The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Sunday included the following: 12:38 a.m. A woman who was house sitting on Blue Grouse Drive called in because she heard a dog barking in an “unusual tone” and the radio alarm in the house had gone off all by itself. She requested that deputies come […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. No. 1 Bigfork used a fourth quarter surge to take down the No. 3 Whitefish Lady Bulldogs 49-40 in the Northwest A divisional girls championship game. Both teams advance to the […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. The story of the Northwest A boys divisional championship game, and perhaps the entire tournament, was Ronan star Moss Tanner, who led his No. 3 Chiefs to a 60-53 victory over […]

When Shelley Jo Isaak begins one of her paper-cuttings, she finds it hard to pull herself away from the delicate, dauntingly intricate art. “I’m over them in my pajamas for two days straight,” Isaak says. “It takes a degree of focus that you’ve got to maintain.” Isaak’s work – what hasn’t been sold yet – […]

The Forest Service is preparing for a spring influx of people who want to gather morel mushrooms on the agency’s lands scorched by fires last summer. Burned lands are conducive to morels, which bring profit as stand-alone delicacies and as complements to other foods. Flathead National Forest officials are taking public comment until March 7 […]

WASHINGTON – He overhauled federal forest policy to cut more trees — and became a lightning rod for environmentalists who say he is intent on logging every tree in his reach. After nearly seven years in office, Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey still has a long to-do list. Near the top: Persuade a federal judge to […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. Two hours after the Whitefish boys stamped their ticket to the divisional championship game, the girls joined the party, knocking off No. 2 Libby 52-45 Friday evening. The No. 3 Lady […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. In a spectacular game between the second and third seeds in the Northwest A boys divisional semifinals, Ronan pulled out a 57-53 overtime win over the Columbia Falls Wildcats on Friday […]

In the heat of the season, David Lau’s day: morning practice, sprints, weight lifting, classes and more practice. Then there is eating healthy and keeping weight under control. “During wrestling season it’s a kind of lifestyle that everyone goes through together,” said Lau, a senior at Flathead High School. “You get out of it what […]

POLSON – A man who pleaded guilty to murdering an 18-year-old woman and dumping her body on a road near Arlee was sentenced Friday to 100 years in prison. Kelly Birmingham, 19, was accused of beating and strangling Tasheena Craft at the home of Craft’s mother on May 29. Craft had been living with her […]

A woman accused of embezzling thousands of dollars in activity funds from the Kalispell’s two high schools was released on her own recognizance after an initial court appearance Friday. Cindy Upwall, 44, voluntarily returned from California this week to face felony charges of theft by embezzlement after a warrant was issued for her arrest. Her […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. The Whitefish Lady Bulldogs used a 19-point halftime cushion en route to a comfortable 52-32 victory over the Columbia Falls Wildkats in the third game of the Northwest A divisional tournament. […]

Click here to see images from Thursday’s round one. Click here to see images from Friday’s semifinals. Click here for images from Saturday’s Championships. The Bigfork Vikings almost played the role of spoiler in Thursday’s Northwest A nightcap, but Ronan’s Moss Tanner made four free throws in the final 10 seconds to seal the Chiefs’ […]

LIBBY – A BNSF Railway freight train struck and injured a teenage boy who was walking next to tracks in Libby. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said the 16-year-old boy suffered broken bones in the incident and was airlifted to a hospital. The boy was walking with a female companion when he was struck just after […]

With the peaks of Glacier National Park visible through the window, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus told a crowd at Flathead Valley Community College Thursday that British Petroleum is dropping its plans for coal-bed methane exploration in the headwaters of the North Fork of the Flathead River in British Columbia. Baucus said he received a phone […]