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Whitefish Credit Union supports schools through debit card Whitefish Credit Union supports schools through debit card

News from Whitefish Credit Union POLSON – Whitefish Credit Union, Montana’s largest credit union, donated more than $12,000 among eight local high schools during February through its School Spirit Debit Card campaign. Polson High School received $1,340. The Credit Union asked the commu...

Grants available through foundation

POLSON — The Greater Polson community Foundation invites 2017 grant applications from non-profit organizations with a 501c(3) status in the Greater Polson area. The application deadline is April 28, 2017. Since 2009, a total of $414,755.00 has been contributed to meet needs in the community. Grants ...

Business must report property by March 1

HELENA — The Montana Department of Revenue has mailed 2017 personal property reporting forms to business owners. Business and industrial taxpayers have until March 1, 2017, to report their business equipment or personal property to the department. Businesses need to report heavy equipment, manufactu...

Local men take advantage of window of opportunity Local men take advantage of window of opportunity

POLSON — When a door opens, go through it. If the door closes, go through a window, or something like that. Polson natives Aaron Purser and Mason Lagerquist saw such an opportunity after two glass shops closed as a result of the Great Recession, Purser said, and decided to take advantage of it. T...

Alberta organic farmer explores local food programs

News from Meadow Creek Farms, Alberta, Canada WESTERN MONTANA — Mandy Melnyk, an organic farmer from Alberta, toured Ronan and other regional areas the first few days of the new Trump administration, tasked with researching how funding structures help build food systems in Montana. “Throu...

Grant helps local business add jobs Grant helps local business add jobs

RONAN – Rocky Mountain Twist was one of five businesses across Montana selected for a grant to develop jobs. The Primary Sector Workforce grant, totaling $411,017, is part of a statewide initiative spread across five Montana businesses. Rocky Mountain Twist received the largest grant at $105,000 to ...

Protect privacy: be vigilant with data

News from Better Business Bureau Thanks to multiple publicized security breaches, 2016 has unofficially become known as “the year of the hack.” From Yahoo and Snapchat to the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service, it appears no one is safe from cyber-attacks. To help comb...

LCCDC to start leadership program

POLSON – The Lake County Community Development Corp. has a lot of irons in the fire. The non-profit regional economic development organization’s Executive Director Gypsy Ray spoke about where the organization is and where it’s headed at last week’s Polson Chamber of Commerce luncheon ...

Pitchfest Pitchfest

MISSOULA – Crowdfunded loans are the newest thing growing in Montana. “There are ways to make your dreams a reality,” according to Annie Heuscher, program director for the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition. On Thursday, Jan. 26, all three of the farms that presented at the nati...

Fire damages Polson business Fire damages Polson business

POLSON — A longtime Polson business suffered significant fire damage on the main floor of their building Thursday morning. A neighbor reported smoke coming from Schultz Refrigeration on First Street East around 4:30 a.m. Firefighters from Polson City Fire responded with mutual aide from Polson Rural...


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