Columbia Falls event celebrates recreation

The Flow to Snow Party is a fundraising and friend-raising event hosted in partnership with Logan Health, Flathead Avalanche, Flathead Rivers Alliance and the Montana Kayak Academy.

Glacier boys lead Kalispell Invite by four strokes

The first day of the Kalispell Invitational shaped up like you thought it might, with Glacier, Missoula Sentinel and Polson bunched together in a tight boys’ team race.

Columbia Falls’ Hope McAtee racking up huge numbers on the pitch

Last Tuesday, while the Columbia Falls Wildkats were in Bigfork taking on the Valkyries, senior Hope McAtee assisted on a goal by teammate Josie Harris in the first half of the game. It might have looked like just any other soccer play, but it marked a big milestone for McAtee — she’d tied the all-class state record for most career assists, 59, set by her former teammate Maddie Robison in 2021. Now a few games out from that, McAtee is up to 64 career assists.

Legals for September, 14 2023

Suspected drug dealer pleads guilty to possession, bail jumping charges

Jeffrey Duane Portmann, 55, of Spokane, Washington, initially faced a single count of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs in Flathead County District Court in the summer of 2017.

William Brensinger, 90

William Brensinger, 90

Per Arne Hjulstad, 83

Per Arne Hjulstad, 83

Big Sky Notes: Griz face interesting foe in DII power Ferris State

The Montana Grizzlies had the far less strenuous football game last Saturday compared to Montana State, which lost a 20-16 heartbreaker at top-ranked South Dakota State. The roles could be reversed this Saturday. The Griz, who swamped Utah Tech 43-13 last week, brings two-time Division II champion Ferris State to Missoula while the Cats play host to Stetson of the Pioneer League.

Legals for September, 12 2023

Births

Births

Victoria's Secret overhauls its racy fashion catwalk in the company's latest move to be inclusive

Victoria's Secret has been trying to reverse its image built on a man's vision of sexiness that eventually backfired.

Fighting Saints win battle of Top 25 NAIA teams

Carroll College found a way when they needed it most in their home opener against St. Thomas University Friday, beating the NAIA power out of Florida 26-18.

Whitefish girls top Valkyries, 5-1

Delaney Smith’s hat trick lifted the Whitefish Bulldogs to a 5-1 win over the Bigfork Valkyries on Saturday in Northwest A girls soccer.

Legals for September, 10 2023

Squeezed by ever more students, Marion asks voters to approve $8.2M school expansion bond

In November, Marion School District is seeking approval for a $8.2 million bond issue to expand the school and improve building security.

Fake rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations

Now back on the Blackfeet reservation, Autumn Nelson is among hundreds of Native Americans who have been targeted by Phoenix-area scammers.

A Football: Wildcats, Bulldogs fall

DILLON — Dillon quarterback Kee Christiansen ran for two touchdowns, the second one lifting the Beavers over Columbia Falls 22-19 in Western A football on Friday.

Butte stuns Wolfpack, 28-27

BUTTE — Down 21-0, the Butte Bulldogs scored 28 fourth-quarter points to topple the Glacier Wolfpack 28-27 Friday.

Broadband Commission may shift gears to get service to people in rural Montana

Will broadband businesses get to determine the areas they’ll reach with federal dollars? Or will the state prevent cherry picking and dictate where they go?

Maui beckons tourists, and their dollars, to stave off economic disaster after wildfires

There are so many since wildfires killed at least 115 people in the historic town of Lahaina that Olsten is worried about a full-blown economic catastrophe. Restaurants and tour companies are laying off workers, and unemployment is surging.