Articles Written By: Taylor Davison

RONAN — The Ronan Cooperative Brewery is starting their 2023 season of street closure events with a gathering for experienced and beginner ice fishermen on Feb. 17.  The idea of brewery member and ice fisherman Craig Dulmes, the community is invited to bring icehouses to the brewery to set up a...

RONAN — The Ronan City Council held a meeting on Jan. 25 to discuss upcoming projects and existing concerns for the town. The councilmembers reported their continuing discussion on potential business licenses for the city of Ronan. City Clerk and Treasurer Kaylene Melton compiled examples of busines...

POLSON — The Polson Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet on Jan. 28 at the KwaTaqNuk Resort to celebrate local businesses and members of the community.  This year’s event, “Moonlight Over Polson, a Roaring Good Time,” encouraged attendees to dress up and enjoy a ...

RONAN — The Ronan Revitalization Committee held their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 23 to discuss progress toward improving the town and projects to look forward to.  As part of the requirement for participating in the Montana Main Street (MMS) program, members of the committee, along w...

POLSON — The Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) will be celebrating its 11th year in Polson later this month, Feb. 24-26.  To kick off the festival, numerous restaurants from throughout Polson will provide a Taste of Polson with food at the Showboat Stadium 6 starting 4:30 p.m. This ...

POLSON — The Mission Valley Ice Arena Association (MVIAA) recently announced a major development in the progress of creating a skating rink: the acquisition of a deed that will finally make the ice arena a reality.  The idea of a local ice arena got its start in 2013 when a community survey con...

CHARLO — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) held informational meetings last week to share what may be the last draft of their feasibility findings for improving the Ninepipe ...

POLSON — Growlers on Main, located at 208 Main Street in Polson, was broken into via the front window at approximately 2 a.m. on Jan. 12. A representative from Growlers commented that they’ve heard it’s been happening around town, mentioning similar break ins occurred recently around Riccia...

RONAN — The Flathead Water Compact board held a meeting on Jan. 12, and with that came a draft of the much-anticipated application for well drilling  or development of springs.   Different from the individual domestic allowance application, the presented draft of the 60DF (D) Part A form h...

By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal MONTANA — Special Olympics of Montana is celebrating their third year of the STRIDE Challenge, inviting athletes involved in the organization throughout Montana to get active.  An eight-week endeavor, the virtual challenge got its start in 2021 when the o...