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Albert preserves culture with baskets Albert preserves culture with  baskets

News from the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO — Birch bark baskets by Dion Albert will be on display in the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana’s gift shop from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, July 4. This “First Saturday” event is an opportunity for visitors to meet another talent...

Helping hoof it to Kentucky Helping hoof it to Kentucky

RONAN — The Western Montana Stockman’s Association donated $1,000 of the estimated $10,000 cost of attending the FFA National Conference to the Mission Valley FFA team. The Livestock Judging team will be the first from Mission Valley to compete at the national level. Competition will be held this...

Area softball players honored

Several local athletes were named to all-state and all-conference softball teams following their postseason runs. For Polson, Lady Pirate Taylor Brackey, a senior, was selected for the Northwestern A all-state team. Brackey and fellow senior Kaelen Wall were also named to the all-conference first team. Ca...

Festival celebrates birds-eye view Festival celebrates birds-eye view

  Birds of a feather flock together and in Mission Valley, people flock to their feathered friends. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources Department Wildlife Program hosted its third annual Community Bird Day on May 8, and people came out in droves to find out more about the f...

Tribal Water department monitors water, confident in science Tribal Water department monitors water, confident in science

RONAN — The water slipping through the gates of a dilapidated, decades old, rickety irrigation headwork on the Pablo Feeder Canal on North Crow Creek drifts by with a quiet gurgle, and to the naked eye it might be hard to distinguish the infinitesimal differences in day-to-day water level, but to the h...

Student shares mushing skills with classmates Student shares mushing skills with classmates

POLSON — When there’s snow in the Mission Valley, many people snowshoe, ski or sled. Eighth-grader Charmayne Morrison has taken up another winter sport — dog sled racing. On March 24, she brought her sled and her two Alaskan huskies to Polson Middle School.  Having a musher and d...

Pheasants Forever sponsors 5-year habitat improvement program Pheasants Forever sponsors 5-year habitat improvement program

CHARLO — The public lands that support wildlife in Mission Valley are fragmented into a patchwork owned by different entities engaged in varying management strategies, but when game such as pheasant make their nests here, they live irrespective of fenced boundaries and human plans.  The Mission...

Ronan tops basketball All-State list in the valley Ronan tops basketball All-State list in the valley

MISSION VALLEY - T’s are crossed and I’s are dotted on this year’s All-State/Conference list. Three Ronan athletes earned both All-State and All-Conference honors and all six valley schools boast top notch athletes receiving All-Conference titles. For the boys, Ronan Chief Cedric Earthbo...

Mariners warming up to rebuild Mariners warming up to rebuild

  MISSION VALLEY — The Mission Valley Mariners are dusting off their mitts, stretching out their throwing arms and hitting the batting cage preparing to take the field in uniform for the 2015 season. Though a building season is in order, Head Coach Jami Hanson is optimistic about the M&rsquo...

All Star basketball athletes chosen

MISSION VALLEY – All Star hoopsters will take the court March 24 for the 20th annual Mission Mountain All Star basketball games. Four teams of boys and girls have been chosen to compete and will show off their skills at the Joe McDonald Center with the girls’ tip off planned for 6:30 p.m., boy...


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