Counties say they’ll buck governor on collecting full school property tax

A dispute over whether a Montana statute intended to cap property tax growth applies to a state-level school property tax escalated this week as several county governments said they plan to buck the Montana Department of Revenue’s direction to collect a full 95 mills for a tax that supports state school equalization funding.

Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.

Behind Emerson, Polson completes State A golf sweep

The Polson golf teams nailed down their state title sweep Saturday, and found another 1A golfer along the way.

Legals for October, 2 2023

Deer Park named National Blue Ribbon school

Deer Park School was designated a 2023 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for being one of Montana’s “exemplary high-performing schools.”

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Letters to the editor Oct. 1

Letters to the editor Oct. 1

No. 9 Carroll rolls over MSU-Northern to stay undefeated

MSU-Northern struck first with a field goal at the 10:02 mark of the first quarter to make things 3-0 but after that it was all Carroll as they scored 43 unanswered points to win 43-3 and stay unbeaten.

Hellgate edges Glacier, 2-1

Lucca Musco’s second half goal lifted the Hellgate Knights to a 2-1 win over Western AA rival Glacier Wolfpack on Saturday.

Grizzlies subdue Bengals, 28-20

Saturday will go down as a bounce-back win for the Montana Grizzlies, who rode Clifton McDowell’s running and throwing to a 28-20 win over the Idaho State Bengals.

Legals for October, 1 2023

Hiker sets new fastest known time record for Continental Divide Trail

The 41-year-old was accounting for hiking 3,050 miles when he only needed to account for 2,882 miles. After taking his only rest day of the entire trip to recover from a cold, his worries about not being able to make up for lost time faded away. He was well within his means to set a new fastest-known time for the famous thru-hike.

Suspect in gas station fight earns six-month sentence

Robert Eugene McCarty, 36, initially faced a felony assault with a weapon charge in Flathead County District Court related to the April 17 melee at the Kalispell business.

Prep Football: Whitefish upends Bigfork; Eureka wins big

BIGFORK — Carson Gulick threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, leading Whitefish over Bigfork 20-16 in a Western A football game.

Flathead falls to Bengals, 47-14

HELENA — Carter Kraft ran for two touchdowns and threw to Jaxan Leiberg for two more scores Friday, and Helena High beat Flathead 47-14 in a Western AA football game.

Glacier handles Capital, 56-0

Glacier coach Grady Bennett feels the 2023 Wolfpack are a little more together — and Friday, together, they put a complete thumping on the defending state champions.

Parking dispute sparked shooting, court docs say

Prosecutors filed an assault with a weapon charge against John David Walker, 70, of Dayton in Flathead County District Court on Sept. 29, two days after the shooting near U.S. 93. Kalispell Police officers, responding to reports of an assault involving a weapon about 4:30 p.m., took Walker into custody at the scene, according to a department press release.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the "Year of the Woman" and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.

Whitefish holds off Vikings, 3-1

The Whitefish Bulldogs held off the Bigfork Vikings Thursday in Northwest A boys soccer, 3-1.