PL president ‘very optimistic’ on Kalispell expansion club

What looked to be a fairly quick process for Kalispell getting the OK for a Pioneer League expansion team has dragged on some, but first-year league president Mike Shapiro remains confident.

State senator charged with reckless driving, obstructing officer

Montana Senate President Pro Tempore Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, has been charged with three misdemeanors, including obstruction of a peace officer, after he was pulled over for speeding in a construction zone in May.

Bigfork man accused of assaulting police officer

A Bigfork man is charged with assaulting a police officer early Saturday in Whitefish.

Suspect jailed after 79-year-old fatally stabbed in Winnett

Law enforcement officers in central Montana are investigating a fight between two men in a small town that left a 79-year-old man dead and a 29-year-old with a gunshot wound to his arm.

Threatened whitebark pines planted on Big Mountain

Tiny whitebark pine trees just a few inches tall peaked out from behind old stumps and logs along a mountainside just outside of Whitefish Mountain Resort's boundary near the Hellroaring Basin.

John Alan Ulrich, 91

John Alan Ulrich passed away July 18, 2021, in Kalispell, at the age of 91.

Legals for July, 20 2021

Motorcyclist killed in Evergreen crash is ID'd

Authorities have identified a motorcyclist who died Friday after a car clipped the front of his bike in Evergreen.

$29 million in COVID funds disbursed to Montana schools

On Friday, the Montana Office of Public Instruction delivered an update to the state Board of Public Education about the status of federal COVID-19 relief funds for K-12 schools.

Organizations challenge state over water pollution permit

Environmental groups are challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for permitting wastewater disposal into groundwater for a new development in Big Sky that they say could degrade water quality in the Gallatin River downstream from Yellowstone National Park.

Legals for July, 19 2021

A Lakers win pitchers duel, drop slugfest with Mariners

American Legion baseball

Sticks in a parking lot: life goes on for AK gulls

The saga of seagulls unabashedly laying eggs and raising their chicks in a TV station parking lot in Anchorage, Alaska, recently caught my interest when my daughter Heather started retweeting posts from her former colleague Nick Swann.

Montana teacher shortage 'crisis' escalates

Montana faces a worsening teacher shortage "crisis" even as education officials worry that a key support for students — mental health care through the Comprehensive School and Community Treatment Program — remains in limbo.

Sensible zoning needed to regulate pot sales

The countdown is on for the official start of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Montana.

Legals for July, 18 2021

The Dogs of ‘91

A look back at Whitefish’s surprising run to a State A basketball championship

In late February of 1991, the Missoulian sent a young(ish) reporter to cover the Western A Divisional boys basketball tournament at Flathead High School.

Stephen Messer Bahr, 88

On the last day of June, 2021, Commander Stephen Messer Bahr left us unexpectedly.

Carole Turner Koch, 85

Carole Turner Koch, 85, passed away on June 26, 2021, at her home in Columbia Falls.

Food trucks proliferate across Flathead Valley

New food trucks have rolled into nearly every corner of the Flathead Valley this summer, vending everything from tacos to hot dogs and specialty soda.