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Ronan Resident Earns Degree

SALT LAKE CITY—Erica Luedtke-Bell of Ronan has received her Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (K-8) from Western Governors University. The university held its 33rd semi-annual commencement ceremony at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on July 15 and celebrated the graduati...

High-speed chase ends in crash near Lakeside

POLSON – Two women were arrested after a high-speed chase late Wednesday, July 19.  According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop at 11:20 p.m. near St. Ignatius after a four-door Hyundai sedan was seen traveling erratically northbound on U.S. 93...

Total-ly new Home coming soon for Boys and Girls Club Total-ly new Home coming soon for Boys and Girls Club

 RONAN – Though final paperwork hasn’t been finished, the staff at the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County are in the preliminary process of moving.  “We are ecstatic about this opportunity,” said Aric Cooksley, Boys and Girls Club executive di...

Flea market helps keep museum open, local history alive

Every first Saturday of the summer months the Garden of the Rockies Museum holds a flea market open to vendors of all kinds. The last market of the summer is on Saturday, Aug. 5 and according to organizer Patti Mocabee, there are still open spots for vendors. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p....

Starting small fires is illegal, dangerous

News from CSKT Division of Fire RONAN – Tribal Forestry’s Division of Fire needs to warn reservation residents and visitors about the dangers of igniting fires in forested lands. The DOF has had a number of suspicious starts in the last couple weeks and would like the public to be on the loo...

Briefs for Juy 26, 2017

Jocko South Fork Primitive Area closed due to fire News from CSKT   Division of Fire The South Fork Primitive Area of the Jocko is closed to vehicle traffic and recreation. There are two lightning caused fires in the area, the Liberty Fire and the South Fork Fire. The fires are relatively smal...

Area wrestlers take it outside Area wrestlers take it outside

RONAN – While most Mission Valley residents have seen a football game or two at the Ronan High School football field, Thursday night’s novel sight of a wrestling mat and wrestlers on the football field must have shocked and surprised a few. Coach Hap Cheff said the main inspiration for the out...

Local YWAM has cross-cultural, international focus Local YWAM has cross-cultural, international focus

By Caleb M. Soptelean Valley Journal PABLO – In 2005, Sika Ulutoa came to visit northwest Montana with plans to move to Japan. He never made it.  Sika, a Samoan who moved to the Mission Valley with his wife, Rita, from her native Ohio, planned to go to Japan for missionary work.  ...

Church donates layettes Church donates layettes

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare RONAN – Members of the Ronan Seventh-Day Adventist Church came together with one goal in mind, making sure the newborn babies at St. Luke Community Healthcare go home with a beautiful gift. Church members collect money for supplies and create the layettes ...

Kids empowered with life saving skills Kids empowered with life saving skills

RONAN – More than a dozen kids at the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County took action when their opposing sports team went down.  The kids assessed the situation and decided that their patients, the entire opposing team, wasn’t responsive and needed help. The k...


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