This Week in the Flathead: Bibler Gardens

The flowers at Bibler Gardens are nearing their peak bloom on Tuesday, May 13, west of Kalispell. This is the final weekend of the Spring Stroll at Bibler Home and Gardens. Tickets for the tours are still available for Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets must be purchased in advance and can be obtained by calling 756-3632. Tickets are $10 for adults, except for the Sunday at 3 tour which is $20 and includes a tour of the Persian antique tribal rug collection. The next set of tours, the Splendid Summer Evenings at Bibler Home and Gardens, will take place July 21-25 at 5:30 and 7 p.m. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Restore our values

Thank you, Eric Knutson, for your March 20 letter to the editor.  I have been fuming over Mr. Martinez’s letter of March 18 regarding abortion and could not stay calm enough to respond.

Google Tremor Spoon

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, Shirin Vala, 65, who is an essential tremor patient, uses a Liftware Spoon to eat without spilling at her home in Oakland, Calif. Just in time for the holidays, Google is throwing it’s money, brain power and technology at the humble spoon. Not surprisingly, the company that has brought the driverless car and Internet glasses is bringing a unique improvement to the utensils. Built with hundreds of algorithms, these specially designed spoons make it much easier for people with tremors and Parkinson’s Disease to eat without spilling. The spoons sense a shaking hand and make instant adjustments to stay balanced. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

FVCC Physical Therapy Assistant Program

Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake Kristina Bieber, left, a student in the physical therapy assistant program at Flathead Valley Community College, helps Marjorie Desch back into her wheel chair Thursday afternoon at Brendan House in Kalispell. Bieber spent four weeks at Brendan House doing clinical experience for the program. Brendan House physical therapist assistant Lori Graybill, right, and physical therapist Nicole Waldron supervise Bieber during the exercises. "At this point in clinicals she can pretty much do everything," said Graybill. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Kalispell, Montana.

FVCC's Festival of Flavors tickets on sale March 1

The Flathead Valley Community College Foundation’s Festival of Flavors spring event tickets go on sale on Wednesday, March 1 at 8 a.m.

Betty Dawn McCullough Trankle, 97

Betty Dawn McCullough Trankle was taken to be with her Savior Dec. 14, 2022.

Kruise Kalispell to host fair parade

Kruise Kalispell will host this year's Northwest Montana Fair Parade at 10 a.m. Aug. 20 in downtown Kalispell.

Authorities ID woman killed after fall through skylight

Officials have identified Erika Brisendine as the 20-year-old woman who fell through a skylight at the gymnasium of the Columbia Falls High School on July 31.

Low visibility leads to 40-car crash on Idaho highway

Idaho State Police say roughly 40 vehicles were involved in a crash on an eastern Idaho highway after severe winter weather caused whiteout conditions, but only minor injuries were reported.

Donald R. Weatherston, 55

Don was born to Dick and Donelda Weatherston on April 12, 1966.

Polson drops Libby in volleyball

Volleyball

Wolfpack Theatre’s presents final performance of ‘110 Stories’

The Wolfpack Theatre Company presents its final performance of “110 Stories: The Untold Stories of 9/11” Nov. 20. Curtain time is 6:33 p.m. in the Wolfpack Theatre at Glacier High School.

Shirley M. Nelson, 83

Shirley Marcine Nelson, 83, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Legals for June, 23 2024

Bigfork boys, girls advance to Western B Divisional semis

RONAN — The Bigfork boys had no trouble taking care of business on first-day action at the Western B Divisional boys basketball tournament Thursday evening at the Ronan Event Center.

WESTERN A DIVISIONAL: Polson boys, Columbia Falls girls punch tournament tickets

Pirates pull away from Hamilton; Wildkats hold off Dillon in divisional semifinals

BUTTE — Polson advanced to the Western A divisional boys championship basketball game on Friday, clinching a spot in the Class A state tournament next weekend in Missoula.

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.

Legals for November, 2 2023

PHOTOS: Flathead falls to Hellgate, 28-20

Photos from Flathead's 28-20 loss to Missoula Hellgate in Class AA high school football at Legends Stadium in Kalispell on Friday, Sept. 18.

Flathead at 23 COVID-19 cases; state records 6th death

Flathead County had 20 positive cases of coronavirus as of Friday evening, and according to the state’s data the virus is spreading farther along Montana’s northern border through rural Glacier, Toole, Liberty and Hill counties.