Legals for March, 19 2024

The importance of inclusion — Pair raise awareness on improving the mental health of students with disabilities for state event

Twenty-seven Flathead High School HOSA — Future Health Professionals students are preparing for the state competition April 2-4.

Lending an ear for 20 years

Laurel Ewing, a law clerk at the Flathead County Attorney’s Office, is the first person visitors meet when they enter the building in the shadow of the historic county courthouse on South Main Street in Kalispell.

Whitefish considers recreation and trail agreements

Whitefish City Council on Monday is being asked to approve three separate agreements pertaining to recreation in and outside of the city.

Letters to the editor March 18

Letters to the editor March 18

Law roundup: Shoplifter sucked in by pricey vacuum

A woman allegedly cleaned up by stealing an $800 Dyson vacuum from a store and drove away in a black Subaru, leaving her “accomplice” to continue shopping. An employee ...

Legals for March, 18 2024

Gary Lee Lapka

Gary Lee Lapka was born in Veblen, South Dakota on April 30, 1940, to George and Leona (Kallas) Lapka.

Rural Montana county finds unique way to share its groundwater

Montana is in relatively good shape as far as its groundwater supply goes, something uncommon across much of the country, geologist John LaFave with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology says. State politicians initiated a groundwater study over 30 years ago after years of intense drought and fires and a lack of data. But Sheridan County was ahead of the game: The county’s conservation district started studying its groundwater in 1978, before state monitoring began.

Valley Bank Celebrates 60 years in downtown Kalispell

The original charter of Valley Bank was established as State Bank of Somers in 1911. Five employees served the bank in its first building in a small spot in downtown Somers.

Flathead Business Watercooler

Business events, trainings, seminars

Construction on new Bigfork library makes strides toward summer opening

Monica Pastor used to walk herself down to storytime at the Bigfork library back when she was a kid running around the village in the 1980s.

Isabelle (Welch) Mattson, 85

Isabelle (Welch) Mattson, 85, born May 20, 1938, died March 5, 2024.

Bar fairies help keep our roads safe

Fifteen gift cards were sprinkled on vehicles left overnight at bars around Whitefish last weekend. The weekend prior, nine gift cards were secretly tucked onto vehicles left at drinking establishments in Kalispell, Lakeside and Somers.

Real estate lawsuit settlement upends decades-long policies that helped set agent commissions

Under the terms of the settlement announced Friday, the National Association of Realtors agreed to change rules that for decades required brokers or agents who list a home for sale on the trade groups affiliated Multiple Listing Services to offer compensation up front to agents representing potential homebuyers.

Keep public lands in public hands

As I kid I spent more time outdoors than in. I swear there isn’t an inch of the Whitefish and Flathead Rivers I didn’t row, a trail in Jewel Basin I didn’t hike, and a campground in Glacier I didn’t overnight. But today, it’s becoming more difficult to find a spot to camp, hike, fish or hunt – and that’s a problem.

Manufacturing investment benefits Montanans

Montana doesn’t have to wait long for our manufacturing business to start booming again. We just need the Senate to pass the Tax Relief for American Families & Workers Act of 2024. The House of Representatives passed this bipartisan tax deal overwhelming; yet in the Senate, it’s gathering dust.

Carroll, Providence women make NAIA Round of 16

Ashlee Maldonado scored 23 points, Keanna Salave’a had 12 points and 15 rebounds and Providence moved onto the NAIA Women’s tournament Round of 16 with an 80-69 win over Reinhardt, Ga. Saturday night.

Legals for March, 17 2024

Legals for March, 17 2024