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Food pantry founders turning former Swan Valley boot camp into veterans center

With Allen and Linda Erickson, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Wuhan's favorite noodles are back as virus-hit city recovers

WUHAN, China (AP) — The reappearance of Wuhan's favorite breakfast noodles is a tasty sign that life is slowly getting back to normal in the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global cornavirus outbreak.

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Bars, restaurants report slow start to reopening

Bars and restaurants in the Flathead Valley got the go-ahead to reopen May 4 after weeks of closures due to Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But so far, it looks like it might be a little while before business as usual resumes at local watering holes and eateries.

1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

Quincy department store closes doors after 34 years

QUINCY - Vaughn and Bonita Vordahl, owners of Vordahl's department store in Quincy, recently announced they will soon close the doors to their family business.

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About voting and Lutefisk

It is Monday noon as I write this (11/26/06) I'm kinda looney from pain killers and at 2:30 p.m. having an impacted back tooth removed. So! With your blessing I hope … am going back to a column run 10 years ago. O K?

Columbia Basin bees constantly on the move

Columbia Basin bees constantly on the move

Potato commission chief hopes for light at end tunnel in 2021

MOSES LAKE — While 2020 was a tough year for Columbia Basin potato growers and processors, Chris Voigt said he’s “hoping that there’s light at end of the tunnel” in 2021.

Prosecutor: Arkema jeopardized public safety during Harvey

HOUSTON (AP) — A company that owns a suburban Houston chemical plant jeopardized public safety when it failed to remove dangerous chemicals ahead of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, resulting in a blaze that sent toxic smoke into the air and injured first responders, prosecutors told jurors on Thursday.

Prosecutor: Arkema jeopardized public safety during Harvey

HOUSTON (AP) — A company that owns a suburban Houston chemical plant jeopardized public safety when it failed to remove dangerous chemicals ahead of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, resulting in a blaze that sent toxic smoke into the air and injured first responders, prosecutors told jurors on Thursday.

Huckleberries

A weighty relic

That 75-ton, green-and-rust contraption in front of the Museum of North Idaho played a key role in the local economy for almost 50 years.

Fast-growing hurricane threatens flooding in Central America

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Eta erupted quickly into a potentially catastrophic major hurricane Monday as it headed for Central America, where forecasters warned of massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region.

Cat 4 Hurricane Eta threatens flooding in Central America

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Eta erupted quickly into a potentially catastrophic major hurricane Monday as it headed for Central America, where forecasters warned of massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region.

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