A pair of back-to-back accidents at the intersection of Whitefish Stage Road and West Reserve Drive Friday afternoon drew responders from West Valley Fire Department and Evergreen Fire Rescue and tied up busy afternoon traffic.

Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies were unable to find the drivers of a pair of vehicles abandoned after being wrecked within less than half an hour of one another early Friday morning.

At 2:04 a.m., a passerby called 911 after finding a man, possibly drunk, inside a car that had flipped upside-down on U.S. 2 West. The man seemed unable to get out and was difficult to understand, speaking with a heavy Russian accent. By the time responders arrived, the driver was nowhere to be found.

At 2:33 a.m., a vehicle was found on Montana 82 that appeared to have been in an accident. Both airbags were deployed and steam was coming from the vehicle, but no one was anywhere nearby.

A confused Lakeside resident first reported hearing fighting and gunshots near Brass Road before revising the story, instead believing it was fireworks at a party.

A fence on Sasquatch Hollow was vandalized, although there was no word as to whether the damage was caused by the road’s namesake.

A trio of troublemaking children were reported throwing pears at vehicles on Holt Stage Road, damaging one vehicle.

An animal lover called to ask if the dog rescued after a man set a Trumble Creek Road home on fire was up for adoption.

A man was heard in the area of West Ashley Hills Drive yelling, “I hate myself, I did it!”

A Kila property owner reported someone was cutting trees on his property despite posted “no trespassing” signs.

Several youths were reported for vandalizing a food bank building in Lakeside regularly, cracking windows and trying to steal a donation box.

A trash-loving dog was reported on Cayuse Lane for repeatedly getting into a neighbor’s garbage.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent reported someone was shining a green laser at vehicles on U.S. 2 West at the top of Kila Hill.

The person in charge of fundraising for the Montana Dragon Boat Festival contacted the Kalispell Police Department after discovering someone was falsely representing the festival and collecting gifts from local businesses. The caller noted that Kalispell’s tourism office and Chamber of Commerce already were aware of the scam, but indicated  concern about the integrity of the event.

An accidental 911 call led to a dispatcher hearing a teacher telling her students that they would not be getting any homework this year.

A concerned friend reported a man had been drunk for 10 straight days and had not eaten. An officer reported the man was indeed drunk, but there was nothing he could do about it.

An offended woman reported her concern that her Samsung phone had a ringtone called “sniper,” which she believed promoted violence. She wanted the chief of police to write a letter to Samsung about the ringtone.

A wary custodian chased several youths out of the new construction on the west side of a Whitefish Stage Road school.

A woman who was running her dog in a field on Cooper Lane had to grab her dog, get in her vehicle and leave when another woman let her Rottweiler loose without a leash and the dog charged the first woman’s dog.

Mailboxes along an entire block of Seventh Avenue West were vandalized, with mail opened and left all over the street.

A panhandler was advised to move along after being reported begging in the turn lane of North Main Street at Idaho Street and causing a hazard by leaning into traffic.

An angry motorist made a bad decision when, after having a road rage incident with a bus, threatened a Columbia Falls Police Department officer when he was confronted in a parking lot. The officer arrested him for disorderly conduct.

A vigilant citizen contacted police about a believed drug deal on Ninth Street West after seeing a man on a bicycle approach a vehicle and exchange a package with what looked like money with the vehicle’s occupant.