Brock’s a Bronco. The Denver Broncos drafted Kalispell’s Brock Osweiler with the 57th overall pick of the NFL Draft on Friday. The 22-year-old Flathead High School graduate who left Arizona State University after his junior year joins future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning in Denver. Another Hall of Fame quarterback, Denver’s Executive Vice President […]

Linda Smith, the founder of Shared Hope International and a former congresswoman, wasn’t surprised when Montana received an “F” grade in her organization’s report card on states’ minor sex trafficking laws. Her lack of surprise wasn’t a statement on Montana specifically. Rather, Smith understood that a lot of states would receive poor grades since minor […]

HELENA — While other states are making plans to introduce tough new immigration enforcement measures in the wake of Supreme Court arguments over an Arizona law, the fate of such legislation in Montana largely hinges on elections this fall. The 2011 Republican-led Legislature discussed several crackdowns on immigration. If the GOP holds onto its majority […]

Tuesday 4/24 8:33 a.m. A woman in Bigfork reported that a man has been posting threatening signs on her property. 10:28 a.m. A white poodle with overgrown, shaggy hair has been loose in Coram for over a week. It was recently spotted chasing cars. 12:21 p.m. A man on Mission Trail complained that the neighbor’s […]

A radio-collared woodland caribou that wandered into northwestern Montana from British Columbia has been returned to Canada after some medical treatment. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists received a report Thursday that the radio collar from a caribou was emitting a “mortality signal” from the mountains south of Eureka. The female caribou was one of […]

As a young girl, Lexy Boschee started going to her dad’s track practices at Flathead High School. Jerry Boschee was the girls track coach for the Braves at the time and little Lexy was fascinated by all of the athletes sprinting and throwing shot puts and, especially, jumping over bars. Something about high jumping captivated […]

Monday 4/23 8:19 a.m. Reportedly, someone driving a sun-bleached orange truck down Ridgewood Drive in Columbia Falls was dropping nail-studded cedar shakes out along the road. 8:52 a.m. An Evergreen man called in to say that he almost ran over some kids who were picking up trash along the road. He didn’t believe this was […]

The team members of an expedition on Mount Everest, including four Montanans, are all OK but a Sherpa was seriously injured after a massive avalanche swept down an adjacent ridge and razed Base Camp 1 early Friday. Montana State University geologist David Lageson, MSU student Travis Corthouts, renowned mountaineer and Bozeman native Conrad Anker and […]

The US economy started the year at a less than scintillating pace, giving the Republicans, especially likely presidential challenger Mitt Romney, fodder against President Obama. In its preliminary look at the first quarter’s Gross Domestic Product, the Commerce Department reported Friday that the economy grew at a 2.2 percent rate, down from a 3 percent […]

On the wall over my drawing board, beside my desk in my office in our home, on the side of a ski hill, 100 feet from a chair lift, hangs lots of memorabilia. Each of these conjures up images of stuff that I have done or photos of faraway places that I would like to […]

LAKESIDE – Looking at one of Frank Bauer’s paintings is an interactive affair. Initially, a viewer sees color and possibly a portrait, but getting closer, it becomes evident there is more happening. Even closer, and there’s a sudden realization that the entire canvas is covered in thousands of painted lines the width of angel hair […]

When asked for advice about the easiest way to tear down an old wooden barn, the weathered Vermont farmer offered that “it’s simple – just cut an 18-inch hole in the roof and stand back!” He knew that water is the worst enemy of any wood-framed building and that rain and snow would make short […]

BILLINGS — Prosecutors on Friday filed murder charges and said they intend to seek the death penalty against two men accused of kidnapping a Montana teacher whose body was discovered in North Dakota two months after she disappeared. Lester Van Waters Jr., 48, and Michael Keith Spell, 22, are accused of grabbing Sherry Arnold off […]

It’s not often national music acts find their way to Whitefish’s Depot Park, but thanks to the Great Northern Brewery two well known artists will be jamming there this summer. Keller Williams, often described as a “one-man jam-band,” will play Depot Park on Saturday, Aug. 4. The following day, Kyle Hollingsworth of The String Cheese […]

Love to spend time on the lake? The Northwest Montana Lakes Volunteer Monitoring Network is seeking lake property owners and/or homeowners, summer cabin owners, recreationists and people simply interested in lakes to become volunteer monitors. There are currently 42 lakes in the program, and many are in need of a volunteer. Volunteers will receive training […]