CHARLO — The Lake County Job Service Employers’ Committee (JSEC) and Job Service Polson invite you to the 2023 Assistance for Business Clinic (ABC) on Thursday, May 18, at Ninepipes Lodge from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The ABC is a great opportunity to learn more about the regulations that impact you as a Montana employer. Some of the topics include unemployment insurance tax and requirements, workers’ compensation coverage, independent contractor coverage and the differences between an independent contractor and an employee, and wage and hour topics. The ABC is from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and lunch is included. The day is packed full of information and there is opportunity to a...
Adeline Bridgeford RONAN — Adeline Rose Bridgeford was born on April 18, 2023, at the St. Luke New Beginnings Birth Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Parents are Brad and Blakely Bridgeford of Polson. Paternal grandfather is James Bridgeford of Lewistow...
POLSON — The 31st annual Cowboy Ball rang in areas’ events season at the Polson Fairgrounds on Friday. Started in around 1990, Una Rose Graham of the fairgrounds said the event has gotten bigger every year. Involved since nearly the beginning, Graham explained that the earliest events st...
St. Ignatius — St. Ignatius High Schools 11th grade student, Sheldon McCloud, earned High Honor roll, 3.5-3.9, for the third quarter of the 2022-23 academic school year.
PABLO — Organizations, both local and nationwide, have come together to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and their families by holding the “Step By Step … We Remember” 5K out of the Salish Kootenai College in Pablo on May 6. Held in conjunction with Nation...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Flathead Reservation held its first Great Futures luncheon since 2019, last week, updating the community on the club, its work, and its impacts. The clubs have come a long way in the community in the last few years, Executive Director Aric...
RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center, (across from St. Luke’s Hospital), is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: — Wednesday, April 19: lasagna, salad, dessert — Friday, April 21: fried chicken, salad, dessert — &...
POLSON — May Day was originally a Pagan celebration of the start of the flowering season; demonstrated by dancing, play and pleasure. I recall my mother’s Irish/Scandinavian tradition of children leaving a basket of fresh flowers on the porches of strangers, then knocking on the door and gleefull...
ST. IGNATIUS — Please be careful when burning yard waste, papers, and fields. As many of you know a family recently lost their house in a Polson Fire. Our St. Ignatius Senior Center is holding a Mother’s Day Basket Raffle. Some of the items included are a $30 gift certificate to Bev&rsqu...
PABLO — Several Tribal representatives gathered at the CSKT Complex to meet with Congressman Ryan Zinke on April 12 to discuss their concerns and hopes for the bipartisan farm bill currently being drafted. Attendees included representatives from Blackfeet, Little Shell, and Ft. Belknap Tribes,...
