Legislature must address pension debt

You may believe that Montana is debt free following actions by the legislature earlier this year to pay off state debt.

Legals for April, 25 2023

Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection

NEW YORK (AP) — Bed Bath & Beyond — one of the original big box retailers known for its seemingly endless offerings of sheets, towels and kitchen gadgets — filed for bankruptcy protection, following years of dismal sales and losses and numerous failed turnaround plans.

Stocks drift ahead of week's deluge of profit, economic data

Stocks are drifting as Wall Street remains hesitant to make big moves amid questions about where the economy, interest rates and corporate profits are heading.

Unprepared for long war, US Army under gun to make more ammo

The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is at the vanguard of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon plan to modernize and accelerate its production of ammunition and equipment not only to support Ukraine, but to be ready for a potential conflict with China.

AA Laker sweep Cranbrook Bandits

Ostyn Brennan had a game — really, a day — and the Kalispell AA Lakers swept a pair of mercy rule-shortened Legion games from Cranbrook, British Columbia Sunday at Griffin Field.

Legals for April, 24 2023

FVCC taps into role-playing game’s popularity with continuing education class

A cooperative storytelling game, Dungeons & Dragons lets a group of players act as their characters as they complete quests, slay monsters, solve puzzles and, occasionally, save a fictional world.

At curtain, I’ll fake Manhattan

Flathead Valley opera fans have it pretty good.

Community briefs

Special Olympics games April 27-28; Special Olympics golf classic; Community meals set

As Montana looks to ban TikTok, questions linger

Less than a month after Congress battered TikTok’s CEO about Chinese influence over the social media platform and the threat it poses to national security, Montana lawmakers are trying to pass their own statewide ban of the popular app.

Letters to the editor April 23

Letters to the editor April 23

Our students deserve to be fully funded

If there’s one thing we all can agree on, it’s that we want what is best for our kids. This includes our own children, our grandchildren, and our neighbors, as they are all our kids, our future.

Legals for April, 23 2023

Polson softball tops C-Falls Friday, 8-6

Samantha Rensvold hit a go-ahead, 2-run single in the seventh inning for Polson, and the Pirates rallied to beat Columbia Falls 8-6 in a Northwest A softball showdown Friday.

Polson’s Fisher, Eureka’s Butts throw gems; Mission rallies

Polson pitcher Espn Fisher scattered four hits in seven innings of work, and drove in a run as the Pirates held off Columbia Falls 3-2 Friday in high school baseball.

Band and orchestra students perform at District Music Festival

Scenes from the District Music Festival at Glacier High School on Thursday, April 20. (Casey Kreider photos/Daily Inter Lake)

Trans lawmaker silenced for 2nd day by Montana House speaker

A transgender Montana lawmaker was silenced for a second day Friday as her Republican colleagues have refused to let her speak on the chamber's floor this session until she apologizes for saying lawmakers would have "blood on their hands" if they banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

State suspends OPI’s authority to award contracts

Montana’s Office Public Instruction temporarily lost its authority to enter into high-price contracts for goods and services Tuesday after the Department of Administration discovered deficiencies in the agency’s practices.

Man who left death threats at Tester’s office changes plea

Kevin Patrick Smith, 46, initially pleaded not guilty to charges of threatening to murder and to assault a member of Congress at his Feb. 23 arraignment, but struck a deal with prosecutors on March 21.