Glacier National Park hosting junior ranger events

Families and children of all ages are invited to participate in Glacier National Park’s Junior Ranger Days during National Park Week.

A.L.E.R.T. air ambulance staff provided comfort for highway patrol trooper after grisly injury

Gravely injured after being struck by the vehicle of a fleeing suspect in a remote stretch of Lincoln County last year, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson felt a wave of relief when he learned an A.L.E.R.T. air ambulance was en route.

Legals for April, 19 2024

Pack slugs 3 HRs, beats Bravettes 9-2

Three different Glacier players hit home runs and Ella Farrell delivered a complete game in the circle as the Wolfpack defeated Flathead 9-2 in Crosstown softball Thursday.

A Lakers look to pile up innings, victories

Open home slate Saturday

The Kalispell A Lakers enter their 2024 baseball season with just three veterans, which even by Class A American Legion standards is a small number.

Big Sky Hall inducting Holland, Kollar, Read

One Grizzly — “Papa Bear” — and two Bobcats are part of the 2024 Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame induction class that was announced Thursday by the league office.

Mack Days angler lands, releases bull trout

Spring Mack Days, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, is moving into week number six in the nine-week long event. Entries continue to be taken until 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11.

25,000 climate conversations

“The most important thing you can do about climate change is talk about it.” That’s the advice climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe gave during a TED Talk that has now been viewed over 4 million times.

Spring firewood gathering

Spring is here in the Flathead with its ever-expanding variety of outdoor activities. Last weekend was just too nice to stay indoors, so I had to do a little hiking just to get out and soak up some spring sunshine.

Comedy-drama ‘Steel Magnolias’ opens in Bigfork

Michele Mank (formerly Shapero) directed “Steel Magnolias” nine years ago in 2015 and, after directing a dozen plays with the Bigfork Community Players, she is directing “Steel Magnolias” a second time.

Grammy winner Mark O'Connor to perform with Glacier Symphony

Mark O'Connor, a three-time Grammy winner and seven-time Country Music Awards Musician of the Year is set to captivate audiences alongside his wife, the acclaimed violinist Maggie O'Connor at the Wachholz College Center April 20.

Farrell finds her groove

Glacier’s ace leads Pack in senior season

A pick-up player at the ripe age of 9 years old, Ella Farrell remembers being asked to play outfield for a cousin’s softball team in Helena. Which was fine, right up until she saw that player in the pitcher’s circle.

WTC hosts adult prom

With the theme “A Fairy Tale Evening” this community party is complete with enchanting fairy tale décor, DJ, free photo booth, and food and drinks. No formal dress is necessary but prom attire — old, new and everything in between — is encouraged.

WTC wraps up ‘Silent Sky’ this weekend

Brought to the stage by the Whitefish Theatre Company the thought-provoking show has three more performances on April 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Band Tin Finley brings strong melodies to Polson theater performance

For Polson native Kati O’Toole, the concert April 20 at the Theatre on the Lake in Polson marks a musical homecoming. The Polson High School grad joins another alum, bassist Eric Hogenson, and friends and bandmates Annette Strean and Kirk Cornelius in Tin Finley – a band named after Nashville’s famed Tin Angel restaurant (where three of the four members either met or worked) and inspired by the quartet’s Montana roots.

Two levies will be on the May ballot for Kalispell Public Schools

Kalispell Public Schools is putting a high school general fund levy and an elementary technology levy on the May ballot for amounts that still fall short of covering a looming budget deficit.

Vibrant Roots employs wellness of bees, mushrooms and herbs

Brooke Lynn Dodson, the owner and founder of Whitefish-based Vibrant Roots, has put nature at the foundation of her company by applying wellness traditions pertaining to bees, mushrooms, and herbs.

Cookie recipe puts spin on a favorite

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are nothing new, but I wanted to take my own spin on them.

Legals for April, 17 2024

Vikings, Lions win Libby Invitational

LIBBY — Wyatt Johnson swept the hurdles, Jack Jensen took the 1,600 and the Bigfork Vikings won the boys team title at Saturday’s Libby Invitational track and field meet.