Among the various landscape and figure paintings scattered in the studio of Nick Oberling and Jennifer Li, one piece sticks out. A delicate silver violin sits unfinished and, every once in awhile, Oberling will lift it off the workbench and awkwardly affix it to his easel. Oberling will be doing that more often in the […]

Wednesday 4/18 9:45 a.m. Three brown dogs were on the loose on Highway 35 in Kalispell. 11:29 a.m. A man called in to report that an ex-girlfriend told him that she stabbed a man with a barbecue skewer. The woman later admitted to a deputy that she fabricated this story and did not actually stab […]

CHOTEAU – U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg held a listening session concerning proposed legislation that aims to preserve existing uses such as grazing on land along the Rocky Mountain Front while also adding other land to the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness areas. Rehberg, a Republican, told participants at the session on Saturday that he suspects […]

Tuesday 4/17 8:26 a.m. Someone was seen sitting on a duffel bag on the side of Highway 93 South with his hands on his face, yelling. 8:51 a.m. A Whitefish woman called in to discuss stolen jewelry and “child abuse” she noticed while grocery shopping. 9:07 a.m. A woman on Autumn Court thinks that her […]

Thursday 4/19 8:08 a.m. Someone made an unsuccessful attempt to siphon fuel from a truck on Cooperative Way. 8:26 a.m. Someone reported that herd of horses ran free down Whalebone Drive. 8:46 a.m. A woman on Bierney Creek Road is fearful of her neighbor’s vicious dog. 9:27 a.m. A complaint was made about the activities […]

Representatives of three state agencies and boards with open investigations into alleged misconduct by Lake County law enforcement officers spoke at a legislative hearing in Helena last week, with the executive director of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council asking for statutory changes to strengthen his council’s investigative authority. Wayne Ternes, executive […]

Drug crimes in eastern Montana have more than doubled. Assaults in Dickinson, N.D., have increased fivefold in just two years. And the once-sleepy town of Plentywood, Mont., has seen three assaults with weapons in the past few months — a prospect previously unheard of in the tiny community tucked against the Canada border. Booming oil […]

All eyes are on the Yaak and Fisher rivers this week in Lincoln County, as warm temperatures, melting snow and rain could have both rivers hitting flood stage on Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Missoula issued a flood watch for all of Lincoln County that is in effect until Friday. Hydrologist Ray Nickless said […]

This Saturday, April 28th, Snappy’s Sport Senter will sponsor a great FREE fly fishing seminar for women only. Learn all about fly fishing from local experts and get tips on casting, tying, tackle and fly selection. This exciting seminar will be held from 9am to 2pm at Snappy’s, 1400 Hwy 2 East in Kalispell. Enrollment […]

The Swan Lake Ranger District is starting the public planning process for a restoration project on Forest Service lands in the Beaver Creek Planning Area. The public is invited to attend a meeting scheduled for May 2 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Swan Valley Community Hall in Condon. The area under consideration is located in […]

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the Kalispell woman who walked away from a one-vehicle crash and later died in her sleep at her mother’s home. Dawn Wickingstad, 51, died on April 21. Her death was apparently the result of the crash, but the manner and cause of death are still under […]

HELENA — Existing services in Helena are more than adequate to meet the needs of local veterans and a veterans center isn’t needed, a top Veterans Administration official said in a letter to Montana military officials. Dr. Robert Petzel, the agency’s undersecretary for health, wrote on behalf of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki in a letter […]

The local Casting for Recovery program, which offers free fly fishing retreats in West Glacier for women diagnosed with breast cancer, is holding its second annual fundraiser this week in Whitefish. The event will feature 11 short fly fishing films along with a raffle on Friday, April 27 at the O’Shaughnessy Center. Doors open at […]

WILLISTON, N.D. — Several pipelines that have been proposed could diminish the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline for North Dakota, a state official said. Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer said the six proposed projects — which would increase the pipeline capacity out of North Dakota’s oil fields — make the Keystone XL project less […]

Here we go again! As someone wrote last week, “When will it end?” I’ve been here now two times now stemmed myself against the realization that as Norb Donahue and also Clarence Krepps, former city manager, who even then were aware of the fact that the location of the present city airport carries too many […]