State A girls: Blue Ponies repeat as champs

Havre got 20 points from Yelena Miller and 18 from Amaya Jarvis to repeat as the State A girls champions with a 74-57 win over Hardin on Saturday at the MSU Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.

State AA girls: Bravettes make title game

Kennedy Moore’s 20 points and 10 rebounds stick out in Flathead’s 51-43 defeat of the defending state champion Skyview Falcons, in the late semifinal game at Civic Center. But there was so much more that fueled a dominant second half in which the Bravettes outscored Skyview 28-14.

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.

Judge approves $1.4M in attorneys’ fees from $4.3M Logan Health data breach settlement

The class-action attorneys who reached a data breach settlement with Logan Health are entitled to around $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees – one-third of the $4.3 million settlement – despite objections from the current and former mayors of Kalispell, a Cascade County District Court judge ruled Thursday.

Don’t give the IRS access to more of your data

Turn on cable news and you would think that Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything, and that bipartisanship is nothing but fantasy.

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 A girls: Browning bounced by Havre

Amaya Jarvis and Yelena Miller scored in double digits to lift the Havre Blue Ponies to a 73-53 win over the Browning Lady Indians in the first round of the State A Girls basketball tournament on Thursday.

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.

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.

Battle, Montana St. beat NAU, win 2nd straight Big Sky title

RaeQuan Battle scored 25 points and Montana State beat Northern Arizona 85-78 Wednesday night to clinch its second consecutive Big Sky Conference title and an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Lego posts boost in profit, sales as it raised some prices

The Danish toy company said net profit rose to 13.8 billion kroner ($2 billion) from 13.3 billion kroner. Sales were up 12%, while revenue grew 17% to 64 billion kroner ($9.2 billion).

Area 406 Festival holds launch party in Whitefish

As both a producer and vocalist with hip hop roots, Megan Hamilton mixes hypnotic bass, funky ruffs and house grooves to push the envelope with each track.

Entertainment and Arts Events

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

Flathead Lake Cinemafest honors films

About two-dozen filmmakers traveled from across the U.S. to attend the festival, and the regional FLIC audience in attendance was enthusiastic and supportive.

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.