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Ronan seniors for March 6, 2019

RONAN — Every Wednesday in March there will be volunteers at the Ronan Senior Center to help you prepare your taxes. The service is free but you need to make an appointment; to make an appointment call the center at 406-676-2371. Our monthly evening meal will be held on March 14. The menu will include ...

The concentration was palpable in the Ronan Performing Arts Center as 40 middle school students from across the county strained to recall the correct spellings of words from “quesadilla” to “tsunami.” In the end, St. Ignatius eighth grader Michelle Jury took first place in the a...

Local hunters’ education class announced

LAKE COUNTY – Classes for the Polson, Ronan and Pablo spring hunter education course will start Tuesday, March 5, in room 118 of the Beaverhead math and science building on the Salish Kootenai College campus in Pablo. All classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m and sign-in opens at 6 p.m. S...

Soup competition helps food pantries

RONAN – Glacier View Seventh-day Adventist Church broke all records when they raised 7,951 cans of soup during their 10th annual Souper Bowl. The soup was divided equally between the Ronan Bread Basket and the Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry.  Quoting a letter of appreciation from the Bread ...

Bulldogs bite at state postseason chances Bulldogs bite at state postseason chances

RONAN – First year Mission Bulldog boys’ basketball head coach Stuart Grant had his team playing for a berth at the State B tournament in Belgrade on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The game was played after press deadline. Final game results can be found at www.valleyjournal.net.  Due to Loyola’...

Sports shorts for Feb. 27 2019

Boys Basketball Polson Pirates During the Western A Boys Divisional Basketball Tournament in Hamilton, the Polson Pirate 2018-2019 basketball season came to an end during this past weekend. The Pirates fell 81-34 to the Dillon Beavers on Thursday evening and dropped a close 67-63 overtime battle ...

Briefs for Feb. 20, 2019

Dixon school to celebrate 100th birthday  DIXON – Plans are underway to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Dixon school. The school, as it stands to this day, opened in 1919. The school evolved from a one-room, one-teacher school to its present building consisting of grades one through 12 an...

Local eye doctor retires after 47 years of restoring sight Local eye doctor retires after 47 years of restoring sight

RONAN – Dr. Jim Ofstad’s career as an optometrist in Ronan changed drastically since he started seeing patients in 1972.  When he retired from Ronan Eye Clinic in December he was seeing patients in a large building that he designed himself, working with a broad team and seeing patients fr...

46 employees to lose jobs at Kicking Horse Job Corps

By Karen Peterson   Valley Journal  RONAN – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes informed the employees at Kicking Horse Job Corps that the center will be completely closed as of Feb. 28.  CSKT Communications Director Rob McDonald said the tribe was working with the Depar...

Award-winning banjo player to perform Feb. 15 Award-winning banjo player to perform Feb. 15

RONAN – The humble banjo will take on a new dimension when Jayme Stone Folklife brings his quartet to the Mission Valley on Friday, Feb. 15. Stone is a composer, banjoist, producer and educator. He also likes to refer to himself as an instigator. He is performing at 7 p.m. at the Ronan Performing Ar...


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