Legion baseball: Libby in Big Bucks tournament championship game

LIBBY — Libby’s Loggers will face Moscow’s Blue Devils today in the championship game of the Big Bucks American Legion baseball tournament at 5:30 p.m.

Lakers split with Electrics

What we have here is … a royal mess.

Pay, pension bills advance in the House

Glacier sweats out win over Helena

Balanced scoring helps Wolfpack claim first league victory, 59-49

Dell McManus would have loved this one.

Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs.

Enrollment continues to climb in 2022

School enrollment is expected to continue its climb in 2022, specifically at the elementary and middle school level, with at least one district proposing to put a bond issue before voters in May to build a new middle school.

Committee deems allegations against former KPD officer, commission candidate worth pursuing

Members of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council’s case status committee agreed to issue a letter to Jason Parce after receiving an abbreviated run-down of the accusations against him.

Glacier, Flathead split road softball games

HELENA — Emma Cooke homered twice and Ella Farrell threw a three-hitter, but the Glacier Wolfpack managed just a split of their two games against the Helena schools Saturday.

When home becomes the classroom

Tuesday morning spent at the Carpenter residence offered a glimpse into one family adjusting to a new, albeit temporary, normal of public school being held at home.

States suspending standardized tests as schools close

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing schools to combat the spread of the coronavirus is having a sweeping impact on an annual rite of spring: the standardized tests that are dreaded by millions of students and teachers alike.

Bigfork Independent Film Festival spotlights Montana filmmakers and made-in-Montana films

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Bigfork Independent Film Festival.

Legals for March, 20 2022

Kalispell Regional agrees to $4.2M fund for security breach

Kalispell Regional Healthcare has agreed to establish a $4.2 million settlement fund to provide relief for individuals who allege they were impacted by a data breach of the hospital’s internal systems that was announced in October 2019.

MSU plans pest management tour stops in the Flathead

The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering a pest management tour for pesticide applicators at six locations across northwestern Montana from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4.

Legals October 18, 2019

No. 26578 REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT The City of Kalispell is proposing the Glacier Rail Park and Kalispell Trail Project. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is providing partial funding for construction of the Project through a grant under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and FRA's NEPA procedures, the City and FRA have prepared a Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to evaluate potential impacts of proposed changes to the Project, specifically the trail portion, on the human and natural environment since the original EA was approved by FRA in 2017. The SEA is being made available for a 30-day public review and comment period that will begin October 21, 2019 and end November 19, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. The SEA is available online on the City's website at https://www.kalispell.com/164/Community-Development and FRA's website at https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P1038. The SEA is also available for viewing in hardcopy at Kalispell City Hall, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 (request at Water Department Desk) or ImagineIF Libraries Kalispell, 247 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 (request at Reference Department). Interested persons may submit comments on the SEA to the City of Kalispell via U.S. Mail to Katharine King, City of Kalispell Community and Economic Development Department, 201 First Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana 59901 or via e-mail to kking@kalispell.com. Please call (406) 758-7713 for information or assistance. FRA and the City will consider comments received during the public comment period before FRA makes a final NEPA decision. October 18, 20, 2019 MNAXLP __________________________

Extra patrol for suspicious stalking hawk

Someone supposedly requested extra patrol from Kalispell Police Department because they thought a hawk sitting on a light pole was stalking a kid and a dog. It was unknown if the hawk was hurt, but “looked suspicious.” The person said they would contact Fish and Game. Police were unable to locate the suspicious hawk.

David R. Ottosen, 74

David R. Ottosen, 74, of Thompson Falls, “went home to be with the Lord” on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015 in Plains, after a swift illness with cancer.

Women the focus of new ag course

Women in the agricultural field will get a spotlight at Flathead Valley Community College starting this fall when the school introduces a new course to its agriculture program.

Valley keeps pushing back on hate

Northwest Montana’s recent history with hatred and extremism can be best described as erratic.

Legals May 25, 2019

No. 26235 NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION LOWER SIDE ZONING DISTRICT The Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 76-2-205(5), M.C.A., that it passed a resolution of intention (Resolution No. 957BI) on May 20, 2019 to change the zoning designation in a portion of the Lower Side Zoning District from AG-40 (Agricultural) to AG-20 (Agricultural). The boundaries of the area proposed to be amended from AG-40 to AG-20 are described as: Tract 4 of Certificate of Survey No. 20930, located and being in the NW Quarter of Section 34, Township 28 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 21014, located and being in the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 28 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. The Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 28 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. The regulations defining the AG-40 to AG-20 zones are contained in the Flathead County Zoning Regulations, on file for public inspection at the Office of the Flathead County Clerk and Recorder, 800 South Main, Kalispell, Montana, at the Planning and Zoning Office, 40 11th Street West, Kalispell, Montana, and online at: http://flathead.mt.gov/planning_zoning/downloads.php. Documents related to the proposed zone change are also on file for public inspection at the Office of the Board of Commissioners and the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office. For thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice, the Board of Commissioners will receive written protests to the change proposed for a portion of the Lower Side Zoning District from persons owning real property within Flathead County whose names appear on the last completed assessment roll of Flathead County and who either are registered voters in Flathead County or execute and acknowledge their protests before a notary public. DATED this 20th day of May, 2019. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Philip B. Mitchell Philip B. Mitchell, Chairman May 25, June 1, 2019 MNAXLP _________________________