Articles Written By: Karen Greene

RONAN – It’s been almost 30 years since Sherri McDonald first found her passion by helping others through the Ronan Bread Basket, but now, she is retiring. “It’s time,” she said.  The idea for the food pantry started to form all those years ago when McDonald saw a fam...

ST. IGNATIUS – Snow piles are missing from the town this year reported Public Works Director Scott Morton during the St. Ignatius Town Council meeting. He explained after the meeting that he usually plows the streets within town limits, as is part of his job, and creates four piles of snow that reac...

RONAN – Many people immigrated to the United States in the past and some even ended up in Lake County. “If only I knew a movie producer,” Donna Cheff, said of a story of one of those immigrants.  Marie Johnson’s story hasn’t made it to the movies, but it was developed...

ST. IGNATIUS – In an effort to keep people informed, the kids at Glacier Lake School created a news channel.  “We’ve got all kinds of interesting things,” said Gabe Moxness, news anchor of the weekly broadcast published through YouTube.  Glacier Lake School News opens ...

ST. IGNATIUS – Several teachers wait nervously in a classroom. They know what’s coming, but they aren’t sure how they will react. They soon find out.  A popping sound like a firecracker is heard from the hallway. A gun was being fired. Suddenly, a man in black clothes rushes into th...

ST. IGNATIUS – The Flathead Joint Board of Control attended a conference that could have effects on the cost of power for irrigators, although the results of the meeting were undisclosed.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hosted the conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this mon...

CHARLO – In an effort to make it easier to talk about suicide prevention, the Your Life Matters Project brought in a comedian to talk to students in schools from Arlee to Ronan. YLMP Youth Member Hailey Schippers introduced the speaker in Charlo on Friday, explaining that the group organized last fa...

It happened already for many young writers in the first grade at K. William Harvey Elementary School. “You are published writers,” teacher Francy Moll said to the students as they got ready for their book signing debut and reading. Family and friends were invited to attend the event on Friday,...

ARLEE – Tonight chocolate treats including a smooth layered chocolate lasagna, gooey chocolate brownies and melt-in-your-mouth truffles can be found at the 12th annual Chocolate Lovers’ Festival — and it’s for a good cause.  “The money raised goes to the Jocko Valley Lib...

LAKE COUNTY – As the Water Rights Compact for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes makes its way through the federal branch of government in the United States Congress, several deadlines could complicate the journey. Gov. Steve Bullock signed the bill at the state level in April 2015 containi...