Boys hoops: Schweikert, Hill lead C-Falls over Browning

Whitefish, Eureka score wins

COLUMBIA FALLS — Cody Schweikert had 15 points and seven rebounds, Jace Hill keyed a second-half rally and Columbia Falls topped Browning 52-49 in Northwest A boys basketball Friday.

Girls hoops: Vals downs Whitefish, move to 9-1

Eureka drubs Plains

WHITEFISH — Ave Davey scored 18 points, eight coming in a tone-setting first quarter by Bigfork in the Valkyries' 64-16 girls basketball win at Northwest A rival Whitefish Friday.

Pack pounce on Flathead for first Crosstown win since 2021

Reese Ramey knocked down three 3-pointers and scored 16 points as the Glacier Wolfpack defeated Flathead 44-31 Friday.

PHOTOS: Glacier sweeps crosstown hoops at Flathead

Photos from crosstown basketball between Flathead and Glacier at Flathead High School on Friday, Jan. 19. The Wolfpack boys topped the Braves, 60-50, and the Glacier girls beat the Bravettes, 44-31.

Jury convicts Whitefish shooter of deliberate homicide

A Flathead County District Court jury convicted Steven Justin Hedrick on Friday evening of deliberate homicide for the 2023 shooting death of Jeffery Brookshire in an extended-stay motel in Whitefish.

Town Pump foundation provides emergency grants to shelters

Shelters each received $10,000 grants. The Flathead Warming Center and the Samaritan House each received grants.

Owner of vehicle abandoned in intersection facing felony charge

A motorist who allegedly abandoned his pickup truck in the middle of the intersection of Montana 35 and Montana 206 and relocated to an area casino for drinks earlier this month is facing a criminal endangerment charge.

Multi-generational farmland protected near Creston

The Creston area stands as a testament to the Flathead Valley’s multigenerational farmers, where acres of farmland with productive soils have mostly withstood recent change.

Suspect in deadly Whitefish shooting takes witness stand

The man accused of killing Jeffery Brookshire in the hallway of an extended-stay motel in Whitefish last year told jurors on Thursday that Brookshire’s behavior before the fatal shooting left him frightened.

A cut above

Retooled Bravettes rely more than ever on Kennedy Moore

Kennedy Moore figures she gets her height — she’s 6-foot-2 these days — from her grandfathers, both of whom stand 6-5.

Crosstown Duals: Flathead sweeps

The top-ranked Flathead Braves and the always threatening Bravettes each picked up a dual victory on Thursday’s Crosstown at Glacier High School.

Crosstown Hoops: Pack girls want to stop skid; Braves seek first W

Coming into their Crosstown game at 6 p.m. Friday at the Flathead gym, neither the host Bravettes nor the visiting Glacier Wolfpack girls basketball teams have been scoring in bunches.

Legals for January, 19 2024

Law roundup: Hooligans besiege home with sports drinks

Someone allegedly spent a night shooting a carbon dioxide gun at a woman’s house and hurling “Gatorade bombs” on the roof.

Blizzard buries Flathead Valley in over foot of snow

Residents across the Flathead Valley were digging out Thursday morning from a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in some locations.

Shooting victim’s ex-girlfriend takes stand in homicide trial

Prosecutors allege that Steven Justin Hedrick, 33, committed felony assault with a weapon when he intervened — armed with a handgun — in a disturbance involving Hawkins and her ex-boyfriend, Jeffery Brookshire, in the Local Monthly Lodgings in the early morning hours of Jan. 24, 2023.

Prep Wrestling Polls

120 – 1, Kaura Coles (Glacier); 2, Bella Downing (Flathead); 3, Taylor Lay (Helena Capital); 4, Harley LaBuda (Big Sandy); 5, Stella Wahl (Cut Bank); 6, Kylie Schwartz (Baker)

Glacier, Flathead swimmers back in pool this weekend

The Crosstown swim meet is set for Friday at 4:30 p.m., at the Summit, which is attached to the Logan Health Medical Fitness Center.

Crosstown mat battles are set

Flathead wrestling teams head to Glacier for duals

It wasn’t on purpose that this year’s Crosstown wrestling duals have a little extra build-up: Blame Montana weather, with last week’s blizzard wiping out, among other events, the Rocky Mountain Invitational in Missoula.

Column: Regrettable detail, remarkable season

The most recent press conference hall of fame moment, where Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles was asked about playing in frigid Detroit on Sunday — “You do know we play indoors, right?” Bowles answered — has me thinking about last Sept. 2.