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Average harvest in west-central Montana, up in the northwest
The general big game hunting season that opened Oct. 26 concluded Sunday, Dec. 1 across Montana. Despite fewer hunters than in years past in northwest Montana, the overall number of harvested deer...
Free counseling available to help people heal from abuse
To the members of the Seeley Lake community, Have you ever had a dating partner who: • Embarrassed you or put you down? • Controlled who you see, where you go or what you do? • Took your money o...
Building a music program from the ground up
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake resident Sandra Abbott became the music director at Seeley-Swan High School last January. She is now teaching general music to all ages at Seeley Lake Elementary School...
SLE to start strategic planning process
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School board plans to undertake the creation of a strategic plan for the school in the coming months. They voted at their Nov. 19 meeting to hire Dr. Daniel Farr to help with the process. Farr came highly...
Kauffman represents SSHS for fourth year in All-Star Ensemble
MISSOULA – Seeley-Swan High School trombone player Jayla Kauffman returned for her fourth year with the University of Montana High School All-Star Band Nov. 8-10. While this experience was very...
Newsrooms statewide join forces to explore aging in Montana
HELENA, MONTANA — Growing old may not be for the faint of heart but, as anyone over 40 will tell you, it sure beats the alternative. Montana is in the process of putting that truism to the test. The state’s median age, according to U.S. Census...
Clearwater Resource Council welcomes new executive director
SEELEY LAKE – Clearwater Resource Council hired Caryn Miske as their new executive director this past October. Miske is looking forward to working with the CRC board to support the mission of CRC...
Merrily Van Austin Dunham 1941 - 2019
MISSOULA- Merrily Van Austin Dunham died at home on Oct. 30. She was 77 years of age. Merrily was born Dec. 23, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah as Velva (Van Tromp) and Mark W. Austin's only child. She...
DEQ issues caution for algae bloom
SEELEY LAKE – Based on photos received Oct. 18, the Department of Environmental Quality confirmed blue-green algae was present along the east shore on the north end of Seeley Lake. While not all...
SSHS recognizes volleyball seniors
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School recognized their senior volleyball athletes and managers along with their families at the last volleyball home game of the season Saturday, Oct....
Potomac School welcomes new junior high teacher
POTOMAC - Jessica Van Kerkhove is a new junior high social studies and intervention teacher for Potomac School. She looks forward to working with all the students and staff and getting to know the...
Working cooperatively at Seeley Lake Elementary
SEELEY LAKE – Zoe Mohesky is the new third grade teacher at Seeley Lake Elementary. She is co-teaching with Kristy Pohlman for the year and is looking forward to getting to know her students, the...
Flathead National Forest Supervisor Chip Weber to Retire
KALISPELL - Chip Weber, the Forest Supervisor for the Flathead National Forest, has announced his plans to retire Jan. 1, 2020 after a 33-year career that has taken him to four different regions of the Forest Service and seven different National Fore...
Concerns raised over proposed removal of Elbow Lake dam
ELBOW LAKE – Residents on Elbow Lake are facing what they feel is an inevitable decision by the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to...
AAI Open Book Club presents "Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West"
Remember your first glimpse of Glacier National Park or your initial trip to Yellowstone National Park? Livingston author John Taliaferro's encompassing biography of George Bird Grinnell enables the...
Blackhawks meet tough competition at Mountain West
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan High School Cross Country team took to the University of Montana Golf Course for the annual Mountain West Classic, Sept. 28. Due to the Blackhawks homecoming activities in Seeley, the five high school racers all ran with...
From Eagles to Blackhawks - Helping students succeed
SEELEY LAKE – After 14 years of teaching at Seeley Lake Elementary School, Michele Holmes is now the business teacher, librarian, instructional coach and Title 1 support at Seeley-Swan High School....
Comment period open on draft Statewide Recreation Plan
HELENA – Montana State Parks is seeking public comment on the Montana Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP). Comments will be accepted through Thursday, Oct.17 at 5 p.m. The new SCORP, titled “Sustaining Montana’s Outdoor...
Montana is the oldest state in the West. Demographics tell the tale
HELENA - Montana is, in fact, a country for old men, and women too, according to demographic statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, which indicate that based on median age, Montana holds the...
Failing Windfall
SWAN VALLEY – She was born on a cold winter day, wrapped and warm, high above the headwaters, in the same landscape where she later gave birth to celebrated triplets. Her neighbors loved her and many people experienced firsthand the wonder of those...
Leading through their own learning
SEELEY LAKE – After setting up camp, students dotted the shores of Rainy Lake in their quest to catch lunch. This was just one of the four opportunities offered for Seeley-Swan High School Discovery...
Arrive Alive! Tour comes to Seeley Lake, Sept. 18
SEELEY LAKE – "I realized my daughter [Laurisa] was just like everyone else, a habitual offender of texting and driving," said Jenny Ross, trauma coordinator for Community Medical Center who has...
William (Bill) Oscar Keiper 1922 - 2019
SEELEY LAKE - William Oscar Keiper (Bill) passed away on Aug. 29. He was born Aug. 26,1922 in south St. Paul, Minn. to Henry Jacob and Celestia Jane Fletcher Keiper. He grew up on the family farm in e...
Twenty years promoting the arts in Seeley Lake
SEELEY LAKE – The power was out. Grizzly Claw Trading Co. Owners Dee and Susan Baker were prepared for a great sales day during the heart of their first summer in business. Now it was so dark in...
Estate planner offers no cost appointments, Oct. 30
In past years Dr. Marsha A. Goetting, Montana State University Extension Family Economics Specialist, has presented programs about the need for all Montanans to take action and plan their estates. If...