It took about a minute to complete the first deposit at the new First Interstate Bank on U.S. 93, and almost as long to find a pen to write the inaugural check. Following a short search, James Stremme of Torrent Technologies, Inc., located a pen on the other side of the counter and signed a […]

KALISPELL (AP) – A construction worker was seriously injured Thursday after falling more than 40 feet in Glacier National Park, a park news release said. The 18-year-old man fell in a construction zone east of the East Tunnel on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, the release said. His name was withheld pending notification of family. The incident […]

In the Whitefish Farmer’s Market on Tuesday evening, Terry Divoky whips out a wildflower field guide to show an inquirer what a wild penstemon looks like in bloom. Another shopper stops by to ask advice about planting his wildflower seeds. A connoisseur of native plants, Divoky sells potted wildflowers indigenous to Montana soils. But she […]

HELENA – If Montana’s Republican convention provided any insight into the strength, morale and strategy of the GOP, it happened with a reminder of its worst recent defeat. It wasn’t when presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed the roughly 200 delegates Friday morning over steak and eggs. It wasn’t when Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams said […]

KILA – On the highway leading to Kila there’s a sign, understated in size and message, that asks, “Got Water?” It’s there to make people think, Helen Pilling explained. It’s also evidence of an otherwise sleepy community raising its voice, if only a decibel, to exert some control over how its community grows – a […]

Last year Relay for Life organizers in Bigfork tried to raise $72-thousand dollars for cancer research. They collected $76-thousand. This year, they’ve boosted their goal to $80-thousand. “Which is a lot for a little town to raise,” says Event Chairwoman Diane Cautzman. T-shirt orders went in and flyers advertising team fundraisers are popping up all […]

BOZEMAN (AP) – Two incoming freshman Montana State University football players allegedly broke into the mayor’s house early Monday while attempting to elude police. The men – Clay Bignell, 19, of Avon, and Daniel Ogden, 18, of Kalispell – and two others had been egging houses, police said. They were running from police at about […]

The first time Neil DeZort dislocated his shoulder he was a little bummed, not because his arm was dangling limply, but because he still wanted to ride. So his trainer popped his shoulder back in place and the freshman bareback rider was on a bucking horse again two days later. The same shoulder popped out […]

It was an exercise in restraint at Wednesday’s meeting of the Flathead Basin Commission during the question and answer period over two proposed mining projects in the headwaters of the North Fork of the Flathead River in British Columbia. David Grace, of the environmental protection division of the B.C. ministry of the environment, answered questions […]

Last evening, Columbia Falls’ Boy Scout Troop 41 made its way up the Columbia Mountain Trail, spending about 3 hours hiking up and down the mountain. The Columbia Mountain Trail leaves Columbia Heights near the Heights’ Flathead River fishing access and climbs between 7 and 8 miles to the peak of Columbia Mountain. The first […]

About a month ago, Montana West Economic Development (MWED) issued a press release noting that an Oklahoma man (Mike Strotheide) was going to step into the soon-to-be vacant spot left by a departing Liz Marchi. It spoke of the exponential growth and success of the MWED organization, and its transition from little Jobs Now into […]

That grizzly can swim. A grizzly bear that swam back and forth on Swan Lake to Crane Mountain, near Flathead Lake, has been captured. The two-and-half-year-old male grizzly was captured June 22 on private land on Crane Mountain. The bear had been frequenting residences near Swan Lake for the past few weeks, and swimming the […]

In this school, children share their classroom with chipmunks, squirrels and deer, and the hallways are lined with gravel. What kind of school lets children scream at the tops of their lungs and go as fast as they can in the halls? The Whitefish Mountain Resort Bike Academy, of course. Here, recess is always in […]

He grips the steering wheel, black gloves stretched over white knuckles. The engine’s roar echoes in the bare metal of his racecar. His hands jar the wheel left; his body tenses up while rubber tires squeal on the asphalt below. He glances out of the side of his helmet, jockeying for position. Suddenly he collides […]

Detailed results from this weekend’s Plains Invitational, where C-Falls took 2nd place. 2007 Plains Invitational – 6/23/2007 to 6/24/2007 Results Combined Team Scores 1. Bitterroot Swim Team 2000 2. Columbia Falls Swim Team 1128 3. Shelby Water Otters 627 4. Plains Swim Team 412 5. Cut Bank Sharks 189 6. Sunburst Swim Team 78 7. […]