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News from Ronan School District RONAN – Ronan Middle School student Luliana Brown has won the Missoula County Public School’s Native Youth Powwow Princess. Luliana is excited to carry this title due to her love of helping and encouraging younger generations. She has danced since she could walk and loves it. She dances all three possible categories for her age, which includes junior girl’s jingle, fancy and traditional. Luliana understands the importance and significance of each dance as well as their origins. She carries this knowledge with pride and strives to uphold the values of respect, honor and pride. In order to compete for this title, Luli...
News from Polson Police Sergeant George Simpson POLSON – Last month your Polson Police Department began a drug investigation involving individuals on the west side of town. On May 10, at approximately 5:45 p.m., a team of law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at 1002 5th St. ...
POLSON – In a ceremony held in the school’s library, ten Polson High School student athletes made their college commitments public by signing letters of intent Wednesday evening. Beatrix Frissell signed with the University of Montana for track and cross country. Frissell’s high sch...
News from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation MISSOULA — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation would like to thank Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) for taking swift action to rectify an issue with Google Ads. “We greatly appreciate the immed...
POLSON — Seventh grade students from the Polson Middle school gathered along the sunny shoreline of Salish Point on Friday morning as part of an educational series in the ongoing fight against aquatic invasive species. Friday’s event, hosted by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and M...
News from the Flathead Audubon Society WHITEFISH — Long-time Flathead Audubon member Dan Casey will be the guest speaker at the FAS meeting on Monday, May 13, at the Whitefish Community Center, 121 Second Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Dan joined seven other folks fro...
News from Salish Kootenai College PABLO – The Salish Kootenai College will be hosting the annual Powwow and Graduate Honoring on May 10 and 11 with Grand Entries starting at 7 p.m. in the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center. There will be concessions, vendors and raffles with all proceeds going...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN – Montana State University is seeking artists’ qualifications for public art for the university’s new American Indian Hall. The university is seeking qualifications from professional or emerging artists, or teams of artists, to produce original, site-sp...
News from Rebekah Knudsen-Dalbey for TERS PABLO – The Art Slam is an annual event at Two Eagle River School, which has been going on for 17 years. The event is mainly organized by Sean Dalbey, art instructor at Two Eagle. The Art Slam is where art show and talent show meet. Students...
News from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MONTANA – On Friday, April 19, the National Junior Duck Stamp contest was held at Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge in Patuxent, Maryland. Entered in this contest was Montana State Junior Duck Stamp Best of Show, “Splash Down,” a beautiful...