COMMUNITY BRIEFS: Food for Fines

Kalispell Municipal Court is offering defendants a chance to reduce their existing fines or citations during Food for Fines, Dec. 1 and 2.

Thinner tube eases throat exams

Thinner is better - or at least more hassle-free.

Kalispell police

Two goats wandered in the traffic at Meridian Road and Fifth Street West late Saturday afternoon before the county animal warden nabbed them, Kalispell police reported.

Big Mountain, county at odds over subdivision

Winter Sports Inc. and the county commissioners remain at an impasse over an open-ended special improvement district required for The Glades subdivision on Big Mountain.

Fee increase not necessarily all negative

Increasing hunting and fishing license fees will surely be one of the most hotly debated items during the current legislative session. Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has proposed very substantial increases in virtually every license issued to Montana residents.

Wolfpack soccer swept

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Art festival, car rally enliven Kalispell weekend

Downtown Kalispell will be a happening place this weekend with a major art festival, parade  and car and motorcycle show.

Flathead coach headed to Hall of Fame

Flathead wrestling coach Scot Davis will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame by the hall’s Minnesota chapter on April 20.

Zone change aired for U.S. 2 corner

By NANCY KIMBALL

Men checking out the library

After Kalispell Police officers interviewed a suspicious woman in the bushes near the Flathead County Library just before midnight Sunday, they suspected that someone might be inside. Officers entered the building on First Avenue and found two men and computer equipment that appeared to have been moved. The men, ages 20 and 21, were arrested on felony burglary charges and it appeared they gained entry through a window that had been rigged earlier.

Knitting, felting classes at Camas Creek

New restaurant expected to open this summer in Evergreen

Two Brothers Cafe, owned and operated by Nick and Esmeralda Aliu, is set to be open seven days per week from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Letters to the editor Nov. 28

Letters to the editor Nov. 28

Marianna Merritt Matteson, 90

With family and close friends around her, Marianna Merritt Matteson peacefully passed away in Pullman, Washington, on July 20, 2022.

St. Ignatius man, mother plead guilty to roles in fatal crash, cover up

A St. Ignatius man and his mother have pleaded guilty to felonies related to their roles in a January 2021 fatal crash and attempted cover up that sparked widespread calls for justice for the victim.

Bigfork Vals down Loyola on road

Braeden Gunlock tossed in 18 points, Emma Berreth and Scout Nadeau contributed 14 each and No. 4 Bigfork thumped Missoula Loyola 60-45 in non-conference girls basketball Saturday.

Delta will charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month

Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against Covid-19, a policy the airline's top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000.

Boys Hoops: Genovese goes off in 4th, Whitefish boys win

Bigfork holds off Ronan

WHITEFISH — Mason Genovese scored eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter to help Whitefish pull away from Libby for a 59-43 win in Northwest A boys basketball action Thursday.

Story of astronomer explores women’s place in society during 19th Century

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she is not allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories.

Girls hoops: Wildkats rout Maidens

COLUMBIA FALLS — Ellie Stutsman scored 12 points off the bench, six coming in Columbia Falls’ second-quarter surge that carried the Wildkats over Ronan 60-17 in Northwest A girls basketball Thursday.