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Legislature Fast Tracking Bill Requested by Governor Gianforte In his inauguration speech, one of the promises made by Governor Greg Gianforte was to eliminate the state’s masking mandate through two avenues, one through vaccination and the other through legislation. On Friday, Gianforte announced his support for SB 65; legislation sponsored by Senator Fitzpatrick designed to offer liability protections to businesses, health care providers, places of worship, and nonprofit organizations that ...

Independent School District 318 students will be returning to buildings on Monday, Jan. 11. “Our goal has always been to have as many students return to our buildings as was safely possible,” explained Superintendent Matt Grose. ISD 318 put a temporary distance reset in place on Nov. 23 due to severe staffing shortages in their schools. The intention was to have a two-week reset, but the district was forced to extend distance learning due to increased staff illness and quarantines. Su...

January 5 Local restaurants encourage diners to support United Way Throughout the months of October and November, local restaurants teamed up with United Way of 1000 Lakes to participate in this year’s Dining United, which helps to raise funds for their annual campaign. Participating restaurants included 17th Street Grill, Bixbys, Brewed Awakenings, Culver’s, Forest Lake Lounge and downstairs steakhouse, Locker Room Bar and Grill, Pickled Loon Saloon, Rapids Brewing Company, Toivoâ€...

Today is a historic day for Montana taxpayers, ranchers, farmers, and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Water is life, and the Compact honors our trust responsibilities, creates jobs, and prevents decades of costly litigation while investing in infrastructure and providing certainty to water users everywhere. I am proud to have led the effort to get this Compact signed into law, and I will continue working with the Tribes and water users to hold the government accountable and ensure it i...

Montanas Christmas village prepares for last minute holiday shoppers and last updated 2020-12-25 10:58:13-05 BIGFORK — In Montana’s own Christmas village many are out doing last minute holiday shopping, all while supporting local businesses. “There is a statistic for every dollar you spend in locally owned business over 82-percent stays in the community, and I think it’s even more in Bigfork," said Rebekah King, the Bigfork Chamber of Commerce Executive Director. King says ...

Dozens of Bigfork, Deer River and Grands Rapids health care professionals received the county’s first vaccine doses on Dec. 21, with plans for rolling out to the rest of the county as supplies are available.  Cass Lake Hospital, which also serves Itasca residents, was the country’s first Indian health system facility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, which it provided on Dec. 14 to Leech Lake Band elders and health care professionals.  “It’s a good to see vaccinations r...

Glenn Emanuel Rogers fell asleep on December 11, 2020, here on Earth and awoke next to Angels as he was accompanied on this journey by a band of angels that included: his parents Emanuel and Marie Rogers, his brother Allen Rogers, his two sons Glenn Raymond and Mark Lee James and his wife of 50 years, Vicki Rogers. Glenn, a lifelong resident of Ronan, only left his hometown to attend college in Spokane - where he met his future wife Vicki. Upon completion of his studies, he moved back to ...

Harlem student nominated to U.S. military academies Sen. Tester nominates 19 of Montana’s best, brightest students to Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Marine Academies   Note: This was provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester  WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced he is nominating 19 Montana students to be admitted to the country’s four prestigious military service academies, including nominating Harlem student  Alaynee Hawley to the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S....

Last week, the Itasca County Board of Commissioners approved the abatement of taxes for Anderson Fabrics which is considering expanding into a location in Bigfork where e2ip Technologies is currently operating. The CEO of e2ip Technologies announced in May that the Bigfork location would be closing and moving operations to their headquarters in Montreal, Canada. E2ip works primarily with the aviation industry and has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Background President/CEO of Anders...

Bossy on at nasa? >> yes, i did. i had to get my bossy on sometimes. ♪ i always played piano. for many years i thought i was going to be a piano teacher, but my track changed after my dad moved us to florida and i saw rocket launches. >> reporter: youre retired now in montana but there was a point where you actually wanted to retire on mars. >> well, i thought they should have a geriatric program. 15 years ago i would have been a volunteer. >> reporter: so, when you come outside and you look a...