“There is going to be a lot more fire on the landscape,” said Tribal Chairman Tom McDonald, who delivered the annual State of the Tribes address last Wednesday to the Polson Chamber of Commerce. He spoke as two fires were blistering the Flathead Reservation – one of which has consumed at least five homes, eight structures and more than 21,000 acres. The Elmo 2 fire comes just a year after the Boulder 2700 fire burned 2,230 acres and destroyed 31 structures along the east shore of Flathead Lake. McDonald, who served as head of the CSKT Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation before being elected to the Tribal Council in January, says climate change ...
News from Lake County Commissioner Gale Decker LAKE COUNTY — Mission Valley irrigators will notice a significant change in their tax statements beginning in tax year 2023. Fees for operation and maintenance of the three irrigation districts will no longer be collected by the County Treasurer and d...
News from DPHHS FLATHEAD COUNTY — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Flathead City-County Health Department today confirmed a single presumptive case of monkeypox virus infection in a Flathead County adult. Initial testing was completed August 5, 2022, at the Montana...
RONAN — Ronan took center stage in the Mission Valley last weekend with annual Pioneer Days events held Aug. 5-7, with the theme “Born in the USA.” The excitement kicked off Friday morning with a kid’s fishing derby in Ronan City Park and a Golf Scramble afterwards. The main event,...
News from DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) wants to honor Montana centenarians during the 53rd annual Governor’s Conference on Aging Oct. 4-5, 2022. The hybrid event will take place at the Copper King Convention Center in Butte with a virtua...
RONAN — Two local non-profit organizations were the recent beneficiaries of donations from the St. Luke Extended Care Resident Council in Ronan. Verna Drowatzky, President of the Council, presented a check for $500 to Auggie Peterson with the Ronan Senior Center Meals on Wheels Program and another chec...
POLSON — The Polson Senior Center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. Lunch is available from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. We deliver meals to qualified persons. Call 406-883-4735, Email: polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com, or visit us at 504 3rd Ave. E. We have air conditioning during hot summe...
ST. IGNATIUS — Our menu for the week: — Friday, Aug. 12: chicken dinner, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, veggies, fruit, cake — Tuesday, Aug. 16: baked fish, rice, veggies, fruit, lemon bars — Wednesday, Aug. 17: dinner - barbecue pulled pork s...
RONAN — We hope everyone was able enjoy the Lake County Fair and Pioneer Days in spite of the hot days. Just wait, in a few months it will 60 degrees colder.Congratulations to our Donna Daniels for being elected Senior of the Year. If you get a chance, stop at the Mission Valley Senior Center and...
ELMO — As of Sunday, July 31, a wildland fire burning along Montana Hwy. 28 has burned more than 10,923 acres northwest of Elmo. The Elmo Fire was discovered Friday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Big Draw north of Hwy. 28. An evacuation order was issued for Chief Cliff estates (about three dozen homes...
