PABLO — Runners and walkers gathered to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous People for the second annual 5K gathering at the Salish and Kootenai College on May 4, which is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Nikki McKinsey, who is one of the event coordinators and a family doctor at Saint Joseph Medical Center, could be found talking with runners before they headed to the start. Before she made it out to the 5k herself, she had a few things to say about the event. “I work with the community, and I see how my patients are affected by MMIP, so I felt there was something more that we could do, … we wanted to bring...
PABLO — After 16 years and 12 fairs, soon 13, the Women 4 Wellness Health Fair has expanded from its original purpose to provide free health screenings, becoming a teaching event for students going into medical, dental and science fields. According to event co-coordinator Eleanor Vizcarra, the...
PABLO — On Wednesday, May 1, Two Eagle River School put on its annual art slam. This art slam is a mix of talent show, poetry slam, combining a plethora of art forms like poetry, music, art, photography, beadwork, sewing, quilting, and video production. Although, they normally have a good number of stu...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Wednesday, May 8: taco bar, salad, dessert — Friday, May 10: Swedish meatballs, sala...
FLATHEAD LAKE — A tiny creature that poses a huge threat to Flathead Lake was the subject of an annual mussel walk event held April 24 at Salish Point in Polson. Polson Middle School seventh graders cycled through six stations that explained what quagga and zebra mussels are, how they’re detec...
CHARLO — Local farmers and ranchers met with the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project team on April 15 to discuss water levels. Skye Cooley, a hydrologist, shared information about snowpack in the area. “We currently have about 74 percent to 78 percent of our average snowpack,” Cooley said...
News from the Lake County Election Office LAKE COUNTY — Election judge training was completed on Saturday, April 27 and on April 29 Lake County Commissioners appointed 124 election judges and designated polling places for the 2024-2026 election cycle. Polling place location changes...
ARLEE — The annual Buttercup Run returned this year thanks to CSKT Tribal Health taking on the event to keep it going. Friends of Arlee Schools, Inc began the race decades ago. Several hundred people turned out for this year’s free event with distances including a one-mile fun run,...
PABLO — The network of support for those transitioning to live substance-free grew a little wider last week with the opening of a new “Recovery Village Hub” for Never Alone Recovery Support and Services in Pablo. Community members gathered to celebrate with an open house, prayer and blessin...
News from Jennifer Guse, Flathead Land Trust MISSION VALLEY — A 122-acre ranch and wildlife haven in the Mission Valley, once platted for subdivision, has been protected in perpetuity with Flathead Land Trust. John Weaver, distinguished retired conservation biologist and land steward, added this p...
