RONAN — The Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Division of Engineering and Water Resources held an event last week to answer questions about ongoing projects tied to the CSKT Water Compact. The four-hour event was meant to be informal, allowing attendees to come as their schedule allowed to ask about elements of the Compact in the way it pertained to the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project (FIIP). Most who attended arrived within the first hour and asked for a simple overview. Seth Makepeace and Jace Smith presented. Adaptive management, the process to preserve flexibility to continuously manage and improve the allocation of water between instream flows and reservoir level...
RONAN — The Ninepipes Museum received a new storage shed last week thanks to the combined efforts of a supportive community. The ever-growing museum has been using their basement to store ladders and tools alongside important storage sections for both their gift shop and their collections. The multi...
POLSON — The Polson Senior Center serves the senior citizens of the Polson area and beyond. Our organization is committed to serving citizens in their ‘golden years.’ It sure sounds better than ‘graying’ or ‘sagging’ years. Activities: We are ha...
DIXON — Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. All are invited to come enjoy dinner. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon residents upon request. We are also accep...
POLSON — For the last 23 years, Coats for Kids has operated out of the Port Polson Inn. Now, the important community service project needs someone new to take it over. Started by Port Polson Inn manager Anne Engebretson back in 1999, she and her staff have helped to give away hundreds of coats...
News from the Montana Community Foundation HELENA — Marking its one-year anniversary, the Snowbird Fund announced that it is doubling the amount available per grant to help families and friends searching for missing Indigenous people in Montana. Just a year ago in February, the Snowbird Fund wa...
POLSON — Members of the community showed up in waves on Feb. 14 to show some love to the Crow’s Nest Gallery and Framing as they celebrated their 50th anniversary before closing their doors at the end of the month. Opened in 1972 by owner Lou Marchello, the Crow’s Nest has gone through a...
News from Polson School District #23 POLSON — The Polson School Board recently voted unanimously to proceed with bond elections for both the Polson High School and Elementary School Districts in May 2022. The bond proposal for the Polson Elementary School District is approximately $32 million, and...
RONAN — The students of the Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) club at Ronan High School held their first Budget Bites Food Fair for graduating seniors. Organized by family consumer science teacher Katie Umbriaco, the fair is meant to help kids be financially fit as they’...
ST. IGNATIUS — This week I will be posting menus for the following three weeks, as I am going out of town and want to keep you informed of our meals while I am gone. — Friday, Feb. 25: baked fish meal, veggies, rolls, fruit, dump cake — Tuesday, March 1: sausage, biscuits,...
