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This time of year, you’ll find Samantha Rensvold with the ball in her hands in the middle of the pitching circle – a position ...
A second suspect in the death of Edwin Loder, 67, is in custody at the Lake County Jail. Jonathan Michael Drennan-Beck, 30, ...
We are gathered at Salish Kootenai College to celebrate Earth Day, and to follow the teachings of tribal elders: to take care of all we have been given, our lands and waters and air, the plants and ...
CHS Mountain West Co-op opened a new facility that’s specifically designed for 18 wheelers two weeks ago. The new five-pump station is located just south of the current Cenex building in Ronan. “We ...
If one had closed their eyes going by Polson City Hall this past Saturday, they might have thought it was summer. The sound of laughter and light conversation filled the air, the sun was out, and the ...
With spring approaching comes warmer weather and new life to the Flathead Indian Reservation. As wildlife in our area begin their new families, people are more likely to encounter their young. When ...
In our rural state, Public Broadcasting is extremely popular – and important. Many of us make long drives and do our work to National Public Radio programming: music, talk shows, history and science ...
The imposition of sentencing was deferred for three years in District Court in Polson April 30 for a man accused of making threats to St. Ignatius Elementary School. Nathan Luke Smith, 42, entered ...
In 2008, during my last year in the Montana Legislature, a woman came to me with a problem. I don’t remember much about it. It couldn’t have been important to anyone but her. Anyway, I told her I ...
Two Eagles River School students join in with their concert phone lights at the Art Slam held last Thursday. (Berl Tiskus/Leader) TERS student vocalist Markie Marks sings for the crowd at the Art Slam ...
The events surrounding Beker Rengifo Del Castillo, the 33-year-old Venezuelan man living in Whitefish and taken into ICE custody on April 24 before being released, speak to the efficacy of community ...
We are devastated to announce that our family rock, Wendy Rae Fairchild, passed unexpectedly at home in Polson on Monday, April 21, 2025. Wendy was born Aug. 31, 1962, to Mary Ann and Leon Person in ...