Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid

Kroger on Friday bid $20 billion for Albertsons Companies Inc., or $34.10 per share.

1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana

The first major snowstorm of the season dropped up to a foot of snow in the Helena, Montana, area by Wednesday morning, canceling some school bus routes on the western side of the city as snow continued to fall throughout the morning.

0223 death notices

Mary Lucile Stevens, 81

Glacier heads back to Butte seeking better outcome

The Glacier Wolfpack’s last visit to Naranche Stadium didn’t end well: A fourth-quarter interception and a safety set the stage for Butte’s 20-17 win on Oct. 8.

Births

Lewi William Bjork, son of Nicole and Arnold Bjorke of Creston, was born May 5 at Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

Legals for March, 24 2020

No. 26868 Montana Eleventh Judicial District Court Flathead County

Daines proposes fund for ‘very small’ businesses

A bipartisan bill introduced this week by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., aims to ease some of the economic pains facing mom-and-pop sized businesses across America.

New wildfire near Polson; Sanders Co. fire approaches 2,000 acres

Another wild fire was reported on the Flathead Reservation Tuesday afternoon southwest of Polson.

Montana Highway Patrol honors local officer

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper who has served Northwest Montana for 20 years has received the Award of Valor for his work involving a murder suspect in a high-speed chase last year.

Nominations open for inaugural '20 Under 40' in Flathead County

For the first time, Flathead County’s’s best and brightest young professionals will be honored in June at the inaugural “20 Under 40” celebration and event. A month-long nomination period has opened up and will be followed by a review by a selection committee comprised of local business leaders. Young Professionals can be nominated through an online form hosted on dailyinterlake.com, hungryhorsenews.com, whitefishpilot.com, and bigforkeagle.com. Nominations period will end at midnight, May 14.

PHOTOS: Glacier falls to Helena, 20-6

Photos as the Glacier Wolfpack took on the Helena High Bengals in a Class AA high school football game at Legends Stadium in Kalispell on Friday. Helena won, 20-6.

Legals December 20, 2016

No. 24148 PUBLIC NOTICE FOR AIR QUALITY PERMIT Notice of Application for a Montana Air Quality Permit (MAQP), pursuant to Sections 75-2-211 and 75-2-215, MCA, and the Air Quality Rules. CHS Mountain West Co-op - Kalispell has filed, on or about December 13 2016, an application for a MAQP or a modification to an existing MAQP from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Applicant(s) seeks approval of its application for: Construction of a grain elevator and dry fertilizer plant. The facility will have truck receiving and rail and truck shipping for grain; it will have truck and rail receiving and truck shipping for dry fertilizer. The facility will have a grain dryer, associated structures, and unpaved driveway access. The proposed location is approximately one mile northeast of central Kalispell in an area that is being developed as an industrial park. The legal description of the site is: Section 8, Township 28N, Range 21W in Flathead County, Montana. Within 40 days of the receipt of a completed application, the Department will make a preliminary determination whether the permit should be issued, issued with conditions, or denied. Any member of the public with questions or who wishes to receive notice of the preliminary determination, and the location where a copy of the application and the Department's analysis of it can be reviewed, or to submit comments on the preliminary determination, must contact the Department at the Department of Environmental Quality, Air Quality Bureau, Permitting Services Section Supervisor at P.O. Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620-0901, telephone (406) 444-3490. Any comments on the preliminary determination must be submitted to the Department within the specified timeframe (within 15 or 30 days after the preliminary determination is issued). Dec. 20, 2016 MNAXLP

Resolution Run has 22 finishers

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Gary Byron Lee, 69

Gary Byron Lee, 'beloved son of God,' husband, brother and friend, passed away at his home in Ferndale on July 20, 2008, because of esophageal and liver cancer.

Robert N. 'Bob' Frauson, 84

Robert N. "Bob" Frauson, 84, of Columbia Falls, passed away on June 20, 2008. At the time of his death he was living at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell, where he received loving care.

Cutler, Smithwick-Hann get Glacier back on track

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

Representative Ron Paul, M.D.

Flathead sheriff

A dead bald eagle was found beneath power lines between Columbia Heights and Hungry Horse late Sunday morning, the Flathead County Sheriff's Office reported.

Hellgate rallies by Flathead spikers

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