Several Griz named All-Big Sky for softball

Senior first baseman Cami Sellers is a first-team selection and three more Montana Grizzlies were second-team All-Big Sky Tuesday, when the conference released its softball honors squads.

Mining ban considered to protect bird species in West

BILLINGS (AP) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse.

Construction starts May 24 on Dern and Springcreek roundabout

Construction starting at Dern and Springcreek intersection

After pipeline cyberextortion attempt, gasoline ticks higher

NEW YORK (AP) — A cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline that led to a partial shutdown is raising concerns that supplies of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel could be disrupted in parts of the East Coast if the disruption continues.

Kalispell Chamber's Kate Lufkin working to strengthen Flathead workforce

Chamber's Kate Lufkin working to strengthen Flathead workforce

Experts argue tribes should have jurisdiction over murders

Missing and murdered indigenous people

Legals for May, 10 2021

5 Things to Know About Health Care Changes in Montana

The COVID-19 pandemic drove major changes to Montana health policies, including the permanent expansion of telehealth regulations, a pullback on local public health officials’ authority and the easing of vaccination requirements for workers and students.

Melinda ‘Mindi’ May Anderson Passons, 53

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, Mindi passed away unexpectedly from complications related to acute promyelocytic leukemia, with which she was diagnosed only the previous day.

Legals for May, 9 2021

Kalispell businesswoman sets up eclectic shop

Kalispell businesswoman sets up her own shop

Flathead Business newsmakers

LINDSEY ERICKSON has been appointed chief executive officer of National Flood Services in Kalispell.

Finding the way to fun: Lone Pine hosts first orienteering event

Nearly 40 made their way to the park for the event Sunday.

Legals for May, 8 2021

Montana governor signs bill targeting transgender athletes

HELENA (AP) — Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday banning transgender athletes from participating in school and university sports according to the gender with which they identify, making Montana the latest of several Republican-controlled states to approve such measures this year.

California reports first ever yearly population decline

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's population fell by more than 182,000 people in 2020, marking the first year-over-year loss ever recorded for the nation's most populous state.

Superintendent contract renewed; administrators get salary boost

The Kalispell Public Schools board of trustees unanimously renewed Superintendent Micah Hill’s contract for a three-year term.

Fees increase as Bison Range opens under tribal management

Less than six months after former President Donald Trump signed Bison Range Restoration legislation, there are big changes at the 19,000-acre facility in Northwest Montana as it opens this weekend.

Fundraiser set up for family of sisters killed in crash

An online fundraiser has been set up for the family of two Columbia Falls young women who were killed in a multi-vehicle accident outside Great Falls Monday.

Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some Republican members of Congress from the Northwest are accusing a GOP Idaho lawmaker of conducting secret negotiations with the Democratic governor of Oregon over a controversial proposal to breach four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon runs.