WHITEFISH – Feet raced across a scuffed floor in a second story studio in downtown Whitefish. Each stomp, kick and move was matched by the beat of a nearby boom box, and watching it all was Dance Elements instructor Amy Arriaga. Arriaga, 30, is originally from California where she first began dancing as a kid. […]

MISSOULA – The federal Department of Education is evaluating a sexual discrimination complaint filed against the University of Montana and its football program, the Missoulian reported Thursday. The newspaper obtained heavily redacted documents from the department’s Office for Civil Rights under a Freedom of Information Act request. The Jan. 11 complaint includes the names of […]

WHITEFISH – The Whitefish City Council has passed an ordinance banning medical marijuana dispensaries from operating storefront businesses in the city limits. The ban approved Monday takes effect next month. In 2009, the city put in place a temporary moratorium on storefront dispensaries after receiving many requests for medical marijuana businesses statewide. City officials twice […]

A Kalispell priest accused of possessing child pornography pleaded not guilty during an April 19 hearing at Flathead County District Court. The Rev. Rudolph Carl Bullman, 67, appeared before Judge Ted O. Lympus during an arraignment hearing, dressed in a red tie and gray jacket. Wendy Holton, Bullman’s Helena-based attorney, entered a not guilty plea […]

Twenty-four students of The Culinary Institute of Montana at Flathead Valley Community College spent over 900 combined hours last week preparing for the 100th Anniversary Titanic dinner which took place April 13 at the college. The exquisite seven-course dinner represented one of the many opportunities our college’s culinary arts program provides our students to learn […]

It’s way too early to be talking about the 2016 presidential race, so naturally Public Policy Polling released a poll yesterday looking at the 2016 presidential primaries. If this poll matters and Gov. Brian Schweitzer cares, things don’t look good for his hypothetical presidential run in 2016. But the poll doesn’t really matter and Schweitzer, […]

The legacy continues. The logger sports team from Flathead Valley Community College remains the best in the U.S. Earlier this month, the team of young men and women from FVCC won its second consecutive national championship. The group placed first out of 13 teams at the 73rd annual Association of Western Forestry Clubs Conclave. Over […]

Shane St. Onge (Sr., Glacier) STATS: Class AA 160-pound state champion Two years ago, St. Onge battled back from a terrible car crash, rehabbing intensely so he could play football and wrestle again. Then he was struck again by misfortune when he suffered a large blood clot in his shoulder. But once again, he battled […]

NEW YORK – Signed pieces of Cartier and Tiffany jewelry belonging to a late Montana copper mining heiress have sold for nearly $21 million at a New York City auction. Christie’s said Tuesday’s sale from the estate of Huguette Clark had caught the attention of collectors worldwide. The star of the collection, a rare pink […]

Sunday 4/15 7:44 a.m. A man on Highway 93 South reported that his girlfriend locked him out of their shared rented room. 10:15 a.m. A dog on Tenth Avenue West barked for four hours. 11:24 a.m. A man on Mountain View Drive reported that he was forced to hold the neighbor’s aggressive dogs off with […]

MISSOULA – Former University of Montana athletic director Jim O’Day will receive an additional year of pay because he was relieved of his duties with fewer than five months left in his current contract, the Missoulian reported Wednesday. Under O’Day’s contract, he was entitled to written notice of nonrenewal five months prior to its expiration. […]

The conservative Tax Foundation is a Washington, D.C. based think tank with a long history of publishing research studies and comparing state tax policy. The foundation receives funding from big corporations and far-right political groups. Tax Freedom Day is the foundation’s point of the year when Americans have earned enough money to pay for taxes. […]

When Congress passed a 90-day extension of the federal highway bill in March, rather than a multi-year bill, Montana contractors were faced with competing emotions: relief for receiving some sort of road project funding heading into the summer construction season, but also disappointment at the prospect of, yet again, having to operate without a long-term […]

The season of fish porn is upon us. By that I mean for the next several months my buddies and I will be shooting and transmitting illicit photos of large trout to boast about our prowess as hunter-gatherer types. It’s an old game really, once played by passing around snap shots whenever anglers gathered. Often […]

Expect to see more filled luggage racks on Canadian vehicles this summer. Thanks to changes made by the Canadian government recently, beginning June 1 visitors to the U.S. will be able to bring home more purchases without paying taxes at the border. Canadians staying here for more than 24 hours will be able to return […]