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Uphill skiers must mind new lift
The winter season gets closer every day with more snow last week and colder temperatures in the single digits, m...
PHOTOS: November Wild
Scenic and wildlife shots taken in and around Glacier National Park at the onset of winter.
The Blotter: Stolen car pursuit on Hilltop
Police engaged in a motorized pursuit of a stolen vehicle, which started on Hilltop Road and resulted in spikes deployed on Highway 2.
Locals in industry take media training
Flathead Valley residents Shauna Dunn, Shelby George, Brian Hogue, and Cameron Wohlschlegel just returned from three days in Billings as part of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). For R...
Columbia Falls Police Association Shop with a Cop coming up; donations sought
Every holiday season the Columbia Falls Police Association hosts shop with a cop, where the department takes less fortunate children selected by the elementa...
City scales back resort tax penalties
The City of Columbia Falls is still looking at a new law that would implement penalties to businesses that are chronically late paying resort taxes, but it won’t look to implement criminal penalties for non-payme...
Oberling pleads guilty in electrocution case
Locally renowned landscape painter Nicholas Oberling pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment Monday, testifying that he ran a live wire into his significant ...
Buy a painting, help Owen Sowerine Natural Area
The Flathead Land Trust is currently auctioning off paintings to support a critical conservation easement to preserve the Owen Sowerine Natural Area along th...
Opinion: Swan watching takes a turn
So Sunday morning I was out swan watching. What, you’ve never swan watched before? It’s when you stand on a frozen rock with frozen shoes in freezing weather...
The Blotter: Collision results in flipped vehicle on River Road
A truck t-boned and flipped a parked vehicle on River Road early in the morning, medical units responded to two injuries.
Yesterdays: Howard G. Satterthwaite was named general manager of the new Anaconda Aluminum Co. plant in Columbia Falls
The type II polio vaccine was coming to Columbia Falls. The cost was 50 cents. Big winds swept across the region and the state. Helena saw a gust of 74 mph a...
Book Review: Trout Town a fun romp
When Montana author Dave Ames gave me a review copy of his latest book, “Trout Town” I expected a tome of essays on trout, and fishing, a la John Gierach.
Lots of work ahead
This past election cycle has really woken me up to the condition of our country and the work that lays ahead. Also this morning I posted on FB “VOTE YOUR FAITH, VOTE YOUR CONVICTIONS VOTE YOUR BIBLE” so FB restri...
Rotary Brunch with Santa returns this year
Kids 12 and younger are free to enter. Adult tickets for the meal are $10. All proceeds from the event go back into the community by means of the charitable ...
Boy Scouts sought for troop
Local Boy Scout Troop 1941