Articles Written By: Karen Greene
RONAN – The Ronan City Library doors were closed for the past week, although no one was on vacation. “We’ve been moving things around and making it more efficient,” said Dylan Carey, assistant library director. The library basically went through a flip-flop of sorts. Everything in ...
RONAN – Ronan Police Chief Ken Weaver swore in Brandon Smith as a new full-time officer for the town at the Monday, Aug. 15, Ronan City Council meeting. Smith served as a reserve officer for the past few months. Chief Weaver said Smith applied for the full-time position and was the top qualifying candi...
RONAN – Every administrator in every school in the Ronan district from vice principals to the superintendent put on work gloves and helped the maintenance crew lay about 4,000 square feet of sod in front of K. William Harvey Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 17. “We didn’t have time f...
RONAN – Ronan Police Chief Ken Weaver has focused on improving the department for about two years now, but he needs funding to continue to accomplish his goals. He has a few things on his to-do list including hiring another full-time officer, establishing a salary ladder to retain skilled employees,...
ST. IGNATIUS – The election process got a bit more complicated recently concerning elected board positions for the Flathead Joint Board of Control. The board elected to cancel the last election because 800 ballots were not initially mailed out due to requirements that one person be designated to vot...
ST. IGNATIUS – Pilots with small engine aircraft — the kind you can’t ride in — gathered at the airport in an effort to make a wish happen for a child in need. “This is to help make a kid happy,” said Bryan Buys, volunteer for Wings for Wishes, which is a local nonprofi...
Excited kids ran around Bockman Park in Ronan packing fish on Friday morning, although Brooklyn Chacon, 5, wasn’t about to touch her fish. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ronan sponsored the event like they’ve been doing for the past several years. “All you have to do is watch and you...
RONAN – The animals might be a bit smaller than the ones in adultsized rodeos but the goal is the same. “You gotta stay on and have a good ride,” said Austin Webster, 9, of the sheep riding at the Pioneer Days Kiddie Rodeo on Saturday. He said the trick to riding sheep is to hold on to t...
POLSON – The Polson City Council meeting was full of people waiting to hear how the council would vote on the resort tax and a proposed mill levy on Monday, Aug. 1. For over a year, the possibility of running a resort tax was debated where local luxury items would be taxed 3 percent for the next 20 ...
Students from all over the world are hoping to get the chance to come to Montana and experience this country. “They have dreams about what this country is like and they want to come experience it,” said Hot Springs International Cultural Exchange Services local coordinator Nancy Winebrenner. ...
