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ARLEE — Vendors, youth, and campers of all ages bustled about the powwow grounds, and especially the basketball court, during quieter moments that preceded the traditional song and dance contests of the 125th annual Arlee Celebration Powwow last week. By late Wednesday night and into the early hours of Thursday morning, many powwow campers had already settled in their temporary sleeping quarters including tipis, tents, truck beds, and RVs. With the 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament starting promptly at 8 a.m. Thursday, players had just enough time to shower, catch a quick bite, and warm up on the warming pad of asphalt as sprinklers on nearby agriculture fields acted as a mirag...
CHARLO — Cloudy skies lingered over Charlo on July 4, a holdover from prior rain, but by parade day the ground was only damp as Charlo’s annual Independence Day parade marched on. Local families and visitors gathered along Main Street, where tractors, horses, classic cars, and floats paraded u...
A group of tribes in Montana alleges a new election law will disenfranchise Native voters and has moved to join a lawsuit challenging it. On Tuesday, the ACLU of Montana, American Civil Liberties Union nationally and Native American Rights Fund filed a motion to intervene in an existing case on behalf of ...
News from Sandpiper Art Gallery & Gifts POLSON - Create small art for big art and use art to unite our community. Donate your talent for fundraising to the Sandpiper Art Gallery. Pick up a $2 blank 5X5 canvas at the gallery, 306 Main Street, and create a design. Return your artwork to the gallery fo...
Aurora Farnsworth POLSON - Ariel Farnsworth is excited to announce the arrival of little sister, Aurora Rose Farnsworth. Aurora was born on June 24, 2025, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center’s Nesting Place. She was 21 inches long and weighed 8 pounds, 2.3 ounces. Aurora’s parents ...
Given northwest Montana’s warm and dry spring, it was a shock to many to see snow at higher elevations on the first official day of summer. One couple even found themselves getting married in powder atop Whitefish’s Big Mountain, generating a snowy story that went viral. The summer solstice storm...
Marriages Melissa Rose Metschan and Jacob Eugene Olsen Nola Reese Baxter and Haden Dean Jaeger Thomas Robert Missett and Carla Jean Metcalf Makenzy Scott Kelch and Kaylee Esther Gray Reid Allen Janish and Kyia Shay Hendrickson Kaylee Beverly Jennison and Briar Hoyce Largent Christian J...
News from Sloane Stinson, Montana Department of Transportation RONAN - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Riverside Contracting Inc. have received the materials from the supplier and will continue to improve the intersection of US Highway 93 with Third Ave. and Old US 93. Traffic cont...
News from U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), vice chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), ranking member on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Finance ...
News from Friends of the Children -Western Montana POLSON — Friends of the Children–Western Montana is proud to mark one year of its Flathead Nation program, a long-term, culturally responsive mentorship initiative that pairs Indigenous youth with professional mentors. This year, the program...
