Articles with the Tag: Montana
POLSON — Doug and Bill Wyman, Jr., were high school age when their mother Tanya was killed in a car wreck. Their father, Bill Wyman, Sr., was a pilot for Montana Power and couldn’t be home all the time so he asked his neighbors, Joyce and Marvin Carlyle, to be surrogate parents to his two young s...
News from the United States Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers and ranchers affected by the recent wildfires in Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington State that USDA has programs to assist with their recovery eff...
News from the USDA Montana Farm Service Agency BOZEMAN – Montana Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Bruce Nelson announced today that the 2015 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) triggered additional eligibility in Montana counties based on the U.S. Drought Monitor report release...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau announced that the non-profit Student Assistance Foundation has pledged $50,000 geared toward increasing student completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1, 2016, openin...
POLSON — A packed agenda led to a three-hour Polson City Commission meeting on Sept. 7 before commissioners went into executive session to discuss City Manager Mark Shrives’ annual review. One agenda item generating a lot of comments and concerns was Polson Landing, an affordable housing...
News from the Mission Valley Mariners Local baseball youth, parents, sponsors and fans have a special opportunity to help local teenagers continue to have an opportunity to experience a baseball program during their high school years and early adulthood. Our great State of Montana is one of the few remain...
News from MPSEOC The Montana Post Secondary Educational Opportunities Council (MPSEOC) will host three weeks of college fairs throughout Montana beginning Sept. 8. MPSEOC has conducted statewide college fairs since 1987. As many as 11,000 high school seniors and/or juniors will attend the fairs with their...
POLSON — The title Miss Montana conjures up a glittering evening gown, a tiara and a satiny sash. Miss Montana USA Tahnee Peppenger certainly can hold her own in a sparkly dress, but she was equally at home at the Polson Shooters Association shooting range on Aug. 22. Peppenger, 27, is a Montana nat...
HELENA — The School Funding Interim Commission is soliciting input from Montana residents through an online survey for its study of the funding of Montana’s public elementary and secondary school system. “We are using an internet survey so Montanans can easily share their ideas and...
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 ...
