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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15
Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.
Organizations partner to assist blind veterans in pushing to new limits on ski slope
The helpers are instructors with DREAM adaptive and the Whitefish Veterans Support Team, which partnered for the first time this winter to bring adaptive ski l…
Community briefs
Home buyer education classes; Rain garden workshop; Columbia Falls Women’s Connection luncheon
Flathead Youth Conservation Corps taking applications
YCC is a program designed to accomplish needed conservation work on public lands, provide gainful employment for students from all segments of society while gaining an appreciation of natural resources and cultural…
Students show out science acuity at county fair
Science lovers of all ages packed into the Expo Center at the Flathead County Fairgrounds to take a look at projects from students in third grade and up.
Law roundup: Customer detains combative milk drinker
A customer allegedly detained a combative man who was trying to fight employees after he was seen drinking chocolate milk in the store and carrying a propane bottle in aisle 11.
Silicon Valley Bank collapse felt worldwide
It was called Silicon Valley Bank, but its collapse is causing shockwaves around the world.
Bill to open more walkup campsites in Montana sailing through
House Bill 440, which would limit the number of reserved campsites at 80% in order to allow more walkups, passed unanimously in committee, and then it passed unanimously in the House.
Bigfork man sentenced for attacking police officer
A jury found Paul Kermit Gysler guilty on a single count of felony assault on a peace officer in December following a trial in Flathead County District Court.
Pagans member denies leadership role in outlaw motorcycle club
Michael Allan Murphy, 49, who faces a felony count of issuing a bad check in Flathead County District Court, said the Pagans boast too few members in the area …
Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot
Federal prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to keep Presiden…
Tester highlights prescription drug cost savings during Kalispell stop
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester touted the significance of health-care savings from the Inflation Reduction Act during a stop at Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell …
Wetzel, co-founder of Montana Indian Athletic Hall, dies, 74
Don Wetzel Sr., a championship-winning athlete, coach and co-founder of the Montana Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, has died. He was 74.
Judge approves $1.4M in attorneys’ fees from $4.3M Logan Health data breach settlement
The class-action attorneys who reached a data breach settlement with Logan Health are entitled to around $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees – one-third of the $4.…
Law roundup: Suspicious behavior is actually a man doing a favor
A man rummaging through a vehicle left parked in an area lot raised the suspicions of an officer with the Kalispell Police Department.
Spring load limits for county roads in effect next week
Restrictions will remain in place until conditions warrant, but usually mid- to late-April, according to the county.