A well-attended Kootenai Culture Committee Elders Council meeting got updates from the Preservation Office on its projects and the Montana Department of Transportation’s Perma Curves redesign and reconstruction project. 

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On February 11 your Polson Police Department executed a search warrant on a hotel room in the Red Lion Inn as a result of a drug investigation.

Flathead Lake Biological Station, located on the lake’s east side, is the second-oldest research station in the U.S.

Love Lives Here in the Flathead is teaming up with the Native American Student Association at Flathead Valley Community College in room 139 at the Arts & Technology Building at FVCC to bring awareness to the issue of human trafficking and offer training for community members.

Polson eatery shines in new documentary

Be creative, be daring, while having fun sharing your talent at Mission Valley Has Talent 2020.

The Montana Department of Revenue has an important message to income tax filers

Rural Montana families now have a new way to prepare their children for kindergarten at home thanks to a large federal grant.

Trump budget fully funds lawsuit attacking protections for Montanans with pre-existing conditions

In a proposed budget released by President Donald Trump earlier this week, the National Park Service would lose nearly $600 million in funding

See how Polson Montana is expressing love for their kids!

Better safe than sorry

Once again there were a wide array of issues and updates on them on the agenda for the February Salish Pend d’Oreille Committee Elders Council meeting.

Coyote Stories are a time immemorial part of many Aboriginal people’s oral traditions including the Salish and Pend d’Oreille tribes.

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Morigeau is the first statewide candidate to earn multiple tribal endorsements

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has named Casey Winn Lozar as a vice president and director of its Center for Indian Country Development

U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people for temporary jobs across the country and several dozen members from CSKT

The prevalence of chronic wasting disease in Montana has created “a new reality” for hunters and wildlife managers, just two years after it was first detected in the state.

Additional Montana case related to national outbreak identifiedDepartment of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials have identified one additional case of illness related to the national outbreak of e-cigarette use, or vaping.

A variety of emerging technologies and innovative practices are being adopted widely by producers to improve soil health, and interest in these technologies and practices is spreading quickly. 

They say it takes a village to raise a child. It also takes community member support to beautify the unique village of Polson.

Budget priorities include Operation Lady Justice to address the missing and murdered crisis, investing in tribal energy production and broadband development, full funding for Contract Support Costs and a new account for Payments for Tribal Leases

Budget Priorities include BIE’s Strategic Direction initiative, broadband expansion in schools, and tribal student success

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is recommending proposed changes to the wolf hunting and trapping seasons in Region 1

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The advisory council will gather in the Ponderosa Room at City Hall, 952 E. Spruce, in Libby on both days.

Each year, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission (MFWP) allows one conservation group to auction off a permit that allows the winner to hunt in any moose hunting district in the state.

Contestants can register and pay fees online, or download a registration form

Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians becomes eighth tribe in Montana

On behalf of the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation, we send good wishes to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

Kati Burton, CSKT Tribal Health Dietitian and Ginger Pitts SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator from Montana State University teamed up and taught a creative commods class.

alish Kootenai College’s Indigenous Perspectives and Sights course welcomed Early Childhood Services participants, children and adults to a family dinner at the Evelyn Stevenson Building to pass on traditional coyote stories

Foodways of the Flathead: Stories, Recipes, and Connections

Preparations are underway for the Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority to sponsor two high school basketball teams (9 girls and 9 boys) to participate in the 35th Annual AMERIND All West Native American 100 Basketball Classic

The 2020 Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) attracted a record large audience numbering in the hundreds from the Montana region and beyond.

We are looking for mentors who want to share their interests, skills, and passions with our kids.

Trained Court Appointed Special Advocate Guardian ad Litem’s volunteer time, energy and effort advocating for our most vulnerable children.

MT Department of Agriculture will accept hemp applications through April 30

Montana Department of Livestock reported that a single game farm elk in eastern Montana has been confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on a proposal to purchase a conservation easement that would protect approximately 50 acres of important fish and wildlife habitat along the Kootenai River

Rocky Mountain College will host actor Gary Farmer in its third installment of the Presidential Lecture Series

February is the month of love and at the library we are celebrating not only “Library Lovers’ Month” but also “I Love to Read Month”.

Northwest Tribes call on Federal Government to respect Tribal opposition to controversial environmental decisions that impact traditional lands

Gov. Steve Bullock’s Climate Solutions Council officially reached the halfway mark in its deliberations this week with the approval of a suite of draft recommendations designed to bring greenhouse gas emissions from Montana’s electrical grid to net-zero by 2035.