Glacier Park seeing high number of no-shows at North Fork

Glacier National Park’s reservation system for the North Fork is working, but not the way the park had hoped, Deputy Superintendent Pete Webster told North Forkers at the Interlocal meeting last week.

Event 'always on their radar'

The track at The Event at Rebecca Farm includes a 4-star long course, and since the Paris Olympics will use a 4-star course for their equestrian eventing, competitors will get a dose of the real thing.

Local authorities saw few problems at Under the Big Sky music festival

The “watering hole” was a popular spot at the Under the Big Sky music festival last weekend in Whitefish as temperatures soared amid a summer heat wave.

Legals for July, 18 2024

Flathead Lake Biological Station embarking on an ocean study

The Flathead Lake Biological Station is leading an international team of biologists on a new research project, trading cool, blue mountain watersheds for the open ocean.

Law roundup: Visitors leave the state, ditching friend at jail

A 26-year-old man reportedly wanted to “charge his friends for abandoning him” when they took off to Wisconsin, leaving him stranded at the detention center when he was released from jail.

Legals for July, 17 2024

C-Falls' Lara, Browning's Wells score big at NHSRF

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Columbia Falls’ bareback rider Azzy Lara scored 75 points in the sixth performance at the National High School Rodeo Finals Wednesday, and split first after the first go-round of the event.

Small fire contained west of Kalispell; large fires threaten Missoula, Helena

A prompt ground and aerial attack quickly contained a small wildfire that cropped up Monday evening northwest of Kalispell.

Law roundup: Man’s offering is not person’s cup of tea

Someone out watering flowers downtown for the city reportedly had the misfortune of seeing a barefoot man with red curly hair urinate in a cup.

Legals for July, 16 2024

Trump picks loyal ally Sen. JD Vance as running mate

Donald Trump named Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America's political leaders.

It's time to end the war on poverty in the Flathead Valley

There has been a great deal of discussion and debate around the topic of homelessness in the Flathead Valley. I’d like to offer two observations on this topic. One, this issue will continue to get worse unless we offer a solution that includes supportive housing. And two, we have a civic and moral obligation to care for the desperately poor people who live among us.

Legals for July, 15 2024

Going deep on the CFAC cleanup

Going deep is an essential next step in order for Columbia Falls and Flathead County residents to begin to really understand and raise meaningful questions about the proposed leave-the toxic waste-in-place cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Superfund site.

In prime-time address, Biden warns of election-year rhetoric, saying 'it's time to cool it down'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is warning of the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, saying, "It's time to cool it down." In a prime-time national address Sunday from the Oval Office, Biden said political passions can run high but "we must never descend into violence."

Artist infuses characters into downtown Kalispell with life-sized sculptures

Step aside, there’s a new sheriff in town — and a goddess.

James E. Jenks, 83

James "Jim" Erwin Jenks, 83, husband, father, grandfather, brother, soldier, mentor, and Bobcat was born on July 23, 1940, in Great Falls, to Max and Elinor Jenks.

Ronald Leroy Van Natta, 85

Ronald Leroy Van Natta passed away on June 14, 2024, at the age of 85.

Letters to the editor July 14

Letters to the editor July 14