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News from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center welcomes Penny Charrance, Nurse Practitioner to Polson. Penny is a provider in the walk-in clinic. She has a both a bachelor’s and master’s of science in nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas with a background in emergency care. Penny worked for 11 years as a nurse/paramedic for aeromedical, seven of that for Life Flight in the Houston and Galveston Texas area prior to becoming a nurse practitioner. Penny moved to Polson with Einstein, her 70-plus pound Labradoodle. Penny has one daughter, Amy, son-in-law Eric and granddaugh...
News from the State of Montana HELENA – Montana’s unemployment rate continued its decline in February, down 0.1 percentage points to 4.3 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.5 percent in February. Montana’s total employment levels increased by 2,...
POLSON — The Safeway store in Polson will keep its banner name, although a merger with Albertsons became effective Jan. 30. The merger created a diversified network that includes 2,230 stores, 27 distribution facilities and 19 manufacturing plants with more than 250,000 employees across 34 sta...
RONAN – After nearly a quarter-century of being owned by an original group of investors who built it from the ground up, the Mission Mountain Golf Club has come under new ownership that hopes to restore the course so it can continue to serve loyal locals and create a more of a draw for southern traveli...
POLSON — A woven birchbark bag, paintings and collage pieces drew people into the Sandpiper Gallery for the “North, South, East and Wood,” a Native American invitational show. Local wood artist Dion Albert brought his birchbark work, from baskets to bags to room divider panels. One sc...
LAKE COUNTY — Two local community-owned banks plan to merge this year in an effort to offer better services for their customers. Valley Bank of Ronan and Lake County Bank of St. Ignatius have agreed to terms of a merger and the deal is currently under review of federal regulators. The...
POLSON — Sounding like unspoken family vows, “know me, care for me, ease my way” is the vision statement of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. And it’s more than just words. The saying has been beaded into three panels on display in the entryway to make the hospital mor...
POLSON — Introducing local developer Mike Maddy as the “kingpin of Ridgewater,” Polson Pachyderm president Freeman Robinson kicked off an hour of information at the Feb. 27 meeting about what’s happening in the Ridgewater subdivision south of Polson. “No Applebee’...
POLSON — The City of Polson’s public auction for its liquor license on Feb. 20 resulted in Rainbow Point Polson LLLP purchasing the license for $55,000, which was the reserve price, according to Mark Shrives, Polson City Manager. Shrives said two other people registered but did not bid a...
ARLEE — Western Montana Growers Cooperative in Arlee on Monday was awarded a loan and a grant totaling $73,700 to assist with the development and expansion of a distribution and warehouse facility in Missoula that will support over 40 farms in Western Montana and provide distribution to a wide-range of...
