Wednesday 11/04/2009
- Grant to help Kalispell combat elm disease
- Updated: 11/04/2009
Kalispell's urban forestry battle against Dutch elm disease is
getting a boost from federal stimulus money.
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- Law Roundup
- Updated: 11/04/2009
Flathead County sheriff
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Tuesday 11/03/2009

- Kalispell gets new leadership
- Updated: 10:38 pm 11/03/2009
Voters called for change in leadership at Kalispell City Hall on
Tuesday when they elected Kalispell attorney Tammi Fisher as mayor
and voted newcomer Jeff Zauner to the City Council.
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- Final election results
- Updated: 8:23 am 11/04/2009
Fisher elected Kalispell mayor; Whitefish picks three new council members
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- Voters split on school requests
- Updated: 11/03/2009
Outlying districts defeat high-school building reserve
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- Malta judge takes over Barkus case
- Updated: 8:30 pm 11/03/2009
An Eastern Montana judge has been selected to preside over court
proceedings against state Sen. Greg Barkus, who is charged with
three felonies in connection with an August boat crash that injured
everyone on board.
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- Library split could benefit county
- Updated: 11/03/2009
As a group of Whitefish citizens pushes for secession of the
Whitefish branch library from the Flathead County Library system,
county Commissioner Joe Brenneman on Monday morning asked the
burning question.
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- H1N1 clinic to have more vaccinators
- Updated: 11/03/2009
After a healthy public response last week and with more vaccine
available, Flathead City-County Health department has doubled the
number of vaccinators for the next H1N1 flu vaccine clinic.
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- New consolidated green-box site opens Nov. 18
- Updated: 11/03/2009
The county has finished construction of its new Ashley Lake Road
green-box site off U.S. 2 and will open the facility on Nov.
18.
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- City polls open until 8 p.m. today
- Updated: 11/03/2009
Voters in Kalispell and Columbia Falls vote today in city
elections. Polling places open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
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- Hunting success mirrors last year’s levels
- Updated: 11/03/2009
The deer and elk harvest continues to run on pace with last
year's numbers one week into the season in Northwest Montana.
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- Columbia Falls gets a new mayor
- Updated: 11:45 pm 11/03/2009
Columbia Falls had a light voter turnout - 13.8 percent - for a
slate of uncontested races in Tuesday's election.
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- Whitefish votes for change
- Updated: 11:46 pm 11/03/2009
Three newcomers elected to City Council
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Monday 11/02/2009
- Dozens of drunk-driving arrests
- Updated: 11/02/2009
Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan reported Monday that there
were 26 drunken driving arrests over the Halloween weekend by
deputies, the Montana Highway Patrol and the Kalispell, Whitefish
and Columbia Falls police departments. Those arrested included one
man, 45, on his fourth drunk-driving charge, a felony, along with
charges of driving without headlights, no liability insurance,
careless driving and having an open container.
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- Fire claims life of Evergreen man
- Updated: 9:38 pm 11/03/2009
Faulty wiring blamed for mobile-home fire
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- One more day until elections
- Updated: 11/02/2009
Voters in Kalispell and Columbia Falls vote Tuesday in city
elections. Polling places open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
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- Glacier wins season’s first speech meet
- Updated: 9:14 pm 11/01/2009
Glacier High School claimed its first victory of the season
Saturday at the Kalispell Kickoff Speech and Debate Tournament.
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- ‘I felt like kissing the ground’
- Updated: 9:18 pm 11/01/2009
Man thrilled to be back in Flathead after Iraq tour
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- Cause of outage still a mystery
- Updated: 9:19 pm 11/01/2009
A power outage centered in southeast Kalispell Saturday
afternoon impacted upwards of 4,000 Flathead Electric Cooperative
members, communications director Wendy Ostrom Price said
Sunday.
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- The last ride
- Updated: 4:28 pm 11/02/2009
Longtime railroader passes torch to 4th generation
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Sunday 11/01/2009
- Schools seek building-reserve OK
- Updated: 11:14 am 10/30/2009
Voters have a few more days to decide whether to approve levy
requests for the Kalispell School District.
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- Sharing the grief
- Updated: 11/01/2009
In the quiet moments past midnight, alone as her two children
sleep peacefully, Tawny Haynes wonders who will teach her son all
the things a boy should learn from his father.
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- Former fire chief charged with theft of funds
- Updated: 11/01/2009
The former chief of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department has
been charged with embezzling more than $13,000 from department bank
accounts.
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- Voters ready for city elections Tuesday
- Updated: 11/01/2009
Voters in Kalispell and Columbia Falls go to the polls Tuesday
as city elections get under way. Polling places open at 7 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
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- Albino bear moved to safety of Glacier
- Updated: 11/01/2009
An albino black bear recently was captured near Olney and
relocated to Glacier National Park.
