Pipeline breaks increase concerns about safety

The failure of two energy industry pipelines this month has raised concerns by government officials and citizens.

Community Notes

The Feb. 10 Community Pot Luck will feature Josh Stroot of the Forest Service, who will speak about the local fires of last summer and precautions for the spring runoff. Dinners will be held at the 4-H Building at the Mineral County Fair Grounds at 6:00 pm. Coffee and lemonade will be provided along with the plates, napkins and utensils so we ask those who participate to bring an entrée, dessert or salad to share. For more information, call 822-3545. The final speaker will be on March 10.

No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China.

No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China.

No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China.

Case No. CV-2004-00963

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Case No. CV-2004-00963

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Density, poverty keep Los Angeles struggling against virus

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While most of California welcomed more places to eat, shop and play this holiday weekend, Los Angeles did not join the party.

Navy says ship fire in San Diego is now out; cause unknown

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego Harbor has been extinguished, ending one of the worst infernos to rip through a U.S. warship outside of combat in recent years, the Navy announced Thursday.

Firefighting sailors pulled off listing U.S. Navy warship

SAN DIEGO (AP) — After burning for days, the massive USS Bonhomme Richard shifted in the night and listed toward the pier, prompting the Navy to pull off firefighting sailors searching in the bowels of the U.S. warship for remaining hot spots, Navy officials said Thursday.

Ephrata discusses 2009 budget

Talked about sponsorship, recycling

Emotional holiday leftovers

I learned years ago that I almost never have an original thought. But I can creatively adapt thoughts to make them my own. This is certainly true when I began thinking about “holiday emotional leftovers.” Others before me have played with this notion. So I learn from them to share with you.

Stolen vehicles aplenty

Honda found over embankment along river

Sometimes stolen vehicles are recovered with the suspect inside. Other times they're left abandoned along a road.

My first crush

My hands were a sticky mess. The room was loud with the sounds of machine and classic rock. Everyone concentrated on their tasks, but regular laughter highlighted the cacophony that was fall crush on Oct. 22 at Coeur d'Alene Cellars.

Intruder arrested after entering woman's bedroom

According to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office, a woman had a panic attack over the phone with dispatch after an intruder came into her bedroom near Bigfork. She said she screamed when she saw the man and he left. Law enforcement later made an arrest.

Close the southern border

Trump should close down the southern border until that crisis is completely under control. Otherwise, we may go into an economic recession or even a civil war with those illegal immigrants or possibly even Mexico. Things cannot continue as it has been at the southern border. The numbers just keep increasing there and they are even arriving here from Africa. You think government officials are not up to their eyebrows in the drug trade in this country and the world? When we first went into Afghanistan we made them burn their poppy crops. Now, our own military is guarding their poppy crops. The one-world system is here. George Orwell’s book “1984” is also on the global elite’s agenda.

Norman Earl Thurnau, 82

Norman Earl Thurnau passed away of natural causes on Jan. 17, 2016, in his home in Kalispell. He was 82 years old.

Let's hear it for the Wolf People

Before you start feeling all warm and fuzzy thinking this is a pro wolf letter, please read on. You Wolf People have done your homework, and know one of the easiest ways to "Brain Wash" someone is to get to them when they are young.

Flathead County

An intoxicated woman with a cast on her arm appeared on the front porch of a Ridgewood Drive residence and knocked to be let in. The homeowner, however, told Flathead County Sheriff's deputies he had never seen the woman before. Deputies gave her a ride home.

Flathead County Sheriff

An identity-theft case reported Tuesday to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office was from a man who discovered his own mother had used his name and information to obtain phone service out of town. He's been getting past-due bills on the account he didn't know about.