Scholarship funding, more reading, more teacher pay top Gianforte’s education priorities

Gov. Greg Gianforte called on parents — and grandparents, aunts and uncles — to help close the learning gap that emerged after the Covid-19 pandemic by doing one thing. “It’s easy. Please read to your kids 20 minutes a day. This will help close the gap,” Gianforte said.

Legals for December, 5 2022

REACHing for the stars: Grassroots effort underway to replace Dayton Elementary School

With the goal of raising $20 million in five years, a grassroots organization is working to replace Lake County’s aging Dayton Elementary School with a state-of-the-art academic building that will double as a community center.

Nordic Allure soap company goes from hobby to storefront

The evident theme of the soap company was inspired by Gloria Nyswonger’s Nordic heritage.

Crossbreeding between trout poses a threat to Montana's state fish

Hybridization between native cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout in the Flathead Valley could prove a major cause of biodiversity loss and a harm to native species, according to a recent study by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Community briefs

Blue Christmas service; Holiday market in Whitefish; Evergreen holiday gathering; Free meals; Klothes Kloset Christmas store

We’re all in this town together

It was the last thing I wanted to do, leaving work to go anywhere but home in a driving snow.

Legals for December, 4 2022

Ladies of the dance — Beloved holiday ballet brings family together

When the San Diego Ballet’s “Nutcracker” touring company travels to Kalispell this week, it will not only bring one of the most beloved ballets and Christmas stories to the McClaren Hall stage, it will also nurture a unique kinship between an aunt and her niece. Carol (Brannan) Sullivan has spent most of her lifetime teaching dance in the Flathead Valley.

Bison rumble over Griz, 49-26

Lucas Johnson couldn’t finish and North Dakota State, as usual, could. Kobe Johnson ran for 206 yards and two touchdowns, quarterback Cam Miller also ran for two scores and third-seeded North Dakota State ran away from Montana 49-26

Redistricting commission puts Democrats’ map out for public comment

After four days of discussion and revision, Montana’s Redistricting commission voted along partisan lines — with the nonpartisan chair as the tie-breaking vote — in favor of a Democrat proposed legislative map.

Regional septage treatment facility could address growing problem

The county has an estimated 30,000 wastewater treatment systems. So far in 2022 there has been nearly 680 new septic tanks approved.

Legals for December, 2 2022

Griz aim to stun Fargodome crowd

Bobby Hauck’s first game as coach of the Montana Grizzlies was in September of 2003, and it didn’t go as expected.

Sliter, Sellards, Shaw and Skonord garner first-team All-State for AA

Gage Sliter and Henry Sellards, two mainstays for the 2022 Glacier Wolfpack football squad, were named first-team All-State in voting by coaches across the class.

Suspended sentences given to man accused of spitting on cops

Robert Eugene McCarty, 35, had pleaded guilty to felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor assault with bodily fluid in September after striking a deal with prosecutors.

Judy Rae Simonson, 71

Our loving mother, Judy Rae Simonson, 71, of Polson passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital on Nov. 28, 2022.

Biden pledges new commitments, respect for tribal nations

President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he will bolster tribal consultations, inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in decision-making and funding for communities struggling with the impacts of climate change.

Legals for December, 1 2022

Don Zen Allred, 88

Don Zen Allred, 88, returned to his hHeavenly home Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, while at home in Gold Star Park Quartzsite, Arizona, where he and his wife, Louise, have resided since 1997.