Good morning; on the Beacon today, as a man who has dedicated his life to storytelling and articulating the realities of war, acclaimed writer Tim O’Brien arrives in Kalispell with a clear message, if not a plea: please read. Over three decades, Stillwater Christian School has built a reputation as one of the most dominant athletic powers in the Montana Christian Athletic Association (MCAA). The gym itself is an apt reflection of how far the school’s athletics have come. The common-law wife of a Kalispell homicide suspect pleaded guilty to evidence tampering and felony theft. Both charges are connected to the murder of 49-year-old Wesley Collins. A woman accused of destroying a controversial piece of artwork in northern Colorado, fifty-six-year-old Kathleen Folden of Kalispell, is out of jail.
Federal officials on Thursday denied Montana’s request to hunt gray wolves in response to increasing attacks on livestock and elk, leaving a settlement with environmentalists as the most immediate hope for the state to regain control over the endangered predators. A district judge ruled Thursday that an initiative to cap interest rates on payday loans will stay on the November ballot after opponents failed to prove signatures had been improperly gathered. A man brutally attacked by an unleashed pit bull at a Mineral County campground is raising questions about the sheriff’s department’s response to the incident. Because most jobs in the future will require some kind of postsecondary education, more Montanans need to go on to college, said state Commissioner of Higher Education Sheila Stearns. For the Montana Paranormal Research Society, Halloween comes more than once a year.