Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Melea Burke

Bikes, burgers mark Earth Day celebration

PABLO — Earth displayed many of its natural talents Saturday during a Community Earth Day/Bike Path Celebration based at Salish Kootenai College. Rain, sunshine, a few snow flurries and a wind-whipped dust storm all made appearances during the three-hour event, but organizers said attendance was surpri...

Living and learning

ST. IGNATIUS — From making a film to restoring a Harley Davidson to researching family ancestry, St. Ignatius students studied a lot more than reading, writing and arithmetic this school year. And they had a chance to show off their new skills and completed projects at the school’s annual communi...

New law for an old drug

They're not just names in a registry. They're your neighbors, friends, coworkers and family members. They're medical marijuana patients, and for part four of our series exploring the issues surrounding Montana's medical marijuana program, we've asked three Lake County residents to share how marijuana helps t...

Arlee water/sewer district honored with public health award

ARLEE — Clean drinking water is something most Americans take for granted. But when you’ve spent 25 years working on providing your community with good water, as Arlee residents Gary and Connie Wining have, certainly some recognition is due. That’s why the Lake County Board of Health recent...

Sign language

No garden hats or floral dresses or watercress sandwiches were visible at the Tea Party on the evening of Tax Day, April 15, at Ducharme Park. Irv Milheim counted 61 people who showed up with their handmade signs and lawn chairs to protest taxes on a beautiful spring day. A few more Tea Party supporters m...

New law for an old drug

If you believe what you hear on the street, it takes little more to acquire a medical marijuana registration card than to make any purchase of $150 — the going rate for a doctor's evaluation at a Montana Caregivers Network clinic. And if you don't feel like attending a clinic or convention in person, j...

Two dead in crash off Flathead River cliff

IRVINE FLATS — Two men are dead after the car they were riding in plunged off a 25-foot cliff into the Flathead River early Saturday morning. Joshua Jerome Clairmont, a 23-year-old Missoula resident, and 20-year-old Drew Austin Taylor, also of Missoula, died of apparent drowning, Lake County Undersh...

Police training conference focuses on domestic violence issues

POLSON — We’ve all seen or heard it at one time or another. Yelling coming from a neighbor’s house, a child’s bruised arm, a woman’s tear-stained face — they may be subtle, but they’re the signs of domestic violence. They make us uncomfortable, but usually not uncomf...

Students celebrate Native American culture

ST. IGNATIUS — Friday afternoon was a special time at the St. Ignatius School, especially for high school Salish and Native American studies teacher Geraldine Felix.  For the past few years, Felix and Aileen Plant, the elementary Native American studies teacher, have organized a social powwow e...

Fundraising run, egg hunt big hits in Moiese

MOIESE — High school baseball in Charlo got a big boost last weekend through the inaugural Bison Fun Run and Bunny Hop, a fundraiser for the Charlo Baseball Association. On a cool, beautiful Easter Saturday morning, nearly 200 locals turned out for the event, Easter baskets in tow. The original plan...


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