UM student recovering from hantavirus infection

Loggers top Pioneers

The Libby Loggers capitalized on 20 base hits to top the Missoula Pioneers 16-7 Saturday in a Class A American Legion matchup at the Firecracker Tournament in Polson.

Valley welcomes six Leap Day babies

Leap Day 2012 marked the arrival of five boys and one girl in the Flathead Valley to begin their lives as leaplings who never grow older than their 20s but face the frustrations of computers refusing their birth dates and official birthdays only in years divisible by four.

Legislature must address pension debt

You may believe that Montana is debt free following actions by the legislature earlier this year to pay off state debt.

Man given suspended sentence in 2022 back behind bars for alleged knife attack

A Kalispell man sentenced last year for spitting on a police officer is back behind bars after allegedly attacking a person at a gas station earlier this month.

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Business events, trainings and seminars

Pack spikers sweep Bravettes

Flathead and Glacier met up Thursday night for crosstown volleyball with the Wolfpack coming out on top 25-23, 25-20, 25-18 in the Western AA match at Glacier High School.

Polson boys hold off Bigfork behind Graham

Colton Graham poured in 31 points and Polson survived a wild fourth quarter to hand Bigfork a 73-69 loss in a non-conference boys basketball game Tuesday.

Vals, Lions to meet for 7-B girls crown

The Bigfork Valkyries avenged their only loss of the season, jumping out to a 20-0 lead on the way to a 55-27 win over Mission in the semifinals of the District 7-B girls basketball tournament Friday.

Cats knock Dogs from unbeaten ranks

Cody Schweikert threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Isaiah Roth tore off a pair of TD runs as Columbia Falls knocked off unbeaten Whitefish in the Cat-Dog football game Friday, 35-19.

Lady Griz get their Boise breakthrough

BOISE, Idaho — The Montana women’s basketball team won its first postseason game since 2018 with a 73-61 victory over Idaho on Monday afternoon in a quarterfinal game of the Big Sky Conference Championship at Idaho Central Arena in Boise.

Documenting the frontlines — Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist to present at the Wachholz

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario will present her experiences and insights from reporting on the frontlines of conflicts, humanitarian crises and women’s issues March 20 at the Wachholz College Center.

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Today

3 Red Cross blood drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the center, 126 N. Meridian Road, Kalispell.

Today

3 Mosquito Control District board meets 8:30-10 a.m., Earl Bennett Building, second floor conference room, 1035 First Ave. W., Kalispell.

Tuesday

• Kalispell Women's Connection buffet luncheon 11:30 a.m., First Baptist Church, 301 W. Wyoming St., Kalispell. Cost is $10.50. RSVP Rosainne, 257-8098 or Jan at 212-3763. Landscape photographer Dennis Dorr talks about his work. Author Heather Crilley is guest speaker. Complimentary child care by reservation. Affiliated with Stonecroft International Inc.

Today

• Flathead Special Education Cooperative special meeting with management board, 8:30 a.m.; executive council follows, Earl Bennett Building, 1035 First Ave. W., second floor conference room.

Today

• Evergreen Water and Sewer District board meets at 7 a.m. at the district shop, 130 Nicholson Dr.