Rangers locate climber's body on Alaska's Denali

National park rangers in Alaska on Friday located the body of the year's first registered climber on North America's tallest peak.

4 more men charged in plot to steal ammo from Air Force base

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An Air Force staff sergeant facing allegations of making violent, antigovernment statements online before stealing ammunition from Fairchild Air Force Base has pleaded not guilty to additional crimes in federal court in Spokane.

Sweem pleads not guilty to negligent vehicular assault, obstructing a peace officer

Appearing cuffed and in a detention center uniform, Gunnar Thomas Sweem, 21, sat stone-faced as his attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Summer ArtFest takes place June 22 to 25 in Whitefish

Inspired with building community in mind, the Summer ArtFest show plans to expand into a four-day annual event encompassing all art forms and spread throughout the downtown Whitefish area with the main events held at the O'Shaughnessy Cultural Arts Center in Whitefish.

Kalispell OK’s grant application for West Reserve Drive

Council on Monday approved a resolution for the grant application to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant. The city is submitting the grant in cooperation with the Montana Department of Transportation.

C-Falls man accused of raping child in 2020

Prosecutors have charged a Columbia Falls man with sexual intercourse without consent for allegedly raping a child in 2020.

Montana CI-121 off to a slow start

Proponents of Constitutional Initiative 121 are off to a slow start, with few signatures collected and little money raised.

Doris Leanne (Jones) Dey, 83

Doris Leanne (Jones) Dey, 83, passed peacefully at home in Missoula April 21, 2022.

April was coldest on record for Kalispell

With an average temperature of 36.3 degrees, last month was the coldest April on record in Kalispell.

Legals for May, 3 2022

As wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico's pine-covered mountainsides on Monday, closing in on a town of 13,000 people where residents hurried to pack their cars with belongings, others raced to clear brush from around their homes, and police were called in to help evacuate the state's psychiatric hospital.

Glenden Philip Wicklund

Glenden Philip Wicklund passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at his home in Kalispell.

Legals for May, 2 2022

Columbia Falls School District discovers ballot mailing delay

Columbia Falls School District worked to rectify a situation last week when it learned there was a delay in mailing out more than a thousand ballots for its trustee election.

Pop-up consignment event comes to mall Mother’s Day weekend

Pear Pop Up, a new consignment event, takes place on Mother’s Day weekend in the Kalispell Center Mall.

Kalispell Council set to vote on senior housing complex

Kalispell City Council on Monday will consider approval of a request for a senior affordable housing complex proposal adjacent to the Gateway Community Center.

Range Riders start hitting town in a week

First-year Pioneer League team begins season May 23

In one week 45 baseball players, give or take, will be in Kalispell preparing for a short training camp, with the goal of playing in the Pioneer League.

C-Falls’ Moultray throws no-hitter at tourney

FRENCHTOWN — Maddie Moultray threw a six-inning no-hitter Saturday, continuing Columbia Falls strong start to the season with a 10-0 win over Corvallis at the Frenchtown Invitational.

Mother of hit-and-run victim calls for tougher DUI penalties

The mother of the victim of an April 25 hit-and-run says her daughter will make a full recovery, but faces a year of rehabilitation and a potential mountain of medical bills after being struck by an allegedly uninsured drunk driver.

Polson, Libby and C-Falls all go 2-0 in Frenchtown

FRENCHTOWN — The Polson battery of pitcher Katelyn Druyvestein and catcher McKenna Hanson teamed up for a one-hitter and combined for six RBIs in the Pirates’ 13-0 win over Corvallis at the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament Friday.