Polson News

The city of Polson is looking at two major projects that will have a positive impact on updating water quality in the area.

Lake county and Tribal health departments will hold free H1N1 walk-in clinics every Tuesday from 1-4p.m. The clinics take place at the Lake County Public Health Department in Polson, and the Tribal Health department in Arlee, Elmo, Ronan and St.

Tuesday, the Board of Directors announced four finalists they will interview for the position of president of Salish Kootenai College, which is located here.

At a public meeting following the October crash of a tractor-trailer along the east shore of Flathead Lake, Montana Department of Transportation Director Jim Lynch told the audience a community effort to increase safe driving along Highway 35 would ultimately be more effective than attempts to restrict truck traffic along the roadway.

Montana Department of Transportation officials say they are taking some steps to make the highway corridors into the Flathead Valley safer.

CSKT Tribal Lands Department received the 'Agricultural Business of the Year' award for the first time, Saturday evening at the Annual Polson Chamber of Commerce Banquet meeting.

Class A football teams will find out today whether a week's worth of rest will benefit the top-ranked teams.

The Lake County Youth Home Festival of Trees will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 at the KwaTaqNuk Best Western Resort in Polson.

Two Polson residents were sentenced in U.S. District Court by in Missoula by Judge Donald Molloy for their roles in carrying out Food Stamp Fraud.

Lake County voters had a variety races and issues before them. The results for Polson Mayor show that Pat Devries bet incumbent Mayor Lou Marchello, 812-312. Meanwhile, the Polson Resort Tax has failed with 84% of Polson voters saying no to the 3% tax that would have been charged to specified goods and services for the purpose of reducing property ...

RONAN - Ronan police say a 20-year-old Polson man has been arrested in connection with the beating of a dog.

RONAN, Mont. -- Enforcement of Montana's Clean Air Act appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.

Last s pring, students at Polson High School decided they wanted to recognize a classmate.

POLSON - Lake County officials have arrested a 33-year-old St. Ignatius woman on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed several times.

The Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe will hold its primary election for the Tribal Council on Saturday, and then 10 days later folks in Polson, Ronan, St.

The unofficial election results are in the races for five seats on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Council.

POLSON - The Montana Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting to discuss safety issues related to Highway 35.

MTBoat Crash,0135 Judge accepts Barkus case, sets arraignment Eds: APNewsNow. KALISPELL, Mont.

If not for the quick work of a nearby home owner and a passerby, a chip truck driver probably would have suffered serious burns after the tractor-trailer he was driving went off the north side of the road on Highway 35 about five miles from Polson.

A total of 1,833 lake trout have been turned in the first two weekends of the 2009 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.