Articles with the Tag: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
POLSON – The Lake County Commissioners passed a budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 last week. Planning for a new court annex and jail are included in the $29.8 million budget, County Finance Director Scott Beggs said. The previous budget was $27.2 million. He said the difference lies in...
POLSON – Work on a sober living house is progressing, and that has licensed addiction counselor Jay Brewer hopeful for a spring opening, if not sooner. Brewer, 54, is a former drug addict who, along with others from the One Heart Committee, is looking to provide a safe place before and after d...
Rain forecast for Thursday and Friday is providing firefighters hope for success on the Blue Bay and Liberty fires. Although Sunday was a good day for firefighters, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ fire prevention specialist Devlin Lafrombois said Thursday and Friday should be better w...
POLSON – The public comment period for a new comprehensive conservation plan for the National Bison Range, Ninepipe Wildlife Refuge and other area conservation lands in Lake and Flathead counties has been extended. Bernardo Garza, a planning team leader with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Den...
RONAN – Tractors rolled into town to set up round hay bales used to decorate for the Ninth Annual Harvest Fest to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 16. The Ronan Chamber of Commerce hosts the event and invites people from near and far to experience games for the kids, vendors, cra...
News from the University of North Dakota GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes garnered a $17,148 grant from the National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (NIEJI) innovation program at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and...
Death of Ronan woman under investigation The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a death that occurred on Sunday, Aug. 20, at about 5:45 p.m. on East Post Creek Road. Jessie Qualtier, 36, of Ronan, died due to injuries sustained after exiting a vehicle, which was travellin...
The Blue Bay Fire that broke out Aug. 10 was 40 percent contained as of Monday morning. Containment typically refers to the portion of the fire that has a line around it. Information officer Dominique Woodham said that 175 firefighters from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and others from...
RONAN – During a nine-day project, the community came together to make an impression on kids concerning the dangers of using methamphetamines. The event was held at the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Ronan as part of a national pilot project to hopefully reach kid...
News from the U.S. Department of the Interior WASHINGTON – U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced $81,235 in funding to Montana native tribes and more than $860,000 to Montana state wildlife agencies through the Tribal Wildlife Grant (TWG) program and the State Wildl...
