Woman charged in New Year’s Eve stabbings

A Flathead County woman is accused of stabbing her father and another man during a New Year’s Eve dispute in Kalispell.

LeRoy C. Stevens, 80

LeRoy C. Stevens, 80, passed away in Bigfork on Dec. 20, 2021, and is now in a place of peace, calm and love.

William "Bill” Stanley Hart

William “Bill” Stanley Hart passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2021, with his oldest son Randy at his side; Pop was 87 years old.

Legals for January, 5 2022

Glacier wrestlers sweep Hellgate

The Glacier girls and boys wrestling team literally pinned a couple losses on the Hellgate Knights, in Western AA dual action Tuesday at the Wolf Den.

Flathead boys, girls take down Knights

The Brave Brawlers pitched a shutout and the Bravettes made it a sweep of Missoula Hellgate Tuesday, in a pair of wrestling duals held at Flathead High School.

Gianforte won't use emergency powers to combat omicron

Gov. Greg Gianforte acknowledged the high degree of transmissibility of the omicron COVID-19 variant but maintained at a press conference Tuesday at the Capitol that Montana would not return to a state of emergency or implement a vaccine mandate.

Whitefish woman pleads guilty to DUI homicide

A Whitefish woman pleaded guilty Monday in Flathead County District Court to felony vehicular homicide while under the influence after she struck and killed a Columbia Falls girl with her vehicle in May 2021.

Enrollment continues to climb in 2022

School enrollment is expected to continue its climb in 2022, specifically at the elementary and middle school level, with at least one district proposing to put a bond issue before voters in May to build a new middle school.

Investigators narrow search for origin of Colorado wildfire

Investigators looking for the cause of the Colorado wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes have narrowed their search to a sparsely populated neighborhood near Boulder where a passer-by captured video of a burning shed on the day the fire began, authorities said.

Subdivision proposed near Grouse Mountain soccer fields

Development is front and center as the Whitefish City Council starts the new year by considering a 20-lot residential subdivision next to the Grouse Mountain soccer fields on Fairway Drive.

Retired fighter pilot vividly recalls combat missions in Vietnam

The first time Jim Cash took the controls of a jet as a teenager, he knew he was right where he was meant to be.

Letters to the editor Jan. 2

Letters to the editor Jan. 2

Montana to ‘keep up the good fight’ against aquatic invaders, wasting disease

Local fish and game officials can consider 2021 a success in the effort to combat the threat of aquatic invaders and Chronic Wasting Disease, and will look to stay on a similar course in the year ahead.

Legals for January, 2 2022

Scientist, enforcer, high-flyer: 3 women put a mark on tech

Scientist, enforcer, high-flyer: 3 women put a mark on tech

New owners of Bigfork bowling alley aim to make it a destination center

The bowling alley in Bigfork recently came under new ownership after it was purchased by professional bowler Rhino Page and his business partner Jeff Heinle.

The (unexpected) little joys of the holidays

Here are a few of the quirky endeavors and serendipities that colored my Christmas this year.

Official: Nearly 1K homes destroyed in Colorado wildfire

A Colorado official says nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds more were damaged, and that three people are missing after a wildfire charred numerous neighborhoods in a suburban area at the base of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver.

'Hospitality complex' proposed for Whitefish Railway District

A proposal has come forward to construct a multi-building “hospitality complex” in the Railway District in downtown Whitefish that would replace an apartment building on the property.