Legals for February, 27 2023

Life and art: FVCC instructor marks 50 years of teaching

A special exhibition at the Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery honors Karen Leigh’s five decades of teaching art.

Black Rifle Coffee opens shop in downtown Kalispell

Retired Navy SEAL and world-record breaking skydiver Andy Stumpf has teamed up with Denver Maddux to put a Montana spin on the traditional Black Rifle Coffee Company. The shop opened recently in downtown Kalispell.

Flathead Business Newsmakers

Announcements from Flathead businesses

Roger Ivan Stradley

Roger Ivan Stradley

Martha Kay Rimes Bailey, 85

Martha Kay Rimes Bailey, 85

Jesse Edwin 'Ed' Sonny Blasdel, 93

Jesse Edwin (ED) Sonny Blasdel, 93

Chouinard, Bravettes heat up to beat Big Sky

The 14th verse was a lot like the rest for the Flathead Bravettes, who downed Missoula Big Sky 46-45 for their 11th conference girls basketball win Saturday, all of them by eight points or less.

Cummings, Braves fall at Missoula Big Sky, 73-57

Flathead’s Noah Cummings struck for 26 points, hitting three 3-pointers along the way, but the Braves still fell 73-57 to Missoula Big SKy in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday.

Buls buries six 3s, Glacier tops Hellgate

Kaidrian Buls scored a career-high 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and Glacier beat Missoula Hellgate 69-62 in boys basketball Saturday on the Knights’ floor.

Browning 4th, C-Falls 5 at Western A girls tourney

Browning’s 46-37 win over Polson Saturday morning put the Lady Indians in the third-place game at the Western A girls basketball divisional. They lost to Dillon 58-30 to fall to 19-3, but the top four teams advanced to the State A tournament March 9-11 in Bozeman.

Columbia Falls boys 5th, one win from State A

Jace Hill had 25 points and seven rebounds to lead the Wildcats over Browning 69-50 in the fifth-place game at the Western A Divisional Saturday. Columbia Falls next plays Havre, the fourth-place team out of Eastern A, for a berth into the State A tournament March 9-11 in Bozeman.

Vikings top Anaconda, into Western B chipper

Three players scored in double digits for the Bigfork Vikings on Friday in a 64-37 semifinal win over Anaconda, earning them a trip to the Western B boys divisional championship game.

Browning girls fall; Wildkats, Pirates stay alive

RONAN — Down one possession late, the Browning Lady Indians couldn’t close the gap and fell to Frenchtown 53-47 in the semifinals of the Western A girls basketball tournament Friday.

C-Falls, Browning boys stay alive at Western A

RONAN — While Frenchtown and Butte Central advanced to the championship game, Browning and Columbia Falls stayed alive at the Western A boys basketball divisional Friday.

Columbia Falls Planning board votes down another high density housing project east of river

The Columbia Falls City County Planning Board last week voted against a proposed 180-unit subdivision east of the Flathead River, citing a host of concerns including traffic, wetlands, the high water table and effects on the wildlife corridor.

Bill to fund Public Law 280 advances in Senate

After a hearing that included testimony from several local officials, legislation that could help Lake County fund law enforcement under Public Law 280 is advancing in the Senate.

Legals for February, 24 2023

Program offers students opportunity to explore law enforcement

A dedicated group of nine local high school students were sworn in by Sheriff Brian Heino last week as the first members of the new Flathead County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Program as they look to gain first-hand knowledge of the field of law enforcement.

Larson, Hellgate Knights hand Bravettes a loss

MISSOULA — Missoula Hellgate’s Chloe Larson scored 20 points and the Knights held Flathead to one third-quarter point in a 42-36 Western AA girls basketball win Thursday.