Arnold R. Edwards, 92

Arnold R. Edwards passed away peacefully on Friday, May 20, 2022, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell.

Committee deems allegations against former KPD officer, commission candidate worth pursuing

Members of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council’s case status committee agreed to issue a letter to Jason Parce after receiving an abbreviated run-down of the accusations against him.

Legals for May, 25 2022

Texas school shooting kills 18 children, 3 adults

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children, officials said, and the gunman was dead.

Ruth Elaine (Judd) Baer, 95

April 6, 1927, to May 12, 2022, is just over 95 years; Ruth Elaine (Judd) Baer fully lived every minute of that long life.

Butte softball rolls past Bravettes, 20-2

Flathead's Kaidyn Lake hits 2-run homerun in fourth inning

Kalispell City Council digs into budget numbers

The city starts its review of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year in May, but it won’t adopt the final budget until property valuations come in from the state in August.

Lakers third, Mariners first in Canadian Days A tourney

Mission Valley downs River City 11-0 in championship

Lakers AA down Northwest Premier at Canadian Days tourney

Lakers score 7 runs in second inning

Billings hospital uses virtual reality to aid rehabilitation

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Dr. Jose Ortiz counted the minutes he spent in the back of an ambulance transporting him from Red Lodge to Billings.

Flathead Business Newsmakers

Happenings at Flathead businesses

Taxing unrealized gains tramples on the American dream

These days, if you don’t agree with the socialist-style “equitable distribution of wealth” or in the words of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “pay something in so everybody else gets a share,” then you’re just a greedy rich person not interested in “paying your fair share.”

Stories from Trego tunnel deviate from historical record

Working between 1967 and 1968, Bruce Morse was a member of one of the three 20-man crews working around the clock on the tunnel’s south portal. Joining his father Herb, a diesel mechanic who had secured him the job, on the engine the pair made their first trip into the tunnel to work together.

Bond reduction denied for accused killer

District Judge Dan Wilson denied May 19 a request to lower bail for Zackary Maas, the Columbia Falls man charged with deliberate homicide in the wake of a March shooting in Kalispell.

Rally yanks Wall Street from maw of bear market

Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop for stocks briefly sent the S&P 500 more than 20% below its peak set early this year.

Legals for May, 22 2022

Bigfork runs away with Western B titles

FRENCHTOWN — The Valkyries and Vikings built on their first-day lead at the Western B track divisional and ran away with the team titles Saturday.

Double, error gets C-Falls a walk-off win over Polson

COLUMBIA FALLS — Aspen Dawson hit a two-out double, then came around to score the winning run on an error as Columbia Falls beat Polson 5-4 in a Northwest A softball showdown Saturday.

Libby’s Beagle upsets Ellis

Bulldogs sweep team awards at divisional

Whitefish came home with two doubles championships and swept the team titles at the Western A divisional tennis tournament, but boys singles provided the biggest surprise of the tournament.

Loyola sweeps State B-C tennis titles

BOZEMAN — Missoula Loyola swept the boys and girls team titles at the State B-C tennis tournament last week, the third consecutive crown for the girls and second straight for the boys.