The quarterly reports to the Federal Election Commission span the period from Jan. 1 to March 31. After a month of shakeups to the state’s federal races, the reports offer a first glimpse at where candidates may stand in the newly shaped primaries for the western congressional district and U.S. Senate.

This week's petition for an independent review panel comes as Indigenous leaders from Montana, Idaho and B.C. close ranks to resist a coal mine expansion proposal in the transboundary Elk-Kootenai river watershed until the decades-old pollution problem is resolved

Four area teams will look to defend their state titles as another year of high school competition winds down

A Western rock band with a fondness for the road, Radio Ranch always finds its way back to the Flathead Valley music scene. The trio will open for Paul Cauthen on Saturday night at Majestic Valley Arena.