Whitefish looks to rezone gateway property

The approximately 11-acre property, recently annexed into the city, is located at the northwestern portion of the U.S. 93 and Montana 40 intersection.

Kalispell City Council to consider signing off on mobile home communities' grant applications

Kalispell City Council will vote to sign off on applications from two mobile home communities for federal funding to connect their properties to the municipality’s sewer system at its Monday meeting.

Letters to the editor May 1

Letters to the editor May 1

Legals for May, 1 2023

Deep Bulldogs, Wildkats win ARM Invite titles

WHITEFISH — The Whitefish boys used depth to win their own ARM Invitational track and field meet Saturday, and the Columbia Falls Wildkats won the girls team title the same way.

David E. Laird, 87

David E. Laird, 87

Legals for April, 30 2023

Women settlers brought community to the Flathead Valley

Women and their labor were vital to many aspects of life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Some accounts from history might have you believe they were not in NorthWest Montana at all, but slowly and surely they made their way out West.

Bullpen, clutch hitting key A Lakers’ sweep

An excellent bullpen and timely hitting led the Kalispell A Lakers to a doubleheader sweep of the Great Falls Chargers Saturday, 6-5 and 4-3.

Seahawks sign O’Connell as undrafted free agent

Patrick O’Connell, the standout linebacker for the Montana Grizzlies, signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday.

Persinger, Allen, Cooke hit HRs as Pack sweep

Zoey Allen and Emma Cooke hit home runs, and Nakiah Persinger packed two homers into one game as Glacier swept Butte Friday in a Western AA softball doubleheader.

Charles "Skip" Monroe Dunfee, 87

Charles "Skip" Monroe Dunfee, 87

Voters reminded to mail ballots for school elections — polls open in three school districts on May 2

Ballots are due May 2 for registered voters living in school districts that are holding mail-ballot elections. Ballots may be mailed or hand-delivered but are due in a voter’s respective district by 8 p.m.

ATP Kids theater presents ‘Les Miserables’

Fifty-five high school students from around the Flathead Valley will show audiences the transformational power of forgiveness, mercy, justice and love in an ATP Kids production of the Broadway musical “Les Miserables.”

Hockaday Museum hosts programs on Salish storytelling and bark baskets

The Hockaday Museum of Art next month is hosting Montana Conversations, which includes presentations on Salish storytelling and baskets, along with a basket making workshop.

Jazz-infused opera about champion boxer comes to O’Shaughnessy Center

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD season continues Saturday with “Champion,” the operatic, jazz-infused, retelling of the tragic life and redemption of boxer Emile Griffith.

Events

Sons of Norway lodge celebration; Handbell Festival; Speaker gives talk on mental health

Martin City man facing criminal endangerment charge pleads not guilty

A Martin City man accused of dragging a person down a Columbia Falls street with his pickup in March pleaded not guilty to a single count of criminal endangerment earlier this month.

UM philosophy professor speaks on wildlife recovery

Environmental philosopher and author Christopher Preston will speak on his latest book, “Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals” May 3 at the Northwest Montana History Museum.

Man given suspended sentence in 2022 back behind bars for alleged knife attack

A Kalispell man sentenced last year for spitting on a police officer is back behind bars after allegedly attacking a person at a gas station earlier this month.