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April 30, 2024 midnight

Congress must act on housing crisis

For the past six months I have been talking to hundreds of Montanans about their concerns and hopes for the future, and the one issue that comes up every time is housing. Some of our neighbors and their kids are living on the streets.

April 10, 2024 midnight

Land trust receives grants for affordable housing

The grants will be used as part of the funding for six affordable homes in Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish, according to the land trust.

Alphabet and Microsoft help Wall Street clinch its best week in nearly 6 months
April 28, 2024 midnight

Alphabet and Microsoft help Wall Street clinch its best week in nearly 6 months

NEW YORK (AP) — The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday.

Kalispell shop provides bespoke experience in bridal and formal occasion wear
May 5, 2024 midnight

Kalispell shop provides bespoke experience in bridal and formal occasion wear

Apart from bridal gowns and alterations, the downtown Kalispell shop offers mother's dresses, prom, pageant, homecoming, special occasion, and other formal wear.

April 30, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor April 30

Letters to the editor April 30

April 18, 2024 midnight

Law roundup: The boom is lowered for man

A man standing in front of a business was reportedly shouting “boom” and punching the air, making customers uncomfortable. Kalispell Police Department counseled the shadowboxer and moved him along.

April 27, 2024 midnight

Tackling the rising cost of housing in Montana together

More than 100 years ago, my grandparents made a life for our family on a homesteaded plot of land outside of Big Sandy that we still farm to this day.

May 1, 2024 midnight

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.”

Tickets on sale to see Toad the Wet Sprocket
April 18, 2024 midnight

Tickets on sale to see Toad the Wet Sprocket

Toad The Wet Sprocket is coming to the Wachholz College Center July 25.

Columbia Falls Community Choir April 13
April 11, 2024 2 a.m.

Columbia Falls Community Choir April 13

The Columbia Falls Community Choir has been hard at work preparing for their spring concert at the Columbia Falls High School Little Theater on Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m.

April 18, 2024 midnight

25,000 climate conversations

“The most important thing you can do about climate change is talk about it.” That’s the advice climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe gave during a TED Talk that has now been viewed over 4 million times.

Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg visits Montana, celebrates infrastructure investments
May 8, 2024 midnight

Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg visits Montana, celebrates infrastructure investments

MISSOULA — Touting $5.3 billion of federal dollars coming to Montana, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said Monday investments in airport, road and other infrastructure projects have been sorely needed, already are having a positive effect, and are at amounts unprecedented in his lifetime.

Kalispell thrift store focuses on quality in goods it sells
April 28, 2024 midnight

Kalispell thrift store focuses on quality in goods it sells

Justine Van De Riet opened Resurrected Thrift with her parents, James and Danielle Coombs, and her sister, Jaylynn Coombs, in hopes of making thrifted items accessible again using consumer conscientious methods.

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway
April 22, 2024 10:05 a.m.

Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial.

April 25, 2024 midnight

Your new tax bill

By now most Montana homeowners and business owners have gotten a new and unexpected tax bill from their county treasurers. Here’s why.

Arbor Day celebration Friday at Lawrence Park
April 24, 2024 midnight

Arbor Day celebration Friday at Lawrence Park

Community members are invited to attend the formal Arbor Day ceremony and tree planting beginning at 9:20 a.m.

May 3, 2024 midnight

EPA says it would be tough to remove all of the waste at CFAC

The Environmental Protection Agency made its strongest case yet for a “waste in place” solution for the cleanup of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site during a public meeting last week.

April 11, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor April 11

Letters to the editor April 11

April 17, 2024 midnight

Earth Day Expo expands to FVCC campus with workshops and activities for all ages

Hosting the event, the Flathead Valley chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby is a national nonprofit organization that advocates for Congress to take up bipartisan climate solutions.

April 11, 2024 midnight

Montana needs a representative willing to fight for Montana

During my second tour to Iraq as a U.S. Marine, my unit was tasked to help secure the Syrian border. We had received intel that Iran was sending weapons into Syria to smuggle across the border for use against American troops.