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Lending an ear for 20 years
March 18, 2024 midnight

Lending an ear for 20 years

Laurel Ewing, a law clerk at the Flathead County Attorney’s Office, is the first person visitors meet when they enter the building in the shadow of the historic county courthouse on South Main Street in Kalispell.

Whitefish considers recreation and trail agreements
March 18, 2024 midnight

Whitefish considers recreation and trail agreements

Whitefish City Council on Monday is being asked to approve three separate agreements pertaining to recreation in and outside of the city.

March 18, 2024 midnight

Law roundup: Shoplifter sucked in by pricey vacuum

A woman allegedly cleaned up by stealing an $800 Dyson vacuum from a store and drove away in a black Subaru, leaving her “accomplice” to continue shopping. An employee ...


March 18, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor March 18

Letters to the editor March 18

March 18, 2024 midnight

Legals for March, 18 2024

Kalispell City Council to hold hearing on proposed public participation plan for future development
March 18, 2024 midnight

Kalispell City Council to hold hearing on proposed public participation plan for future development

Kalispell City Council will hold a public hearing Monday on the municipality’s proposed public participation plan for property development, necessitated by last year’s passage of the Montana Land Use Planning Act by the state Legislature.


March 17, 2024 midnight

Legals for March, 17 2024

March 17, 2024 midnight

Legals for March, 17 2024

Construction on new Bigfork library makes strides toward summer opening
March 17, 2024 midnight

Construction on new Bigfork library makes strides toward summer opening

Monica Pastor used to walk herself down to storytime at the Bigfork library back when she was a kid running around the village in the 1980s.


March 17, 2024 midnight

Carroll, Providence women make NAIA Round of 16

Ashlee Maldonado scored 23 points, Keanna Salave’a had 12 points and 15 rebounds and Providence moved onto the NAIA Women’s tournament Round of 16 with an 80-69 win over Reinhardt, Ga. Saturday night.

Valley Bank Celebrates 60 years in downtown Kalispell
March 17, 2024 midnight

Valley Bank Celebrates 60 years in downtown Kalispell

The original charter of Valley Bank was established as State Bank of Somers in 1911. Five employees served the bank in its first building in a small spot in downtown Somers.

Gary Lee Lapka
March 17, 2024 midnight

Gary Lee Lapka

Gary Lee Lapka was born in Veblen, South Dakota on April 30, 1940, to George and Leona (Kallas) Lapka.


Margaret Bell Love, 88
March 17, 2024 midnight

Margaret Bell Love, 88

Margaret Bell Love, 88, born to Hilbert and Rose Ingram on Sept. 24, 1935

Rural Montana county finds unique way to share its groundwater
March 17, 2024 midnight

Rural Montana county finds unique way to share its groundwater

Montana is in relatively good shape as far as its groundwater supply goes, something uncommon across much of the country, geologist John LaFave with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology says. State politicians initiated a groundwater study over 30 years ago after years of intense drought and fires and a lack of data. But Sheridan County was ahead of the game: The county’s conservation district started studying its groundwater in 1978, before state monitoring began.

US consumer sentiment ticks down slightly, but most expect inflation to ease further
March 17, 2024 midnight

US consumer sentiment ticks down slightly, but most expect inflation to ease further

Consumers became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, though they continue to expect inflation to cool further, a potential sign that price increases will keep slowing.


Isabelle (Welch) Mattson, 85
March 17, 2024 midnight

Isabelle (Welch) Mattson, 85

Isabelle (Welch) Mattson, 85, born May 20, 1938, died March 5, 2024.

March 17, 2024 midnight

Bar fairies help keep our roads safe

Fifteen gift cards were sprinkled on vehicles left overnight at bars around Whitefish last weekend. The weekend prior, nine gift cards were secretly tucked onto vehicles left at drinking establishments in Kalispell, Lakeside and Somers.

March 17, 2024 midnight

Keep public lands in public hands

As I kid I spent more time outdoors than in. I swear there isn’t an inch of the Whitefish and Flathead Rivers I didn’t row, a trail in Jewel Basin I didn’t hike, and a campground in Glacier I didn’t overnight. But today, it’s becoming more difficult to find a spot to camp, hike, fish or hunt – and that’s a problem.


Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates
March 17, 2024 midnight

Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates

More homeowners eager to sell their home are lowering their initial asking price in a bid to entice prospective buyers as the spring homebuying season gets going. Some 14.6% of U.S. homes listed for sale last month had their price lowered, according to Realtor.com.

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