Law roundup: Man flushed out of building after toilet slumber

An employee opening a business for the day reportedly found a man sitting in one of the rooms. The man claimed his overnight stay was the result of falling asleep on the toilet.

Conservation study sights recreational boating on Flathead River

The Flathead Conservation District hopes to start an erosion study this year centered on recreational boating on the lower Flathead.

Judee (Fish) Channell, 74

Judee M. (Fish) Channell, born June 12, 1948, passed away peacefully Jan. 20, 2022, in Sonora, California.

Legals for March, 6 2022

Realtors to conservatives living in liberal areas: Try Idaho

Realtors to conservatives living in liberal areas: Try Idaho

Hellgate girls too much, top Bravettes in final

It was a slow start for the Flathead Bravettes Saturday, and a lot of Missoula Hellgate’s opponents know the feeling.

Wheat prices soar on concerns of war, drought

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — With cash grain prices at record highs and Russia's war on Ukraine likely to push them higher still, one might assume that farm trucks would be lining up a mile deep at grain elevators hoping to cash in as they've done before.

Glacier ousts Hellgate on way to taking 3rd

Out of a 3-9 start came a third-place finish for the Glacier Wolfpack, who won twice Saturday at the Western AA Divisional boys basketball tournament.

School program examines mental health, suicide prevention

Teigan Avery speaks warmly of her dad, saying whoever was on the receiving end of his phone call knew they were in for at least an hour of conversation.

Legals for March, 5 2022

Bravettes top Bruins, earn first trip to State since 2013

State tournament-bound are the Flathead Bravettes, who pushed away from a 21-all tie late in the third quarter and downed Helena Capital 41-32 in the semifinals of the Western AA Divisional.

Glacier boys top Flathead 54-26 in loser-out

Glacier worked the boards and the nets for win No. 8 Friday morning, dispatching crosstown foe Flathead 54-26 in a Western AA Divisional boys loser-out game at Carroll College.

Employers get creative to retain workers

Mike Bare has worked at Nomad Global Communication Solutions in Columbia Falls for eight years.

Legals for March, 4 2022

Bravettes surge into Western AA semifinals

Kennedy Moore scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Maddy Moy started a late, critical surge that carried Flathead over Missoula Big Sky 48-39 at the Western AA girls basketball divisional Thursday.

Glacier girls fall to top-seeded Knights

The Glacier Wolfpack girls basketball team was a longshot to beat top-seeded Missoula Hellgate Thursday, certainly, and it took 33 seconds to see why.

Glacier, Flathead boys lose; play each other Friday morning

Flathead and Glacier will battle for a third time this season at 9:30 a.m. Friday, after both lost first-round games at the Western AA boys basketball divisional Thursday at Carroll College.

Montana recreational marijuana sales increase in February

The sale of recreational marijuana in Montana increased slightly in February while medical marijuana sales declined compared to January's numbers, according to the state Department of Revenue.

Dangerous lead levels found in half of Montana schools tested

About half of Montana schools that had tested their water by mid-February under a new state rule had high levels of lead, according to state data. But the full picture isn’t clear because fewer than half of the state’s school buildings had provided water samples six weeks after the deadline.

Agency provides myriad services to assist older adults

The Flathead County Agency on Aging’s goal is pretty straightforward — to assist older adults with what’s important to them.