2nd visitor in 3 days gored by Yellowstone park bison

For the second time in three days, a visitor to Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison, park officials said Thursday.

Column: Rockets, flames, power-hitting and great hair

A lot has changed in seven years, I realized, as I drove around the 405.

Kalispell artist Ken Yarus gives presentation on his Sperry Chalet residence

Kalispell artist Ken Yarus has been exploring and painting Glacier National Park his entire life.

Yellowstone bison gores Colorado man

A Colorado man who Yellowstone National Park officials say got too close to a bison was thrown by the animal while trying to get himself and a child away from danger.

Christ ‘Squeak’ Raymond Kuntz 82

Christ “Squeak” Raymond Kuntz 82, passed away peacefully in Libby on Saturday, June 25, 2022, surrounded by family. Born on July 5, 1939, Ray passed a few weeks before his 83rd birthday.

Fair accepting 4-H and FFA entries

The Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo is now accepting online entries for 4-H/FFA and Open Class competitions. The annual event is scheduled for Aug. 17-21 at the Flathead County Fairground

Flathead commissioners to make appointment to library board

Flathead County Commissioners are poised to select a new trustee to serve on the ImagineIF library board during their Thursday meeting.

Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to "hang Mike Pence," a key former White House aide told House investigators Tuesday, describing chaotic scenes inside and outside the executive mansion as Trump argued to accompany his supporters.

Legals for June, 28 2022

Glacier's Sun Road won't open by July 4

Glacier National Park officials said Friday that Going-to-the-Sun Road will not be fully open by July 4, though plows have made it to Logan Pass.

C-Falls resort tax collections higher than expected in first eight months

The tax has grossed $515,000 through May 30, City Manager Susan Nicosia told City Council recently.

Walmart expands health services to address racial inequality

Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care. After first offering doulas to employees in Georgia last year, Walmart said Wednesday that it will expand the same benefit to its employees in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois.

Legals for June, 26 2022

PHOTOS: Lemonade Day in Kalispell

Lemonade Day returned to Kalispell for its third year as youths were out operating lemonade stands from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 25 as part of an initiative of WorkForce Flathead. The national Lemonade Day program helps youth learn about starting a business, via the one-day stands. Through guided lessons in their Lemonade Day booklet, they learn about budgeting, finance, site selection, product creation, supplies, staffing, and more.

Twins 1-1 at Ed Gallo tournament

WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins are 1-1 at the Ed Gallo Wood Bat Tournament after two days of play. Glacier fell to the North Spokane Dodgers Friday night, 6-2, after the Dodgers took the lead early on an error in the second inning.

Overturn of Roe shifts Montana abortion debates to state courts

Montana’s elected officials reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which had made abortion legal nationwide for nearly 50 years.

North Dakota farmland purchase tied to Gates stirs emotion

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of a couple thousand acres of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state's values.

Trial date of man accused of raping teen pushed back

The trial date of a man accused of raping one girl and sexually assaulting two others at an underage Halloween party in Kalispell last year has been pushed back.

Yellowstone flood exposes silly secret

On the same day that the 50th anniversary of the Montana Constitution was being celebrated in the chambers of the Montana House of Representatives as producing the most open government of all the 50 states, it was revealed that the governor of Montana was keeping a secret from the public: his location.

Legals for June, 23 2022