Weather helps bypass work

Thanks to warm November weather, the U.S. 93 Alternative Route project is at full pace without much reason to slow down.

Evicted tenant moves more stuff in

The landlord of a Solberg Drive residence called Flathead County Sheriff's deputies after noticing a woman - who had been evicted and given until the end of the month to move out - was moving stuff onto, not off of, the property. Deputies counseled both parties.

Flathead County Sheriff's Office

A Columbia Falls-area resident reported the unauthorized use of their vehicle. A woman, who reportedly had a key but wasn't on the registration, is accused of taking the car without permission. Later, Flathead County Sheriff's deputies responded to a residence on Columbia Falls Stage Road when the person who reported the car missing allegedly was threatened.

Missing hunter found unharmed

Flathead County sheriff

Flathead County sheriff

When Flathead County Sheriff's deputies stopped to check out a man and two girls outside a car dealership on U.S. 2 in Evergreen, one of the women bolted. Deputies tracked her down and discovered she had been reported as a runaway.

Flathead Sheriff

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies were called to a disturbance on Montana 206. A woman was supposed to remove some horses from the property but reportedly failed to do so by the agreed-upon time, resulting in an altercation between her and the property owner.

Board suggests softer Lakeside plan

Guidelines for commercial growth probed

How to accommodate future commercial growth in Lakeside was one of the issues that surfaced as the Flathead County Planning Board took its first look at the proposed Lakeside Neighborhood Plan on Wednesday.

Flathead County sheriff

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies responded to Elk Park Road to settle an argument between a father and son, both of whom were intoxicated. Turns out the son had a warrant out of Columbia Falls, so he was arrested.

Flathead County sheriff

A Reserve Drive resident and his landlord reportedly got into an altercation. The tenant told Flathead County sheriff's deputies the landlord was not wanted there.

Flathead County sheriff

A man who brought his truck into a shop on U.S. 93 south of Kalispell for maintenance work told an employee he shot the last mechanic who overcharged him in the head and buried him.

Flathead County sheriff

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies took a woman to jail after she fought with another woman at a home on U.S. 93 south of Kalispell. One of the women had called back after the initial call for help, saying there was no need for a deputy to quell what turned out to be a physical and verbal fight.

Flathead County sheriff

A Lakeside man told Flathead County sheriff's deputies that someone broke the lock off his shop and took a pick to the door handle. A refrigerator was missing. He suspects the ex-wife.

Flathead County sheriff

A Trails End Drive woman told Flathead County sheriff's deputies she was receiving harassing phone calls from a local phone company and wanted the calls to stop. The company had the wrong number and her account was paid up, she said. Turns out the woman's son gave her number as a secondary contact for billing questions. Phone company officials told deputies the calls would stop when the bill got paid.

Yelling, knives, booze lead to arrest

Old, unknown bones recovered

Several bones of unknown origin were found near a slough around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Law Roundup

Flathead County sheriff's deputies tracked the suspects in a Columbia Falls backpack theft to the Hungry Horse area, where they ended up arresting a 34-year-old person of interest on suspicion of drug possession. While patting the man down for dangerous items before an interview, deputies found meth in his pocket.

Planners table Riverdale proposal

After a number of meetings, workshops and postponed planning board hearings, Riverdale community members had good reason to hope their proposed neighborhood plan would get a verdict from the Flathead County Planning Board on Thursday night.

Today

Road crews will begin striping West Reserve Drive between U.S. 2 and U.S. 93 today and Saturday. Significant traffic delays are expected. Drivers should choose an alternate route if possible.

Bypass decision not set

By WILLIAM L. SPENC

The trouble with litter

Trashing the valley Roadside garbage becoming major problem in Flathead