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News from Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Two Montana State University students who plan to use their education to provide mental health counseling services to underserved populations have been awarded a coveted fellowship to help them meet their goals. Jenaya Burns and Ileana “Illy” Dinette, both graduate students in the counseling program in MSU’s Department of Health and Human Development in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, received the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship for Addiction Counselors. The award comes with $15,000 and includes opportunities for professional development, mentorship support...

PABLO — The National Book Foundation visited the Salish Kootenai College last week, connecting authors with audiences and educating attendees on how to map a novel.  Best known as the presenter of the National Book Awards for nearly 75 years, Director of Programs Natalie Green explained that in...

News from Mike Cutler Polson Superintendent POLSON — Polson Schools is pleased to announce that both the elementary and high school bond elections passed. We thank the voters for their commitment to making our schools safer, more secure and providing more workforce training for our high school stu...

News from JSEC LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC) is excited to announce the winner of the 2023 Ken Rohrenbach Scholarship: Hope Morrison. Hope is a senior at Polson High School and has participated in speech and debate, student government, yearbook, Link Crew, Nat...

RONAN — Head Start celebrated its students and families with the return of its annual powwow at the Ronan School District Event Center on April 28.   Though this is the first powwow held for the program since 2019 due to COVID, the student celebration has been a staple in the community for...

PABLO — Jade Dempsey, SKC TRIO SSS Scholar and Elementary Education Student, is one of 12 Montana College Students awarded the 2023 Montana Student Volunteer Award.   Dempsey is involved in many community service projects, all involving collecting donations for a community organization. Fo...

POLSON — Students from grades five through 12 strutted their stuff on stage last week in the Polson High School Theater Department’s rendition of Mary Poppins Jr.   A Disney and Cameron Mackintosh show, the one act play acts as a shortened version of the classic Broadway Marry Poppin...

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.

News from MCVA POLSON — Mission Valley Christian Academy (MVCA) is proud to announce the grand opening of its new building, the first phase of its ambitious community center project. The new building will provide MVCA students with state-of-the-art facilities, a science lab, and computer science l...

News from the Polson School District  POLSON — By now, your ballot(s) for the Polson School District Bond election should be in route to your mailbox if they haven’t already arrived. Thank you for your consideration of the various issues our aging school infrastructure faces, which you ...