Nothing unusual about governor’s mountain lion hunt

Gov. Greg Gianforte garnered national attention last week following reports of his recent mountain lion hunt north of Yellowstone National Park. Turns out, it’s much ado about nothing.

Legals for March, 13 2022

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Building permits

State A girls: Browning falls to Hardin

MISSOULA — Browning’s run at the State A girls basketball tournament ended Saturday morning, with a 71-45 loss to powerful Hardin at Dahlberg Arena.

State B boys: Bigfork falls to Three Forks; Eureka bows out

BOZEMAN — Three Forks knocked the Bigfork Vikings from the championship bracket Friday at the State B basketball tournament with a 65-54 victory in the semifinal.

Saturday State Hoops Pairings

State AA GIRLS Saturday 9 a.m. — Sentinel (12-12) vs. Billings Senior (14-10), lo 9 a.m. (at Skyview) — Flathead (17-6) vs. Billings West (20-3), lo

State A boys: Glendive nips Polson, 52-49

MISSOULA — There was foul trouble for their best player, a lack of 3-point shooting and still, the Polson Pirates were right there.

Browning, C-Falls girls lose in State A action

MISSOULA — Browning fell into the loser’s bracket Thursday, and Columbia Falls fell out of it.

Bobcat men rout Sacramento St. Thursday

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Xavier Bishop had 14 points to lead five Montana State players in double figures as the league champion Bobcats romped past eighth-seeded Sacramento State 83-61 in the Big Sky Conference tournament quarterfinals on Thursday.

State A boys: Polson downs Havre to stay alive

Lewistown, Butte Central to meet for title

MISSOULA — Colton Graham scored 19 points and ignited a huge third quarter for the Polson Pirates, who went on to beat Havre 74-58 in a State A loser-out game Friday morning.

NAIA men: Carroll, Tech win openers

HELENA — Shamrock Campbell hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead Carroll College over Mount Vernon Nazarene in a first-round NAIA Men’s Tournament game Friday at Carroll’s gym.

NAIA Women: Carroll, Rocky pick up wins

Providence, Montana-Western drop first-round games

NEW ORLEANS — Dani Wagner scored 22 points, Kamden HIlborn added 10 and Carroll College won it’s NAIA Women’s Tournament opener Friday, 69-50 over Lindsey Wilson.

Kenneth V. Carpenter, 74

Kenneth V. Carpenter, MD, 74, passed away March 7, 2022, at his home.

Senior Broncs hold off Bravettes in AA opener

BILLINGS — The Flathead Bravettes made a season out of winning close games, but after closing the gap in the third quarter they fell short Thursday, in a 55-47 State AA basketball loss to Billings Senior.

Glacier boys fall just short of Falcons

BILLINGS — An early deficit had Glacier’s boys playing catch up all game Thursday — and they almost caught up.

Award-winning ski documentary screened

The Ski Heritage Center Museum will present the award-winning documentary film“Mission: Mt. Mangart” at the O’Shaughnessy Saturday, March 19.

Grab your gear; Spring Mack Days are nearly here

While winter struggles to hang on, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are preparing to launch the 40th Mack Days fishing event on Flathead Lake, which begins Thursday, March 17 and runs through May 15.

Billings Central girls heat up, beat Columbia Falls

The first-quarter defense was promising enough, but the Columbia Falls Wildkats didn’t take full advantage.

Flathead Venture Crew offers Easter egg services

The Easter Bunny is comin’ to town, this year with the help of Boy Scout Venture Crew 2920.

Officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife

U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it's used more carefully by consumers.