Free Thanksgiving dinners served around Flathead Valley

A generous host of free Thanksgiving dinners are available around the Flathead Valley. Members of the community are welcome to feel at home and enjoy both their food and fellowship.

Community briefs

Lions Club ornament fundraiser; Webinar talks about senior living; Food bank donations

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week

Applications for jobless claims for the week ending Nov. 12 fell by 4,000 to 222,000 from 226,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Smaller food cos. get set for a high-priced holiday season

Small businesses that count on food-centric holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas are bracing for a difficult season.

Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years for Theranos scam

The sentence imposed Friday by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila was shorter than the 15-year penalty requested by federal prosecutors.

Legals for November, 20 2022

Letters to the editor Nov. 20

Letters to the editor Nov. 20

Native American Heritage Month – A constitutional promise

November is National American Indian Heritage Month. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a Congressional Joint Resolution establishing this event and called upon governments, interested groups, organizations, and the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.

Building Permits

building permits

Students get moving with Evergreen Fitness program

What started out as a weight training program for seventh- and eighth-grade student-athletes, soon expanded to all students interested in staying fit over summer break, starting in the second grade.

Evergreen Rotary Club looks toward 20th anniversary in 2023

The Evergreen Rotary Club was formed in 2003, when founding members were looking at certain projects in the community that they believed they could help fund.

Day care programs offer child care to school staff

A state-licensed day care program has opened at Kalispell Public Schools as part of a new cooperative program to serve children of district employees.

Belt rallies to beat Mission for 8-Man title

The Belt Huskies broke out in the second half of the Class C 8-Man championship game at Mission High School to top the Mission Bulldogs 52-24 and claim their first title since 1994.

Suspected drug dealer sentenced to six years

Prosecutors say Timothy Leo Vleisides, 64, admitted to receiving methamphetamine via mail every other month for about two years when authorities arrested him in 2021.

POWDR already in charge of Holland Lake Lodge, lawyers allege

POWDR, a Utah company identified as future owner of Holland Lake Lodge, is already in control of the Swan Valley resort, allege a couple of lawyers who are opponents of a lodge expansion proposal in a memo and review of public records.

Coroner: Idaho students were stabbed to death in their beds

Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house Sunday were stabbed to death in their beds and likely were asleep, a county coroner told a cable news channel.

Early risers catch glimpse of meteor streaking across morning sky

Early risers Thursday morning may have caught a glimpse of a spectacular fireball seen from Missoula to north of Calgary at 6:26 a.m.

Legals for November, 18 2022

Suspect in box cutter attack pleads guilty

Brockton Ferguson, 36, made the acknowledgment after pleading guilty to felony aggravated assault for the April 5 attack in Kalispell.

Knudsen, Tester simultaneously publicize efforts to curb fentanyl abuse

As Attorney General Austin Knudsen unveiled Thursday his latest effort to prevent fentanyl abuse in Montana, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester highlighted efforts in the Senate to make it easier to detect the opioid along the southern border.