Easel’s with construction plans popped up all over town; at the post office, community meetings, and school meetings. They illustrated the school board’s request for a $5.5 million bond at Bigfork Elementary and $11.1 million for Bigfork High. On October 9th, the community’s votes were counted. The Elementary Bond passed by 81 votes, The High […]

KALISPELL (AP) – A Kalispell woman told investigators she was reaching down to pick something up when her truck swerved and crashed nearly head-on into an unmarked sedan being driven by a Montana Highway Patrol trooper, killing him. JenniRae Bloom, 22, suffered a broken leg in the crash Tuesday morning. She was not wearing a […]

Airborne pollutants in Glacier National Park have reached alarming levels, often much higher than other U.S. national parks, according to a recently completed three-year field study. Dixon Landers, the senior research environmental scientist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, presented “Glacier National Park: Airborne Contaminants, Sources and Risk to Park Ecosystems” to a small crowd […]

Over the past decade, life in the Flathead has been defined by rapid growth. And in coming years change will remain the defining characteristic of our region. It will come in expanded city boundaries – large commercial growth to the north and south, residential booms to the south and west. In 3,000-home subdivisions; some unaffordable […]

Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul made national news last week, surprising political analysts and his rivals when he reported raising $5.08 million in the third quarter. While the total amount raised by Paul’s campaign is still small compared to the coffers of the top four seeking the GOP nomination, Paul was the […]

If you haven’t read the Bozeman Daily Chronicle’s interview with former Montana State University football coach Mike Kramer, you should. It’s easy to feel sorry for the man who brought the program back to prominence; the poor guy now feels uncomfortable even showing his face around the college town. According to the report, Kramer “has […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Monday included the following: 12:19 a.m. A man that was involved in heated row with his wife stabbed himself with a knife. When deputies arrived he refused medical assistance and was taken to jail on assault charges. 6:58 a.m. A window was found broken at Pierson […]

Good Morning and happy Ugandan Independence Day. Compared to yesterday, when many of you had the day off, it’s probably not quite as happy. Dan Testa is at the Faith Summit hosted by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus in Kalispell this morning (we’ll post a story on it later today). So, you’re stuck with me to […]

Check your mailbox. This week, residents in greater Whitefish received an eight-page document from the City Council, a response to an earlier mailing from a group called the Sensible Land Use. At the heart of the controversy is the proposed Critical Areas Ordinance, which seeks to protect drinking water, watersheds, and Whitefish Lake. The 24-page […]

Francy McAllister, a social studies and English teacher at Kalispell Junior High School, thought she was going to an assembly Tuesday afternoon to help monitor kids. Instead, she left with business cards, a crystal apple trophy, two plaques, a banner, a tote, a pen, a lanyard and a check for $10,000. The money and prizes […]

Flathead High School 18 – Touchdowns thrown by junior quarterback Brock Osweiler with three regular season games remaining 23 – School record for touchdown passes in a season 279 – Passing yards per game by Osweiler 96 – Length in yards of Sam Tedrow’s opening touchdown kickoff return against Great Falls High 799 – Receiving […]

At the beginning of the second day of Sen. Max Baucus’s, D-Mont., Faith Summit at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell Tuesday, the senator explained his ground rules for the conference and got some unexpected applause. The first rule, he said, was to leave politics at the door, causing the several hundred audience members in […]

I find it interesting, being a fan of living, that I’m so infatuated with a season where the prominent natural fascinations are death, decay and departure. We call it fall. The crunch of a decaying leaf under my foot; the migration of summer birds to sunnier destinations; the yellowing of grass as it cowers under […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Tuesday included the following: 7:48 a.m. Wheels and tires were stolen from a PT Cruiser on the lot at Kari Dodge. 9:02 a.m. Someone smeared grease and tipped some things over at the gravel pit on Cemetery Road. 9:11 a.m. A dump truck spilled some gravel […]

BOZEMAN (AP) – The Montana State football program’s continuing failure to meet NCAA academic standards could cost the team practice time in addition to scholarships when penalties for the 2006-07 school year are handed out, officials said. But athletics director Peter Fields said the school and new football coach Rob Ash are creating a culture […]