The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Tuesday included the following: 6:30 a.m. The animal warden picked up three black lab puppies on the side of Pleasant Valley Road and took them to the shelter. 9:07 a.m. A resident on Haywire Gulch called in to report dogs at large. 9:56 a.m. Another Haywire […]

KALISPELL (AP) – The northwestern Montana town of Martin City will not be getting its post office back. Instead, the U.S. Postal Service will put up clusters of mailboxes for people who want their mail delivered to Martin City. Otherwise, residents will get their mail in Hungry Horse, about a mile away. The contractor who […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Nineteen senators, including five from Washington state, Idaho and Alaska, asked the Department of Homeland Security on Monday to delay new border-crossing rules that will mean longer lines and stiffer demands for identification for people entering the United States from Canada. In a letter to DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, the senators said […]

KALISPELL (AP) – The owner of a motel where a guest spent hours outside with his foot caught in an abandoned septic tank, suffering severe frostbite and eventually losing parts of two limbs, faces a misdemeanor charge. Larry Cummings, 69, owner of the White Birch Motel and RV Park, has been charged with negligent endangerment […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Sunday included the following: 12:50 a.m. Someone in Kalispell called in because they were suspicious of the noisy ice that was falling off their roof. 2:06 a.m. A Kalispell man was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center after he claimed some kids beat him up and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A top Senate Democrat unveiled a $156 billion economic stimulus package Monday that awards rebates to senior citizens living off Social Security and extends unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders pushing a narrower package. As the House planned a vote Tuesday on a plan that […]

Good morning and happy birthday to American Revolutionary Thomas Paine. The Flathead freeze continues. Topping local news, Lake County authorities announced yesterday they have made two arrests related to the Dec. 31 murder of a Ferndale man. The owner of a Kalispell motel is charged with reckless endangerment after a New Years Eve incident where […]

I sent my friend Bart back to Belgium early Monday morning with the ever so subtle feeling that his fingers might fall off. It was a cold week in the Flathead. Fortunately, the sleep-deprived weekend left him disoriented enough to temporarily forget about his frostbitten fingers. He left for the airport at 5:30 a.m. saying, […]

HELENA (AP) – Legislative leaders said Tuesday that they would oppose any plans to close caucuses to the public or limit access reporters have to the floor sessions. The issue came up at a legislative hearing dealing with the decade-old media lawsuit that forced lawmakers to open caucuses, along with other issues surrounding reporters covering […]

When Cafe Max Soup Company and the Blue Cow car wash open in the first week of February, the business plan will be simple: Pick one thing and do it well. The owners of Capers restaurant, a downtown Kalispell bistro, will be taking over the former Blue Cow Cafe that closed along with the Blue […]

Whitefish High School Speech and Debate headed to Columbia Falls High School for this year’s Class A State Tournament this past weekend. Whitefish ended the tournament with 92 points and a second place trophy. Columbia Falls came in first place with 127 points, and Billings Central followed Whitefish in third place with 72 points. Whitefish […]

FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) – Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., the nation’s second-largest railroad, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter earnings fell slightly as higher fuel costs pulled down record freight revenue. The company predicted that earnings per share will grow by double digits this year, partly due to less spending on expansion. Executives said the current […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Monday included the following: 5:56 a.m. Columbia Falls residents called in to report that after they had arrived home from a funeral they found that someone had broken into their home and stolen a large jar of change worth $3,000, another $100, a ring and some […]

WHITEFISH – Roadkill can feed a lot of people. That’s why June Munski-Feenan, executive director of the North Valley Food Bank, answers the phone in the middle of the night – might be someone calling about a dead elk. “There’s no wasted food here,” Munski-Feenan said. Munski-Feenan said North Valley Food Bank is the only […]

How many pennies does this gallon jar have?” asks first-grade teacher Sharon Lamar. “Five-thousand!” answers 6-year-old Ben Johnson. That’s $50, about one-seventh of a teachers’ salary in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It’s also several thousand pencils. “Every penny is a pencil for kids in Afghanistan,” explains 6-year-old Kylie Olson. She and her classmates learned these numbers […]