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Weyerhaeuser closing plywood plant for a week
Weyerhaeuser closing plywood plant for a week
Company that bought Weyerhaeuser lands assures it will stay in block management program
The company that purchased 630,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberlands in Montana said it fully intends to keep the property in the state’s block management pr...
Yesterdays: Hungry Horse Dam starts pouring concrete around the clock
70 years ago
Want to help hospitals? Here’s how
Kalispell Regional Healthcare has launched Project PPE (personal protective equipment) and has supplied information about how the public can help KRH health-...
Police outfitted with emergency medical bags thanks to FEC grant
The Columbia Falls Police Department has moved towards equipping its officers for more advanced on-the-scene medical care. The department recently purchased ...
City council will hold public hearing on Ruis development via video conferencing
The Columbia Falls City Council plans to go ahead with a public hearing scheduled for the Mick Ruis development on Nucleus Avenue at its April 6 meeting.
Schools will start remote classes this week
Columbia Falls School District 6 began gearing up to teach students remotely this week as the novel coronavirus has shuttered schools for what school leaders expect will be at least the month of April and likely ...
Bears awake, lion sighted in River’s Edge Park
“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Dorothy exclaims in the Wizard of Oz.
Flathead National Forest also closes campgrounds, cabins
The Flathead National Forest has also closed its developed campgrounds and rental cabins due to the CODID-19 outbreak.
Helena Lewis and Clark national Forest closes campgrounds, rental cabins and day use areas
The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest announced it is closing its campgrounds, day use sites and rental cabins to stop the spread of the covid-19 virus.
Flathead National Forest allowing personal use firewood gathering without permit until June 1
The Forest Service announced Wednesday that personal firewood cutting will be free to the general public from April 1 through June 1 on the Flathead National...
Columbia Falls woman stuck in Peru for now as border is closed
A Columbia Falls woman has been stuck in Peru after the country closed its borders due the coronavirus and she couldn’t get out. Brooke Sample was working as...
Volunteers making gowns for hospital
Volunteers are sewing isolation gowns for North Valley Hospital. An isolation gown is typically a disposable paper gown that healthcare staff like doctors and nurses wear when attending to a contagious patient, s...
The Blotter: Woman tries to drill her ex, literally
Tuesday, March 17
City council briefed on coronavirus at meeting
Flathead City-County Health Department Deputy Health Officer Kerry Nuckles last week briefed Columbia Falls City Council on the latest county policies concerning the coronavirus.