Good morning and happy “Mew Year for Cats” Day. Pour some champagne for cats tonight and maybe give them a little extra catnip. There’s not a ton of news coming off of the holidays, but we’ve got you covered. Our lead story for this week is a feature by freelance writer, photographer, and UM grad […]

Eating: Sal’s: Brandi’s favorite pizza spot is located on Avenue A between Fifth and Sixth streets. To get there, take the F train to the Second Avenue stop, get out, and walk east (Avenue A is directly east of First Avenue). Roxy Delicatessen: Jyndia loves this famous cheesecake place in Times Square, but with a […]

If you’re a Montanan visiting New York City, let’s face it, you’re a long way from home. Yes, there’s a “Naked Cowboy” posing for pictures in Times Square, and a metallic, anatomically correct bull statue near Wall Street. But the similarities seemingly end there. The population of Kalispell would fit into approximately one-fourth of a […]

First of all, I want to make it perfectly clear that this is not a political column. You can hassle Editor Kellyn about that stuff. He *enjoys* that sort of thing. Me, I’m the pragmatic type. Bring me facts, not sound bites. With that, let’s start the New Year properly. I havent annoyed anyone all […]

HELENA (AP) – Proposed Montana constitutional amendments, one advanced by abortion opponents and the other intended to limit tax increases, have cleared a state hurdle that allows the backers to start gathering petition signatures needed to put the measures on the ballot. Constitutional Initiative 100 defines a person as “a human being at all stages […]

HELENA (AP) – Montana Democrats prefer Sen. Hillary Clinton as their party’s presidential candidate, but a majority of Montana voters have an “unfavorable” impression of her, a new poll shows. Republicans in Montana have no clear favorite in the presidential race with about a month remaining before the party holds its caucus, a poll done […]

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that the Dec. 31 suspicious death of a Ferndale man is currently being investigated as a homicide. The victim was identified as Clyde Wilson, 24. Police received a call around 5:30 a.m. about shots fired the morning of the incident, and investigators spent the following two days at […]

It is all happening so fast. As we step out of the fog that is the holiday season, an election is upon us, or upon some – mainly Iowans – who must stay sharp to decide whom they give a head start in the race for the throne of the free world. Just when you […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Tuesday included the following: 12:29 a.m. Twenty mailboxes and newspaper tubes were smashed on Kienas Road. 1:04 a.m. Someone called in because there was a very drunken pedestrian drifting in and out of traffic near the Rainbow Bar in Kalispell. 1:33 a.m. A man called in […]

On Dec. 29 a snowmobiler riding along a groomed trail in the Canyon Creek area came upon a cow moose who subsequently kicked the machine and put its hoof through the sled’s hood. John Fraley, spokesman for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1, says the moose stayed on the path and challenged the sled […]

Blackwater USA has been in the news on a regular basis lately. Most of the press about Blackwater has been negative in nature. Two events that took place in Iraq involving employees of Blackwater have become an obsession for a small but vocal minority with political motives. The two incidents are being used to promote […]

“A normal snow year used to be mid-December through mid-March,” says Laura Nugent, owner of the Outback Ski Shack at the Whitefish Golf Course cross-country ski trails. However, the season seems to be shrinking – especially for Nordic areas located on valley floor elevations. Glacier Nordic Ski Club once hosted a ski race in mid-March. […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – All eyes may be on Iowa and New Hampshire, but many of them are rolling. Despite efforts to evict the two states from the front of the presidential calendar, both managed to hang on for another election cycle that culminates with the Iowa caucuses on Thursday and the New Hampshire primary […]

LIBBY (AP) – It appears the wife in a Libby couple dead from an apparent murder-suicide fired the gun that wounded them fatally, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department concluded. “It’s really not much of a whodunit,” said Lt. Detective Jim Sweet. “The evidence is pretty clear-cut. We’re confident that this was a murder-suicide, and he […]

Fireworks explode over a crowd at Whitefish Mountain Resort during the 4th Annual New Years Eve Rockin’ Rail Jam and Torchlight Parade as mountain employees zigzag down Ed’s Run, right, carrying torches creating a red “s” shape on the slope.