Bigfork Eagle

Officials around the Flathead have closed schools because of icy road conditions on Friday, and Bigfork is no exception.

The district office made the announcement on their Web site at 7 a.m. Friday, citing winter bus route conditions. The National Weather Service in Missoula has issued a freezing rain advisory for Northwest Montana until 9 a.m. Friday, but warned that the conditions could persist throughout the morning.

The decision was also made at 9 a.m. Friday to cancel the evening basketball games against Libby. Tonight's games were re-scheduled matches that were cancelled because of foul weather back in December. No decision on a re-re-scheduling has been made.

Schools in Kalispell and Columbia Falls were also closed, though Whitefish schools remained open.

For more information on the closure, call the district office at 837-7400.