In Montana, we can only have one governor at a time

It was one thing that Gov. Greg Gianforte’s recent vacation left the public and the press playing “Where’s Waldo?” for the week that he was, as it turns out, in Italy — but how his executive office was handled during the catastrophic floods in Carbon, Park and Stillwater counties leaves some doubts as to who exactly was the governor during that time.

Legals for June, 30 2022

Montana AG wants state Supreme Court to consider Dobbs decision in abortion appeal

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is asking the Montana Supreme Court to consider last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in an appeal of four abortion laws before the court.

Man who allegedly shot at kayakers pleads not guilty

A Whitefish man accused of shooting at a group of kayakers on Lower Stillwater Lake earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of assault with a weapon.

Thomas Lee Adrignola, 61

Thomas Lee Adrignola, 61, of Columbia Falls passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on June 20, 2022.

Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching

Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in the Northwest in the past year and a half.

Marion man arrested after allegedly pulling gun on girlfriend’s father

A Marion man is being held in county jail on a $75,000 bond after allegedly leveling a firearm at his girlfriend’s father earlier this month.

Letters to the editor June 28

Letters to the editor June 28

Educational excellence through local control

State funding has never been removed from a school due to not meeting state accreditation standards.

Legals for June, 28 2022

Legals for June, 27 2022

Births

Hayden Ramsey Pierce, daughter of Kate and Cole Pierce of Whitefish, was born on May 10, 2022, at Logan Health Whitefish.

Legals for June, 26 2022

Kentucky restaurant created by KFC founder for sale

A restaurant created by KFC founder Harland Sanders for his wife decades ago is for sale. The Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky, hit the market this week.

Rollins man linked to Whitefish shooting back in jail

Wilson Dane Huyser, 33, is being held in the Flathead County Detention Center on a $150,000 bond after prosecutors amended the charges against him to include felony assault with a weapon. He was booked back into county jail on June 23.

Man accused of threatening bar staff, deputies pleads not guilty

Kyle Ross Burglund, 41, appeared in Flathead County District Court beside attorney Sean Hinchey for his June 23 arraignment, pleading not guilty to assault with a weapon and threats or improper influence in an official matter.

Comments sought on timber harvest, trail expansion west of Whitefish

The Flathead Forest has released its Environmental Assessment for a forest project on more than 28,000 acres west of Whitefish that includes new trails at a popular Nordic ski area.

Black Ram project again underway

The Kootenai National Forest is moving ahead with the Black Ram Project more than three years after it was first announced.

One of four bungling burglars pleads guilty

One of the four men arrested after breaking down the door of the wrong house in an allegedly pre-planned burglary entered a guilty plea in district court earlier this week.

Senate deal raises hopes for reduction in gun suicide

A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement negotiated after high-profile mass shootings in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma lacks gun access restrictions that advocates say are needed to prevent such attacks. But the deal’s focus on mental health has raised hopes — and doubts — that it will help reduce gun suicides, particularly in rural Western states with wide-open gun laws.