Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

During a partial lunar eclipse, Earth's shadow appears to take a bite of the moon. The full moon is covered during a total eclipse and blushes coppery red because of stray bits of sunlight filtering through Earth's atmosphere.

STATE 6A BOYS SEMIFINALS: T-Wolves to play for title — Strawn shines early, Lake City holds off Boise late, will play Owyhee in championship game

Lake City (21-4) returns to the title game after winning the program’s first title in 2023 and winning the consolation title last year. The Timberwolves will face top-seeded and defending champion Owyhee (22-4), which beat fourth-seeded Timberline 50-42 in the other semifinal.

Fed Chair Powell says interest rates on hold with economic uncertainty widespread

Chair Jerome Powell says in written remarks that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its key interest rate unchanged in the coming months as it waits for widespread "uncertainty" stemming from President Donald Trump's policies to resolve.

Western A boys: Browning to face Dillon for title

Ronan, Bigfork stay alive

WHITEFISH — The Runnin’ Indians ran all over Frenchtown.

Mystery solved? A submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing Oregon family

The search for the Martin family was a national news story at the time and led some to speculate about the possibility of foul play, with a $1,000 reward offered for information. “Where do you search if you’ve already searched every place logic and fragmentary clues would suggest?” an Associated Press article wondered in 1959, months after the disappearance.

Weekend TV/Radio highlights

Television, streaming and radio highlights for upcoming weekend.

Idaho governor signs $253 million tax cut bill

Gov. Brad Little on Thursday signed House Bill 40, which cuts corporate and individual income taxes, eliminates the capital gains tax on precious metal bullion, and expands tax exemptions on some military pension income.

Most Greenlanders identify as Inuit, Lutheran

Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit. And most are Lutheran. About 90% of the 57,000 Greenlanders identity as Inuit and the vast majority of them belong to the Lutheran Church today. That is more than 300 years after a Danish missionary brought that branch of Christianity to the world's largest island. Greenland is huge — about three times the size of Texas and most of it is covered in ice. But parishes are still located across many settlements in the icy land and people endure the frigid Arctic climate to fill up church pews on Sundays.

Legals for March, 7 2025

Frenchtown trips Ronan boys in OT

C-Falls to face Dillon in semifinals

WHITEFISH — The game appeared to be heading into double overtime after Ronan’s Kolby Finley hit a corner three to tie the game with 17 seconds left.

Most Greenlanders are Lutheran, 300 years after a missionary brought the faith to the remote island

Greenland is huge — about three times the size of Texas; most of it covered in ice. Still, its 17 parishes are located across many settlements in the icy land and people endure the frigid Arctic climate to fill up church pews on Sundays.

Andrew Buchan Currie, 97

Andrew "Andy" Buchan Currie, 97, passed away on February 28, 2025.

And now for the tough ones

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes From Boise column.

‘It’s a shift in education’

North Idaho educators react to private school tax credit law

After lawmakers in Boise approved a $50 million school choice initiative Thursday, several Bonner and Boundary County educators and officials questioned if the law comes with enough accountability and whether it’s appropriate in Idaho’s tight education funding climate.

Legals for March, 6 2025

We are no longer 'Leader of the Free World'

For the first time since the end of WWII, the position of “Leader of the Free World” is vacant. Donald Trump relinquished that title formally on Friday with a disastrous and embarrassing meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky, and all the world watched it unfold.

Jack Stivers steps in as county extension agent

Longtime MSU Extension agent Jack Stivers is back in the saddle again, sharing wisdom and ag advice at the MSU Lake County Extension Office in Ronan.

Five-year sentence for man who led police on high-speed chase

A man who led authorities on a high-speed chase through Kalispell last year received a five-year sentence to the state Department of Corrections in November.

Polson woman sentenced for negligent arson

A Polson woman, convicted of negligent arson, was committed in District Court in Polson Feb. 26 to the Montana Department of Corrections for five years with two years suspended.

Wage increases haven’t kept up with rents, study finds

A recently commissioned housing study for Columbia Falls found that about 23% of households in the Columbia Falls area (59912 Zip code) and 36% in the city limits were renters.