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Tribal project farmers in Hot Springs protest fee increase amid diminishing water supply
Farmers in the Hot Springs area of Sanders County are protesting their third fee increase from the Flathead Indian…
Mass food shipments coming to Flathead Food Bank
Large amounts of produce and other food is on its way to the Flathead Food Bank, where it will be stored in a space in the Gateway Community Center and distributed as needed to other local food banks, senior-living…
School action plans detail switch to off-site learning
The Kalispell Public Schools Board of Trustees has approved a plan of action school districts throughout the state are submitting to the Governor’s Office this week, summarizing how public schools provided instruct…
Hammer Nutrition helps local restaurants
In an effort to help out local restaurants pinched by the mandated dining-room closures due to the coronavirus, Hammer Nutrition of rural Whitefish is going th…
A New York doctor's story: 'Too many people are dying alone'
NEW YORK (AP) — As an emergency medicine physician in New York City, Dr. Kamini Doobay has always known that death is part of the territory when trying to care…
Whitmer: No golf, can returns; laundromats OK in shutdown
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that golf courses and tobacco shops should close for three weeks to abide by her stay-at-hom…
Virus relief package could help Trump, Kushner businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The $2 trillion legislative package moving through Congress to shore up the U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus was carefully written …
Trump says feds developing new guidelines for virus risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to…
A defiant Maduro threatens 'cowboy' Trump after drug charge
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood defiant in the face of a $15 million bounty by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges, calling Donald…
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The Latest: Singapore penalizing social distancing violators
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people …
Canada urges US not to put troops at border during pandemic
TORONTO (AP) — Canada said Thursday it told the Trump administration that a proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the coronavirus pandemic was …
Trump's push to open economy could come at cost of lives
WASHINGTON (AP) — The contrast could hardly be more stark. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has said that if all of his sweeping, expensive measures to stem the c…
DOE: Penn State violated Title IX after Jerry Sandusky case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints following an investigation of the…