Articles Written By: Karen Greene
District residents will have a second chance to vote on the school improvements bond during the election, Nov. 8. Voters didn’t pass the bond at $5.2 million in the May 2016 election with 417 against and 235 in favor. Superintendent Jason Sargent talked to the public and made a change to the propose...
The Bison Range celebrated another successful round up this year with about 400 animals getting their annual check up. The National Bison Range can only support so many animals, so when the numbers go over what the habitat can support, the surplus animals are sold or donated with first considera...
ST. IGNATIUS – It’s almost time for superheroes to gather for the third annual Mission Valley Kids Run on Sunday, Oct 16, at 2 p.m. This year, the chip-timed 5K and one-mile fun run start at Elder’s Park, which is near the historic church. “It’s a traveling walk/ run so ea...
Students at Pablo Elementary School made a pinky promise with book author Michelle Nelson- Schmidt to follow their hearts during a school assembly on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Nelson-Schmidt traveled from her home in Atlanta, Georgia to talk to the kids about how she worked hard to fulfill her own dreams of writin...
ARLEE – Arlee High School English Teacher Anna Baldwin was chosen to represent the State of Montana as the 2016 U.S. Department of Education Classroom Teaching Ambassador Fellow. “Yes, that is with the federal government,” she said. With that position, she helps navigate federal polic...
POLSON – Homecoming took a wrong turn from the usual festivities at Polson High School last week when a color contest brought up issues of racism. Students participated in different dress up contests each day of the week to celebrate school pride. On Thursday, students dressed in designated class co...
POLSON – Lake County filed court documents in late August asking the Montana Department of Revenue to tax the Selis Ksanka Qlispe Dam. The county states the loss of revenue from the dam affects taxpayers of Lake County and results in a significant reduction of services from many entities including f...
ST. IGNATIUS – Billie Lowther was at a horrible place in her life earlier this year — and she was pregnant with her second child. “I was so scared,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do. I felt trapped.” She ended up finding help at The Nest. She is the first re...
RONAN – Nobody but the Chief’s ball boy, Caleb Cheff, wanted to jinx Friday’s homecoming football game by calling the outcome early. “We are going to win,” Cheff said with a big smile, as he looked at the scoreboard in the second quarter, 35-6. The team gave him a silent high-fi...
PABLO — Children watched with wide eyes at the process of harvesting a deer during one of the stations at the People’s Center in celebration of Native American Awareness Week which started Sept. 13. Hundreds of elementary students from several different schools arrived on different days in the...
