Flathead County faces dearth of mental health care options

Mental health care options in Flathead County remain scarce, with clinics and emergency facilities closing and new patients turned away or placed on months-long waitlists.

Robert Gregory Bain, 51

Robert Gregory Bain, 51

Legals for April, 16 2023

Steven Eckels, 67

Steven Eckels, 67

Photographer hopes to tell story through images

Austin Seback loves being able to pursue his true passion of photography.

Bigfork thinclads sweep Dilly Bar Invitational

Jack Jensen won two distance races, Scout Nadeau swept the discus and shot put and Bigfork won both sides of the Dilly Bar Invitational track and field meet Saturday.

Man accused of running over trooper facing drug smuggling charge

A Rexford man accused of running over a Montana Highway Patrol trooper in February is facing an additional charge for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine into the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Glacier sweeps track dual from Butte

The Glacier Wolfpack swept their track and field dual with Butte in emphatic fashion Friday, and put up some nice marks in the process, especially on the boys side.

EPA won’t clean up old town dumps near Columbia Falls

While the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. continues, there’s an old dumping ground that won’t get cleaned up in the Superfund site process — a town dump that once served residents in and around the city.

Council discusses adding C-PACE district, changing marijuana facility ordinance

At a work session last week, the Whitefish City Council considered a plan that could help businesses and also looked at potential changes to the marijuana facility ordinance.

Lions 9 has roared into first season

There are some understandable and ongoing concerns from American Legion coaches about the addition of baseball as a Montana High School Association-sanctioned sport this spring.

Man arrested in standoff with SWAT faces assault charge

Prosecutors formally filed a felony assault with a weapon charge against the 52-year-old man arrested following a standoff near West Idaho Street in Kalispell earlier this week.

Montana close to becoming 1st state to completely ban TikTok

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday on a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state, a move that's bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.

Dramatic comedy closes this weekend

This show is being presented as a cabaret theatre with both table and fixed seating available.

Whitefish Mountain Resort skier visits reaches new heights

Whitefish Mountain Resort broke its visitation record with more than 500,000 skiers and snowboarders riding Big Mountain during the 2022-23 ski season, which ended Sunday.

Local author dives into contemporary women’s fiction with latest novel

Local author Mary Frances Erler’s latest book, “Lauren’s Dark Passage,” delves into contemporary women’s fiction — a departure from her previous works of historical fiction and fantasy/science fiction.

Grand operatic comedy shows in onscreen performance by the Metropolitan Opera

The grand operatic comedy “Der Rosenkavalier” comes to the Whitefish Performing Arts Center Saturday in a live onscreen performance as part of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD season.

Vocal supergroup performs for one night only in Whitefish

Pop and vocal jazz band The Black Market Trust will bring the sounds of great American crooners combined with the romantic gypsy fire of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt to the the O’Shaughnessy Center April 22.

'Anything Goes' at Flathead Valley Community College

When it comes to Flathead Valley Community College's theater and music department — “Anything Goes.”

Legals for April, 13 2023