Burned dog keeps on improving

Annie Oakley may make appearance at Kalispell dog rally

Annie Oakley, the yellow Lab who nearly perished in a fire last month in Olney, is steadily improving after an outpouring of support from the community.

Glacier girls down Bison

GREAT FALLS - Homecomings are always nice, even when you have to beat your old team.

'Faith, hope, love'

Quilters’ raffle bolsters upcoming Wings radiothon

The Stumptown Quilters Society is adding some color and fundraising muscle to this year’s Wings radiothon to help cancer patients.

United adds Chicago service to Kalispell

A new direct round-trip flight from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago is set to take off this winter.

Season of big snows winds down

As recreational attention turns to warm-weather pursuits, the ski season came to an end Sunday at Whitefish Mountain Resort while the final day of skiing will be Saturday at Blacktail Mountain Ski Area.

County planning director overhauls fee structure

In an effort to increase user-friendliness and clarity of planning fees, Flathead County Planning Director BJ Grieve has overhauled his office’s administrative fee schedule.

State AA wrestling coming to Flathead

The State AA wrestling tournament will be in Kalispell after all, the Montana High School Association announced Friday.

C-Falls, Libby to meet in Western A softball semis

FRENCHTOWN — Haden Peters hit a two-run double in the first and added another RBI double in a 13-run second inning for Columbia Falls, which made short work of Butte Central at the Western A softball divisional.

Legals for November, 23 2022

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week

Applications for jobless claims for the week ending Nov. 12 fell by 4,000 to 222,000 from 226,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

World shares mostly higher as inflation worries dog Wall St

Recent data have revived worries that inflation is not cooling as quickly as hoped. That has shaken hopes the Federal Reserve might take it easier on interest rate hikes and avoid tipping the economy into recession.

State A boys: Maroons topple Wildcats

Dougie Peoples scored 14 points and helped the Butte Central Maroons hold off the Columbia Falls Wildcats 53-44 in a State A Boys Basketball quarterfinal on Thursday. Down 10 after the first quarter, the Wildcats battled back to cut the Maroons lead to five twice.

Lady Griz drill 14 3s, beat Bobcats

MISSOULA — This time there would be no comeback.

Glacier girls fall to top-seeded Knights

The Glacier Wolfpack girls basketball team was a longshot to beat top-seeded Missoula Hellgate Thursday, certainly, and it took 33 seconds to see why.

Board votes against hiring health officer candidate

Expressing concerns about a lack of experience, the Flathead City-County Board of Health on Tuesday recommended against hiring the sole candidate for county health officer.

Seeking balance amid Montana's visitation boom

Montanans’ attitude toward the state’s thriving tourism sector is starting to sour — a troubling trend that industry leaders and elected officials need to take note of before the scales tip too far.

Job gains and free-spending shoppers lifted Wall Street in 2023, but new data tells another story

Job gains and raises helped power solid economic growth in the U.S. last year, but what if those gains were a mirage? The Labor Department overestimated job gains last year by about 13%.

Legals for January, 23 2024

Lady Griz, Bobcats win Saturday

PORTLAND, Ore. — Dani Bartsch scored 19 points, Carmen Gfeller had 17 points and 12 rebounds and Montana rode a huge first quarter to a 76-65 road win over Portland State in Big Sky Conference women’s basketball Saturday.

Whitefish, Ronan boys advance to final Northwest A play-in

Whitefish and Ronan got through their Northwest A boys basketball play-in games Thursday; next up is a 1 p.m. battle in Ronan on Saturday.