Groups still fuming over planning director

The county commissioners’ decision Monday not to rehire Jeff Harris as planning director had apparently done little to appease property-rights advocates, who had lobbied for Harris to be fired based on a number of grievances.

Silverado opts to move next door

Change in plans ends bid for new Kalispell zoning rule

Silverado Casino owners Terry and Judy Anderson have ended their bid to move into the former Quiznos sandwich shop, after meeting stiff opposition from the Kalispell Planning Board last month.

Windstorm sweeps through the valley

A blustery spring storm muscled its way into the Flathead Valley Thursday, whipping the area with 50 mph wind gusts, toppling trees, cutting power lines and sending a carport tumbling into a neighbor’s yard.