received a surprise in his mail on Saturday, Dec. 10. “I wondered why someone sent this to me,” he said of his thoughts before he opened the box. The mysterious package was delivered to his doorstep, and when he opened it up, he discovered a red, white and blue quilt ...
POLSON – District Court Judge James Manley ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that the winning candidates in the Flathead Joint Board of Control election are to be seated at the earliest possible date. He stated that the May 3, 2016, FJBC election results to seat three new commissioners were certified by th...
RONAN — Marita Growing Thunder’s moccasins are showing signs of wear now that she is close to the halfway mark of her project. As a senior at Polson High School, she is wearing traditional style Native American clothing including her beaded moccasins every day until the end of the school year ...
POLSON – District Court Judge James Manley ruled on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that the winning candidates in the Flathead Joint Board of Control election are to be seated at the earliest possible date. He stated that the May 3, 2016, FJBC election results to seat three new commissioners were certified by th...
RONAN – Construction on a one-mile section of U.S. Highway 93, going north of Ronan, starting at Round Butte Road, is set to begin in 2018 to accommodate growing traffic. “There will be two lanes of travel in each direction and much of it has a turn lane in the center,” said Kathy Harris...
ST. IGNATIUS – Mission Valley Ambulance is in the process of dissolving after being unable to get insurance coverage — which is a positive thing. “Good things are going to happen and we will have more opportunities open up and more resources,” said Gwen Couture, director of Mission...
PABLO — Roy Bigcrane stood behind the director’s control panel during the second night of the live annual fundraiser for KSKC-TV on Thursday and gave the signal to begin broadcasting to televisions across the Flathead Indian Reservation. Corwin (Corky) Clairmont sat down to paint as the broadc...
