Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
MISSOULA – A Polson man has until Sept. 10 to reach a plea agreement with federal officials who say he used investors’ money for personal use instead of investing it in his fireworks business as promised. If an agreement is not reached he will go to trial on felony wire fraud and money laun...
POLSON – A man is set to be tried before a judge in Polson this September for allegedly killing his father-in-law in a vicious March 2014 attack with a claw hammer. The Montana Supreme Court on Aug. 7 denied a request for a judge substitution made by public defenders on behalf of Desmond Alan ...
RONAN – Dozens of families came out to see if they would win a prize at the Ronan Library’s Summer Reading Program Grand Finale at Bockman Park on Saturday. “We had a lot of great participation this year,” Librarian Michelle Fenger said of the 393 people who read 12,405...
POLSON – High winds caused white caps Saturday morning that had organizers of the Polson Triathlon worried about swimmer’s safety, but a lull in the weather let swimmers get off to a start that was only mildly choppy, race organizer Matt Seeley said. Around 125 people from around Mission...
Shaping young minds matters because young minds grow to shape the world, according to new Lake County Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Hall. Hall jumped into her role Aug. 4 after a long career in education. She said she hopes she can help county schools continue a tradition of excellence. ...
SWAN LAKE — Lake County and Swan Valley Search and Rescue teams are still searching for a missing Eureka man. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said the family of William Hendrix, 59, reported the man missing at 8 p.m. on Wednesday after he did not return from a hiking trip on Thunderbolt ...
RONAN – Six new fires were sparked by lightning on the Flathead Reservation on Friday, including three large ones near Ferry Basin and two smaller ones in the Mission Mountains. According to Division of Fire Prevention Specialist C.T. Camel, the Melton One Fire, near Melton Ranch in Hot Sp...
It can take a lot of work to earn a buck, but a cute face, polite manners, good employees, and a top-of-the line product helps rake in the cash, 9-year-old Kolton Thorson learned as he manned a vegetable station at his grandparent’s home on Courville Trail for a few days this summer. The Calif...
RONAN — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire and Ronan Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene of a fire in a wooded and residential area Thursday afternoon. Planes dropped retardant on the blaze in Pablo off Kennedy Drive that was reported around 2:30 p.m. ...
BOZEMAN — Adjudication of water claims in the Flathead Basin will not take place until after January 2017, per a July 27 order issued by Chief Water Judge Russ McElyea, though the state of Montana will begin examining some claims that have been filed in two local basins. The judge issued the stay to...
