Flathead Business Watercooler

Business events happening in the Flathead Valley

Gene Clifford Ruby, 90

Gene Clifford Ruby, 90, took his final call March 25, 2024, boarding his last train to ride the rails for eternity.

Legals for April, 14 2024

Flathead boys set 4 records, win MCPS Invitational.

MISSOULA — Most people knew the Flathead Braves could jump. On Saturday they ran as well, and won the boys team title at the MCPS Invitational track and field meet.

Glacier, Flathead split road softball games

HELENA — Emma Cooke homered twice and Ella Farrell threw a three-hitter, but the Glacier Wolfpack managed just a split of their two games against the Helena schools Saturday.

Glacier girls sweep in Great Falls; Bravettes draw with Bison

GREAT FALLS — Will Rudbach claimed a 6-0, 6-0 victory and the Glacier boys tennis team swept all eight matches against Great Falls Saturday.

Glacier's Krause uncorks huge throw at Butte meet

BUTTE — Plenty of personal records were set by Glacier athletes at their track and field dual with the Butte Bulldogs, including Cole Opre and Creed Wiley in the pole vault. The Wolfpack's Aiden Krause went a bit beyond that.

Housing Whitefish disburses first payments for assistance program

Housing Whitefish has distributed the first payments for the Whitefish Workforce Assistance Program.

EQC to send letters urging pause in Columbia Falls Superfund site cleanup decision

Montana’s Environmental Quality Council voted unanimously Wednesday to send letters to Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency recommending support for rare-earth mining in the Berkeley Pit and for a pause in a final decision on the proposed cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund site.

FVCC’s kids college registration begins

Flathead Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center Kids College summer classes registration began April 10.

Biologist discusses trout during FVCC STEM Colloquium

Flathead Valley Community College STEM Colloquium presents speaker Sam Bourret from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks on Friday, April 26 at noon.

Legals for April, 12 2024

Wolfpack sweeps Crosstown tennis

Will Rudbach and Sam Engellant paired up to lead a Glacier doubles sweep of Flathead, while Leilani Lennarz grabbed a straight set victory to lead the Glacier girls over the Bravettes in Crosstown tennis Thursday.

Hood slugs Big Sky past Bravettes

Missoula Big Sky’s Grace Hood homered twice and drove in six runs Thursday, leading the Eagles over Flathead 15-4 in Western AA softball at KidSport.

Drunk driver sentenced to 20 years for death of Kalispell pedestrian

The New Jersey woman convicted of killing a pedestrian on U.S. 2 in Kalispell while driving under influence in 2022 received a decades-long prison sentence in Flathead County District Court on Thursday.

Whitefish hosts weatherization and electrification workshop

The city of Whitefish is hosting a weatherization and electrification workshop on April 30.

Kalispell hotel fire damage estimated at $4 million

A three-story hotel on Kalispell’s west side suffered extensive damage in a structure fire Wednesday afternoon that drew one of the largest firefighter responses in the valley in more than a decade.

OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.

Knife-wielding man given deferred sentence

A man accused of threatening a Kalispell resident with a knife in August earned a one-year deferred sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this year.

Law roundup: Clash of the coworkers

A man following up on a reckless driving complaint in Columbia Falls told Flathead County Sheriff’s Office it should be changed to a harassment complaint after hearing from colleagues that it was an ex-coworker who allegedly drove by his house yelling because he was angry over being fired for drawing swastikas “all over.”