Western A softball: Polson, C-Falls reach semifinals

POLSON — Libby won a wild one, and Columbia Falls and Polson cruised into the semifinals at the Western A Divisional softball tournament Friday.

Postal Service asking for another taxpayer bailout

For an agency that claims it “generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses,” the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) sure does like government subsidies.

McDonald's plans $5 US meal deal next month to counter customer frustration over high prices

McDonald's is planning to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers' frustration with high prices.

Kroger with a K

Wildcats tab senior hurler to start state baseball opener

Kroger, Sapa and the rest of the Columbia Falls Wildcats are the Northwest A’s top seed into the second-ever State Baseball tournament, which begins Thursday at Ogren-Allegiance Field in Missoula. Kroger will take the mound Thursday against Hamilton at 6:30 p.m.

Artist finds niche in collaborating with local bands

The 27-year-old has been an artist his whole life, earning him recognition as a student at Bigfork High School where he illustrated a comic book for his senior project and doodled in the margins of his assignments.

Postal Service pauses consolidation plans after outcry

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hit pause this week on plans to consolidate processing centers, halting a proposal to move Missoula’s distribution center to Spokane.

Knudsen says he got primary opponent to run so he could raise more money

At a Saturday night campaign event billed as a “conservative cookout,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told a crowd that he had put a friend and fellow Republican up to running against him in his bid for re-election in order to raise more money and because he believes state law is “ridiculous,” according to a recording that captured part of his remarks and was obtained by the Daily Montanan.

Steven C. Bryson, 73

Steven C. Bryson, 73, passed away unexpectedly but comfortably in his home the morning of March 30, 2024.

Whitefish boys, Bigfork girls lead NW-A tennis

Mason Kelch and Dane Hunt grabbed a pair of straight sets wins to advance to the quarterfinals at the Northwest A tennis tournament at FVCC Tuesday.

Legals for May, 15 2024

Legals for May, 14 2024

Sylvia Tancre, 88

Sylvia "Sally" Ann Tancre, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Logan Heath Medical Center, in Kalispell.

Spring operations start-up in Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park staff are gearing up for the season, with west-side vehicle reservations about to begin and snow plows nearing Logan Pass.

Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry

The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much.

Legals for May, 13 2024

Louise V. Smith, 89

Louise V. (Meeks) Smith, 89, of Kalispell, died April 26, 2024, under hospice care at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Whitefish.

Valley Neighbors is ‘caring for the strangers in our midst’

The intensity of the local debate over immigration and refugee support has taken a dark turn in the past week.

Legals for May, 12 2024

Heritage Academy, a hybrid private and home school program, expands

Located on East Evergreen Drive, Heritage Academy uses a 20,000-square-foot building with 14 classrooms. The portable classroom can accommodate 48 students and was funded in part by a $75,000 Gianforte Family Foundation grant.

The rube sits and smiles

After having unloaded all my farm equipment from the railcar that had brought it from my late father’s farm back East and knowing that I had come to the right part of the world when Dude and Shorty, who had helped me unload it looked at the wheels on my hay wagon and pronounced them “high-speed” because they actually had ball bearings instead of old-fashioned babbitt bearings, I felt accepted by my new neighbors.