Bravettes, Wolfpack net volleyball wins

HELENA — Flathead took care of business with a 25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 18-25, 15-10 Western AA volleyball victory Friday night over Helena High (13-7, 7-3).

Monster tornado lays waste to Okla. city

Revised death toll at 24

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. 

Legals July 6, 2017

No. 24647 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Board of Commissioners of Flathead County, Montana, hereby gives notice, pursuant to Section 76-2-205(1), M.C.A., that it will hold a public hearing to consider a request from the Flathead County Planning Board to change the zoning designation in a portion of the Rural Whitefish Zoning District and a portion of the Blanchard Lake Zoning District. The specific request includes rezoning 0.2 acres from R-2.5 Rural Residential to B-2A Secondary Business, 36.2 acres from SAG-5 Suburban Agricultural to B-2A Secondary Business, 79.2 acres from SAG-5 to BSD Business Service District, 145.2 acres from AG-20 Agricultural to SAG-5 Suburban Agricultural, and approximately 490 acres is requested to be zoned SWO Highway 93 South Overlay. The request B-2A zoning affects parcels with frontage on both sides Highway 93 beginning on the south side of Highway 40, extending south approximately 1,320 feet. The BSD zoning affects parcels that generally have direct access on both sides of Highway 93 beginning south of Russel Road, extending south approximately 3,300 feet. The SAG-5 zoning affects parcels with direct access on both sides of Highway 93 beginning south of Chickadee Way, extending south approximately 2,650 feet. The SWO affects parcels beginning at the southern boundary of the City of Whitefish, extending south approximately 1.5 miles and approximately 650 feet east and 650 feet west of the Highway 93 right-of-way located in Sections 12 and 13, Township 30 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Flathead County, Montana. The regulations defining the B-2A, BSD, and SAG-5 zones are contained in the Flathead County Zoning Regulations and the regulations defining the proposed SWO are on file for public inspection at the Office of the Board of Commissioners located at 800 South Main, Room 302, Kalispell, Montana, at the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office, 40 11th Street West, Kalispell, Montana, and on the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office's website at: http//flathead.mt.gov/planning_zoning/downloads.php. Documents related to the proposed zone change are also on file for public inspection at the Office of the Board of Commissioners and at the Flathead County Planning and Zoning Office. The public hearing will be held on the 17th day of August, 2017 at 10:30 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Chambers, Third Floor, Old Courthouse, Kalispell, Montana. At the public hearing, the Board of Commissioners will give the public an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed change to the Rural Whitefish and Blanchard Lake Zoning Districts. Written comments are encouraged and will be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the hearing if received by the Flathead County Commissioners' Office at least three business days prior to the hearing. DATED this 27th day of June, 2017. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Flathead County, Montana By: /s/ Gary D. Krueger Gary D. Krueger, Chairman Augugst 6, 13, 2017 MNAXLP

Proposed industrial rezoning draws opposition from Kalispell

The owner of an RV dealership along U.S. 93 proposes to rezone about 14 acres of neighboring land to allow for light industrial use – a proposal that has drawn opposition from the city of Kalispell.

Proposal aims for increased oversight of big projects

The Whitefish Planning Board on Thursday will discuss proposed city-initiated changes to zoning regulations along the U.S. 93 South corridor that would require stricter oversight for large developments such as hotels and gas stations.

Grant eyed for U.S. 93 bypass completion

State highway officials in western Montana are eying a new federal grant program that could help them convert the south half of the U.S. 93 bypass around Kalispell into a four-lane highway.

Last piece of land acquired for bypass

All signatures are on the line, finalizing the purchase of the last piece of property for the southern part of the U.S. 93 Bypass.

Minnie Knopfle Brimhall, 93

Minnie Knopfle Brimhall, born Aug. 22, 1922, passed away in her sleep at Heritage Place in Kalispell on Jan. 30, 2016, at the age of 93.

Fatal wreck on U.S. 93 bypass

A woman died in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 93 bypass Wednesday afternoon.

Billie Jean Caton, 93

Billie Jean Caton, 93, passed away peacefully on Dec. 26, 2018, in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the presence of her daughter, Victoria Long, and her two granddaughters, Briana Ellenberger and Jessica Biggers.

Hellene V. Mitzel, 93

Hellene V. Mitzel, 93, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at the Immanuel Lutheran Home in Kalispell.

Officials ID man killed in hit-and-run

Lake County officials have identified a Pablo man killed in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning on U.S. 93.

Bypass tunnel to be paved today

Crews on the Kalispell U.S. 93 bypass project will pave the pedestrian tunnel today near Glacier High School.

Eugene M. Fulton, 93

Eugene M. Fulton, 93, of Kalispell, died Saturday Jan. 5, 2008, of natural causes at Montana's Veteran Home in Columbia Falls.

Marie Tekla Antonsen, 93

Marie Tekla Antonsen passed away at Lake View Care Center in Bigfork on Aug. 30, 2008, at the age of 93 of natural causes.

Cyclist dies in U.S. 93 crash

The Daily Inter Lake

Alarms

Kalispell fire department had nine calls. One was to Tidyman's, where someone suffered a medical malfunction. Another was to the library, where a patron agreed to take home a man who appeared to have passed out. The department and Whitefish ambulance went to a high-speed, two-vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of U.S. 93 and Montana 40 on Tuesday. West Valley fire department and highway patrol assisted at a motorcycle accident on Rhodes Draw on Tuesday afternoon. Someone with a possibly broken arm went to the hospital.

Kalispell police

Kalispell police responded to a report Saturday afternoon of a man cutting his hand while breaking objects in a motel room on U.S. 93 South. The man was removed from the premises and warned that if he returned, he would be cited for criminal mischief.

Mae Thompson, 93

Mae Thompson, 93, died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at her home from natural causes.

Second crash victim identified

Patrick Moulton of Kalispell has been identified by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office as the second victim from Thursday night’s crash on U.S. 93 south of Kalispell.