City taps Utah man for city manager position

The former finance director for the city of Moab, Utah has been tapped to be the new city manager of Columbia Falls.

REALITY: Governance by greed

REALITY: Governance by greed

Little: State may fight Biden vaccine mandate

Governor says president is 'out of touch'

Little says Idaho will fight mandate

Former legislator runs for Dover mayor

George Eskridge is in the running for Mayor of the city of Dover.

New York revamps overwhelmed unemployment system

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state is getting help from Google to overhaul a decades-old unemployment benefits system that has left laid-off workers frustrated and awaiting help.

Idaho’s weekly unemployment claims reach 117,000

Laid-off Idaho workers filed 117,811 initial claims for unemployment benefits during the six weeks of the COVID-19 state of emergency – twice the total number of initial claims filed in all of 2019.

New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as a winding down in the middle of the month due to the coronavirus began to rattle the housing market.

New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as a winding down in the middle of the month due to the coronavirus began to rattle the housing market.

SCHOOL LEVIES: Vote yes

I have been a teacher and a resident/homeowner in Coeur d’Alene for 13 years.

James E. Hawley, 76

“A simply wonderful life” is how one would describe the life of James E. Hawley, who died on Jan. 31, 2017, at approximately 18:50 at Kalispell Regional.

Whitefish land deal adds key protections

The completion of the first phase of a three-pronged plan to protect the Whitefish Lake watershed is significant on a couple of levels.

Jobless number increases in Flathead County

The unemployment rate for the month of November increased to 5.4 percent in Flathead County, up from 4.5 percent in October.

Vote for Ruby for Co-op

If you are like me, you might be among the 85 percent of Flathead Electric Co-op members who routinely file those trustee ballots somewhere without really reading the biographies of the candidates and taking the time to vote.

Kathy Rose is excellent choice for library board

The Sandpoint library board has put us through more than a year of authoritarian restrictions.

Michael Lee Newgard

MICHAEL LEE NEWGARD

Council picks Smith as new City Manager

Whitefish City Council on Monday approved Dana Smith as the new City Manager.

Banks made $233.1 billion in profits in 2019, regulator says

NEW YORK (AP) — The banking industry collectively made $233.1 billion in profits in 2019, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Tuesday, the industry's second-most profitable year ever.

UK inflation jumps higher, reducing likelihood of rate cut

LONDON (AP) — Consumer price inflation in Britain jumped higher in January, official figures showed Wednesday, undermining the case for the central bank to cut interest rates as it had been expected to do.

Dominicans protest as officials detain 2 in e-vote probe

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Hundreds joined in a demonstration demanding the resignation of the Dominican Republic’s elections commission Thursday, the fourth consecutive day of protests over the weekend failure of municipal elections.

Eurozone unemployment falls to lowest level since May 2008

BRUSSELS (AP) — Unemployment across the 19 countries that share the euro currency has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 12 years, official figures showed Thursday.