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- Law Roundup
- Updated: 11/01/2009
Flathead Electric Cooperative
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Saturday 10/31/2009
- Law Roundup
- Updated: 10/31/2009
Flathead County sheriff
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- ‘Ghoulish Grounds’
- Updated: 10/31/2009
It all started one Halloween night when Glen Miller hung himself
from a tree on Third Avenue in Kalispell.
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- CFAC goes dark
- Updated: 10/31/2009
On Friday afternoon at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co., the pots
where aluminum used to be produced are dark and cold.
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- Nickerson convicted of abuse
- Updated: 10/31/2009
Jurors in the trial of a Marion man accused of physically and
sexually assaulting a then 9-month-old boy deliberated about seven
hours Friday before returning guilty verdicts on four of five
felony charges.
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- Differing events require varied speaking skills
- Updated: 10/31/2009
Speech, debate and drama require a variety of skills for a
variety of events.
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- Wizards of words open speech season
- Updated: 10:54 pm 10/30/2009
Smooth talkers from across the valley will put their skills to
good use this fall in speech and debate.
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Friday 10/30/2009
- Panel renews search for pre-release center site
- Updated: 10/30/2009
The local working committee tasked with finding a site for a
Kalispell-area prerelease center met Thursday morning to begin the
process of picking a new location for the proposed 40-bed
facility.
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- Flathead leads state in reappraisal reviews
- Updated: 10/30/2009
Flathead County taxpayers filed more than 7,500 requests for
informal reviews of their property tax reappraisals - accounting
for nearly 29 percent of all state requests.
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- Testimony ends for man accused of assaulting baby
- Updated: 10/30/2009
Testimony in the trial of a Marion man accused of molesting his
girlfriend's then 9-month-old son concluded Thursday with witnesses
for the defense challenging the state's version of events.
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- Lord of the rink
- Updated: 10/30/2009
Steve Tartaglino drives a Zamboni over the rink at the Woodland
Ice Center in Kalispell's Woodland Park Thursday afternoon. The
rink opens for the season with a Halloween party starting at 6:30
p.m. tonight.
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- H1N1 vaccine offered at clinic on Wednesday
- Updated: 10/30/2009
The Flathead City-County Health Department will offer free H1N1
influenza vaccinations at the Flathead County Fairgrounds from 2 to
7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
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- Flathead Family Planning still open
- Updated: 10/30/2009
The pending closure of the Planned Parenthood clinic in
Kalispell has caused confusion about the status of the Flathead
City-County Health Department's Family Planning office.
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- Man sentenced to 55 more years for sex crimes
- Updated: 10/30/2009
A Bigfork man already facing extensive time in federal prison
for sex crimes has been sentenced to an additional 55 years at
Montana State Prison for molesting a young girl.
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- Law Roundup
- Updated: 10/30/2009
Flathead County sheriff
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Thursday 10/29/2009
- Unopposed incumbents want tight rein on spending
- Updated: 10:46 am 10/29/2009
Two incumbents on the Kalispell City Council are unopposed in
the Nov. 3 municipal elections: Bob Hafferman in the Ward 1 and Tim
Kluesner in Ward 4.
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- Three candidates run for three C.F. positions
- Updated: 10/29/2009
Columbia Falls has an uncontested city council election this
year, following Matt McConville's withdrawal of his candidacy last
month. His name remains on the ballot, however.
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- Whitefish loses $440,000 slope lawsuit
- Updated: 10/29/2009
A Flathead District Court ruling that found the city of
Whitefish violated a Whitefish couple's right to equal protection
in connection with a lawsuit over construction on steep slopes has
been upheld by the Montana Supreme Court.
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- Downed line zaps wildlife
- Updated: 10/29/2009
One after another, a dozen animals and one vulture walked into
an odd but "perfect storm" of electricity, all of them getting
zapped to death in the Pinkham Creek drainage south of Eureka over
a period of months.
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- Sheriff’s deputies extend contract
- Updated: 10/29/2009
The union that represents Flathead County law-enforcement
officers will extend its labor contract with the county for one
more year in light of the tight economic climate here.
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- Local hunting-related school absences on par with other years
- Updated: 10/29/2009
Hunting season typically leaves some empty seats in classrooms
throughout Flathead County as children join their parents in the
search for big game.
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- Poachers kill three wolves
- Updated: 10/29/2009
Three wolves have been illegally killed in the North Fork
Flathead River drainage in recent weeks, and a Columbia Falls man
has been found guilty of poaching two of them.
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- Roosville port goes commercial
- Updated: 10/29/2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that the
Port of Roosville will be upgraded from a permit port to a
commercial port on November 1.
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- Man sentenced for sex crimes
- Updated: 10/29/2009
A Kalispell man already serving a state sentence for sexually
abusing a young girl throughout most of her teenage years will be
sent to a federal penitentiary following his release from Montana
State Prison.
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- Law Roundup
- Updated: 10/29/2009
Flathead County sheriff
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