Clint Cottle News Today

In the trailer to the film “Odd Hours. Cool Hat. No Pay,” a woman says, “They handed me a piece of paper and said, ‘fill this out. We have a meeting Wednesday night.’ My husband said, ‘where have you been?’ I said, ‘I think I joined the fire department.’” That’s exactly the response the Polson Fire Department hopes to get when they screen the free documentary at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Showboat Cinemas.

The wind that walloped the Mission Valley Sunday evening kept firefighters busy responding to a house fire in Polson and several runaway grass fires.

Montana State Elks Association delivered two checks March 14 to local fire departments as part of a major project program, "Aid to Rural Fire Departments."