State B boys: Mustangs burst out the gates to beat Vikings

Malta pushed the pace early and often to take a 47-41 win over Bigfork in a State B semifinal Saturday afternoon. Bodhi Brenden made three 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 17 points for the Mustangs.

State A girls: Hardin, Havre to meet in chipper

Hardin and Havre will meet Saturday in the State A girls final, while four other teams will battle for a place in the third place game.

State AA boys: Golden Bears’ surge turns away Wolfpack

Up 40-30 late in the third quarter, the Bears (19-4) held off the Wolfpack for a 52-43 win at the Butte Civic Center. They’ll take on Missoula Hellgate for the state championship Saturday around 8 p.m.

State A boys: Wildcats bow out of tourney

Glendive toppled Columbia Falls Friday by building on a 26-point second quarter and 19 points from Micheal Murphy. The Wildcats finished the season 17-7.

Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot

Federal prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, even though some of the defendants didn't carry out the violence themselves.

Browning man sentenced for assaulting teenager

Jasper Ryan Rattler, 20, pleaded guilty in October to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury in U.S. District Court.

Legals for March, 10 2023

State A boys: Maroons topple Wildcats

Dougie Peoples scored 14 points and helped the Butte Central Maroons hold off the Columbia Falls Wildcats 53-44 in a State A Boys Basketball quarterfinal on Thursday. Down 10 after the first quarter, the Wildcats battled back to cut the Maroons lead to five twice.

State B girls: Vals rally, top Baker 52-38

A 14-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters carried the unbeaten Vals past Baker 52-38 at the State B girls basketball tournament at Four Seasons Arena.

State AA girls: Bravettes use early lead to beat Bozeman

After the Flathead Bravettes put the finishes on a 48-37 win over Bozeman, they didn’t look all that happy. Then their cheering section let them hear it, and some smiles went up.

Kalispell snow streak hits top-10 mark

While this winter in Northwest Montana has not been significantly snowy, it has been long.

State AA boys: Wolfpack trounces Falcons

Kaidrian Buls scored 15 points and he and Adam Nikunen combined on seven 3-pointers Thursday to lead Glacier over Billings Skyview 65-48 at the Butte Civic Center.

Entertainment and Arts Events

Hockaday features young artists; WTC hosts adult prom; Free concert; College speaker series; Mountainfilm on Tour in Whitefish

Bill would remap state's Public Service Commission

The Montana Senate last week passed a redraw of the state’s Public Service Commission districts that, if enacted, would replace a court-ordered map drawn last year.

Legals for March, 9 2023

Bravettes, Vals lead 6 teams into state tourneys

The Flathead Valley is well-represented at this week’s state basketball tournaments, and at least a couple teams are in it to win it.

Full agenda before county planning board

The board meets at 6 p.m. in the South Campus Building, 40 11th St. W., in Kalispell.

Alleged nude prowler enters not guilty plea

The man allegedly found naked in a Columbia Falls area home trying to steal a motorcycle pleaded not guilty to felony burglary in Flathead County District Court last week.

Flathead National Forest, POWDR, worked ‘hand in hand’ on Holland expansion proposal

For more than one year before the U.S. Forest Service announced a controversial proposal to expand operations at Holland Lake Lodge, it was working hand in hand with POWDR, an “adventure life” company that aims to take full ownership of the resort on public land.

Robert E. ‘Buzz’ Berry, 79

Robert E. “Buzz” Berry, 79, of Kalispell, Montana, passed away on March 1, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona.