The Kalispell Public Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Liz English at a Tuesday night special meeting

Seven protesters have been charged with criminal trespassing after a Monday afternoon demonstration in support of Missoula Rep. Zooey Zephyr

The demonstration erupted after Speaker of the House Rep. Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, declined to allow Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, one of two transgender lawmakers in the Legislature, to speak

House Bill 257, introduced by Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, would bolster work-based learning, advanced courses and experimental education in Montana public schools

Voters in Columbia Falls will elect three school board trustees to serve three-year terms

Keri Hill, an incumbent candidate, is an esthetician, mother and Columbia Falls high school graduate

Barb Riley is a real estate broker and former school board trustee who has lived in Columbia Falls with her family for 35 years.

Megan Upton, a graduate of the Columbia Falls schools, is a small business owner, licensed massage therapist, and mother to two children

Jonathan Foust is a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army Reserve and lives in Columbia Falls with his wife and two children

TJ Middlesworth, a Flathead Valley native, owns an independent financial advisory practice and is a father to three daughters in the Columbia Falls School District

Kalispell voters will elect three school board trustees, and will vote on elementary and high school levies

Jinnifer Mariman is a lawyer in Kalispell who has served on various local boards and is the mother of two children in the Kalispell schools.

Shaun Pandina is an entrepreneur who grew up in the Flathead Valley and has four children in the Kalispell schools.

Krista Buls has lived in the Flathead Valley since 2008 with her husband and six children, all of whom have attended the Kalispell Public Schools.

Scott Warnell, a former school resource police officer, is completing his first term on the Kalispell School Board.