Malaria drugs' promise for coronavirus spurs hope, shortages

Excitement about treating the new coronavirus with malaria drugs is raising hopes, including with President Donald Trump. But the evidence that they may help is thin, and a run on the drugs is complicating access for people who need them for rheumatoid arthritis or lupus.

Hydroxychloroquine is already a life-saving medicine

This morning, I woke up short of breath, my body fatigued with a hot ache. In the time of coronavirus, these symptoms raise alarm, but as a Montanan living with chronic illness, waking up feeling sick is a reality I face most days. I have lupus, an autoimmune disease where my immune system mistakenly attacks my own connective tissue, triggering inflammation from the smallest vessels in my digits to swelling in my airway to oppressive fatigue. For people with lupus, there is no cure; we will live with this disease for the rest of our lives.

Help to give the veterans memorial in Depot Park a 'voice'

Imagine, if you will, walking by Depot Park as the lights come on in the evening and suddenly the haunting and beautiful strains of the bugle call “Taps” begins to play. When the lights go out in the morning, the bugle call “To the Colors” will begin playing.

Across U.S., Black Friday less frenzied

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year.

Police search nets pot, 160 tablets of Ecstasy

Kalispell police, following up on a traffic-stop arrest last week, reportedly discovered marijuana and 160 tablets of Ecstasy.

Panicky public buys out potassium iodide

As soon as the news hit about radiation leaking from nuclear facilities in Japan, many people in the Flathead Valley rushed to local pharmacies and health-food stores and bought all supplies of potassium iodide tablets and liquid.

Doctors urge vaccination, not livestock dewormer, in fight against Covid

At least a few people in the Flathead Valley have become ill after taking a widely available antiparasitic drug meant for animals in hopes of treating or preventing Covid-19, according to local hospital officials.

Virtual learners

A trip to Egypt and tour of Ramesses VI’s tomb was on the itinerary for Hedges Elementary third-graders in Brooke Samson’s class Thursday.

Trump focuses attention on possible coronavirus treatments

President Donald Trump focused attention on possible treatments for the new coronavirus on Thursday, citing potential use of a drug long used to treat malaria and some other approaches still in testing.

Collaboration needed to address screen-time issues

From cellphones to computers and tablets to TVs, we’re surrounded by screens these days. There’s no escaping technology, but it was startling to hear local psychiatrist Joe Boyle say that a decade from now we may look back at technology — especially in the education system — like they did with the tobacco industry after realizing the harmful effects of smoking well after the fact.

Woman headed to prison for drug distribution

A Flathead Valley woman who was previously charged in a murder-for-hire scheme is headed to prison for selling oxycodone pills.

Family donates iPads to hospital

When the Eaton family gave Kalispell Regional Medical Center a call, asking if the hospital had some oncology patients who might to use  free iPads, it didn’t take long to say yes.

iPad 2: Upgrading the tablet, downgrading competition

New tablets offer consumers an abundance of options

C-Falls girl's artwork could win national contest

Tech levy a needed school expense

There are 3,000 digital devices in Kalispell Public Schools directly related to instruction for the 6,000-plus students in the district.

Ohio to enact stay-at-home order as virus cases spread

Gov. Mike DeWine's administration is enacting a stay-at-home order as the number of cases in the state spiked Sunday to more than 350.

Thanksgiving trumps Black Friday for deals

NEW YORK — Thanksgiving could be the best day to shop all year.

Pit bulls clash with people, fowl

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Law roundup: Caller wigs out over stranger

Someone allegedly called the Kalispell Police Department because they were suspicious of a woman wearing a blonde wig who was at a location across the street and wanted officers to “check it out.”