GREAT FALLS (AP) – A Browning man accused of killing his brother-in-law and leaving the body at the bottom of an overlook was found guilty of deliberate homicide Friday. Michael “Max” Miller was accused of killing LaMar Windham, 45, in June 2006. “They got him,” said Mary Griffin, Windham’s sister-in-law. “I feel good now. I […]

Jason Gober and Tracey Collins are bringing a little of their hometown to Whitefish. The pair of Chicago-borns recently opened the Empire Café, which specializes in hot dogs. Not your average grocery store variety, but straight from the Vienna Beef Factory. “I grew up five blocks from there,” says Gober. “They’re the real deal.” With […]

KALISPELL (AP) – A fourth person has been arrested in connection with an October disturbance at a Creston home that led to the arrest of two fugitives from Oregon. Cacheral Delorean, 46, was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of obstructing justice. Investigators allege she allowed Daniel J. Schwindt, 40, and […]

As the sun cast shadows across the fairway at Whitefish Lake Golf Course, Chelsea Ray was getting ready to tee-off on the back nine. She had shot a 43 on the front and had to make a showing if she was going to win the Ladies Club Championship. Show she did. Shooting a 34 on […]

Whitefish’s girls volleyball team made it to the state championship game yet again with a victory over Libby on Friday, but lost to Lewistown 3-1 in the title match on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs were going for their fourth straight Class A championship and sixth in the last seven years. Whitefish didn’t make it easy […]

Whitefish City Council candidate Turner Askew was at the Flathead County Election Department Friday morning to file for a hand recount of votes. While initial election results Tuesday night showed Askew narrowly beating Martin McGrew for the third open seat on the council, subsequent recounts had McGrew edging out Askew by two votes. Askew said […]

Live Music: Friday: Silver’s Platter at The Cottage; Good Wood Trio at Scotty’s; Déjà Vu at the Great Northern Bar Saturday: Big Daddy and the Blue Notes at The Lodge at Whitefish Lake; All the World’s a Stage at Whitefish Middle School; Nikki Deneul at the Overflowing Cup; Déjà Vu at the Great Northern; Mobile […]

HELENA (AP) – Lawmakers mulling global warming issues were told that big hurdles face advance technologies like converting coal to liquid fuel, and the methods for capturing carbon dioxide could result in big price increases for electricity. The Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee also got a glimpse Thursday at a draft climate change report headed […]

A Kalispell timber trucker has filed federal charges against the Butte-based Teamsters, saying the union threatened his job illegally and demanded dues without adequately providing information about the union’s expenses, as required by law. Michael Weller, an employee of Hanson Trucking and Resin Haulers Inc. in Columbia Falls, is not a member of the Teamsters […]

Good morning and Happy Independence Day to all our Cambodian readers. Dan Testa talked to Flathead Election Supervisor Monica Eisenzimer who said Turner Askew’s initial two-vote victory for Whitefish City Council was overturned on second count because election workers were stuffing mail-in ballots into the voting machines too quickly. Askew must decide by Thanksgiving whether […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Thursday and Friday morning included the following: 7:53 a.m. A stereo was stolen out of a vehicle on Cooperative Way in Kalispell. There was no forced entry. 10:15 a.m. An inmate in the Detention Center punched another inmate for running his mouth. The abusive inmate is […]

On signs, on the radio, on fliers at the local coffee shop, the same question is posed: “Have you joined the Ron Paul revolution?” I haven’t – my vote is still up for grabs. But, as his Flathead Valley support continues to swell, plenty of area Paul backers are ready to cast theirs. It began […]

For years television specials and entertainment magazines have rolled out the “Where Are They Now?” feature for celebrities who dominated the zeitgeist for a brief interval before sinking back into the routine anonymity most of us inhabit. Those specials were alternately funny, depressing and inspiring, depending on who ended up where. But with the advent […]

The Montana and Montana State football teams are on the road this weekend, with the Grizzlies looking to stay unbeaten as they head for the FCS playoffs for the 15th consecutive year and the Bobcats hoping to end the season on a positive note for the seniors. No. 3 Montana (9-0, 6-0 Big Sky) plays […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Buried in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate are calls for spending on handmade cheese, repairs to historic barns and help for stressed-out farmers — programs that have drawn the ire of some Republicans. The $286 billion bill has been excoriated as too expensive by conservatives, taxpayer advocates and the […]