Week in Pictures January 25-31
Area Sales Director for Intuitive Surgical Steve Thompson watches the monitor as Kathy Rea, a nurse at North Valley Hospital, tries out the da Vinci Surgical System Tuesday afternoon.
Dover works with sixth-grader Bryer Anderson on his project testing what objects people come in contact with that carry the most infectious organisms.
From left, Staci Mastne, of Columbia Falls, Glenda Bowman, Bonnie Hellen, and Diane Puchalski, all of Kalispell, play a round of Farkle on Friday at the Adult Day Treatment Center in Kalispell.
Whitefish freshman Wolf Zinke gets close to a pin during his match with Ronan junior Aaron Yazzi-Whitworth on Tuesday at Whitefish. Zinke went on to win by decision.
Flathead County Planning Director Jeff Harris talks with commissioners on Tuesday morning. Harris and his staff have been cleared of wrongdoing following a six-month probe. From left are Commissioners Jim Dupont, Joe Brenneman and Dale Lauman.
<p><strong>Allen Slater</strong> works with trombone player Brandon Johnson in 2010 at Flathead High School. Slater, a band teacher for 34 years, has been named the outstanding music educator for a six-state area. </p>
Betsi Morrison and Luke Walrath, founders of the Alpine Theatre Project, rehearse a scene from “South Pacific.” A concert collaboration with the Glacier Symphony and Chorale opens today at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center.
PTO member Jennilee Burke listens to dialogue between the audience and Nicosia.
Flathead’s Caleb Piasecki keeps Glacier’s Lucas Mantel arms tied in a 119-pound match during Thursday evening’s crosstown dual at Flathead.
Flathead County Sheriff’s Posse members Loyal and Sharon Chubb stand outside 521 Mennonite Church Road Friday morning. The bodies of murder victims Donald Roy Calbick, 60, and Stacey Michael Calbick, 38, were found in the home Thursday afternoon.
Glacier's Rachel Cutler puts up a shot against the defense of Helena Capital's Caity Pilgeram during Friday evening's game in Kalispell.
Michael Christensen, Columbia Falls speech and debate coach, talks with his daughter Stephanie Christensen, center, and fellow student Shiloh Knudsen between tournament rounds on Jan. 9 at Columbia Falls Junior High School.
Columbia Falls School District Superintendent Michael Nicosia goes through a PowerPoint presentation on district enrollment numbers Wednesday in Hungry Horse. The district is looking at a quarter-million-dollar elementary budget shortfall and is considering several options, including closing Canyon Elementary.
Tim and Sara Seward, owners of Three Forks Grille in Columbia Falls, opened the establishment on Jan. 22. The restaurant’s interior features woodwork salvaged from a Colorado Coca-Cola factory and black and white historical photo reproductions from the Hockaday Art Museum.
Glacier's Luke Cummings lifts up Helena High's Nate Caldwell before taking him down to the mat in a 152-pound division Saturday evening at Glacier. Cummings won by decision, 2-0.
Skier Scott Ruta hangs on and manages to keep his balance while being pulled by Todd Patterson and "Gipsie" after the first jump during the second day of Whitefish Ski-Joring Saturday afternoon. The last day of competition is today at the Whitefish Airport from 12 - 4 p.m.
