Board approves principal selections for Flathead, Hedges

John Blackman has been tapped as the new principal for Flathead High School and Brent Benkelman as the new principal at Hedges Elementary School. The Kalispell Public Schools Board of Trustees on Tuesday night voted unanimously on the selections.

Governor: Schools won't have to make up time lost to virus

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana public school students won't have to automatically make up class time lost to the coronavirus, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Thursday, while lawmakers said the state's budget surplus could be tapped to help weather the crisis over the pandemic.

Kansas starts loan program to aid bars, restaurants, motels

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Friday launched a program to provide short-term, no-interest loans to bars, restaurants, taverns and motels that are struggling to cover operating expenses because of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

Family Dollar opens Evergreen store

Family Dollar opens in Evergreen today. The discount variety store will be open seven days a week at 2185 U.S. 2 East.

College president honored with CEO award

Flathead Valley Community College President Jane Karas was honored with the 2009 Association of Community College Trustees Chief Executive Officer Award for the Mountain Region. 

Anne Marie Standley, 91

Anne Marie Standley, 91, a longtime resident of the Bitterroot Valley, passed peacefully Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Donna, and son-in-law, Doug Dahlgren, in Clarkston, Wash.

'Hope for the Holidays' giving under way

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Carolyn DeeAnn (Lasater) Aldous, 65

Carolyn DeeAnn Lasater Aldous, 65, passed away Saturday Nov. 10, 2007, at her home in Salt Lake City.

Eugene 'Gene' Thomas Olmstead, 92

Eugene "Gene" Thomas Olmstead, 92, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007.

Cougars roll to two easy wins

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Freda I. Ostby, 89

Freda I. Ostby, 89, born Feb. 29, 1916, in Alida, Minn., "slipped into the presence of her Savior," on Monday, May 2, 2005, surrounded by her loved ones and in her own cozy home in Martin City.

George H. Taylor III, 73

George H. Taylor III, 73, passed away at his home in Lakeside on Tuesday, March 15, 2005, after a lengthy illness with emphysema.

Cora May Daffin Kluesner, 95

Cora May Daffin Kluesner "was called to her heavenly home" on April 28, 2006. Cora passed away from natural causes at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare in Dillon. Cora, a longtime Lima resident, was 95 years old.

Schweitzer optimistic about Montana's fiscal health

‘Things are going to turn around’

Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Montana is heading for an economic rebound, and he refutes gloomy projections for the next biennium because he intends to restrain state spending.

Keenan, Weimer post best rounds for Bigfork

BIGFORK — Tom Swanson of Loyola shot a Bigfork Invitational golf tournament record round 64 on Thursday for medalist honors at Eagle Bend Golf Club.

State lease rates need realism

The state appears to be in quite a fix regarding recent litigation aimed at raising lease rates on “school trust” cabin sites.

Superintendent lauds community support for schools

Darlene Schottle touted new programs and increasing student enrollment and graduation rates in Kalispell schools at a Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday.

Students get chance for free ACT tests

 Bigfork and Whitefish High School juniors sharpened their No. 2 pencils Tuesday to take the ACT Plus Writing college readiness exam for free.

Ronald Walter 'OB' O'Brien, 78

Ronald Walter “OB” O'Brien passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013, due to health complications.

Jazz legends to perform in Whitefish

Five "Legends of Jazz" will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Whitefish Lake Restaurant.