Felon found after search in Coulee City

Search ends same day

COULEE CITY - Grant County Sheriff's deputies and Coulee City police reportedly found a wanted felon hiding in a field near the town late Tuesday.

South Florida wins 7th straight, tops Wichita State 66-48

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Elena Tsineke hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points to lead No. 18 South Florida to a 66-48 victory over Wichita State on Wednesday night.

South Florida wins 7th straight, tops Wichita State 66-48

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Elena Tsineke hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points to lead No. 18 South Florida to a 66-48 victory over Wichita State on Wednesday night.

Top Dogs fare well at Panhandle Wrestling Championships

SANDPOINT — Top Dog Wrestling played host to the annual season-ending Panhandle Wrestling Championships last weekend, with more than 500 youth wrestlers on 25 teams from around the region competing at Sandpoint Middle School.

Jensen, Tupper post big games for Thunder

KOOTENAI — Taylor Jensen posted a double-double to lead the Kootenai Thunder boys basketball team to a 52-39 win over Christian Heritage in Mountain Christian League action in Edwall, Wash.

Currie, Presnell lead much-improved Bulldog golfers

LEWISTON — David Currie fired an 87 and Jared Presnell a 91 to lead the Sandpoint boys golf team at the Lewiston Invitational, held at Bryden Canyon Golf Club on Monday.

8 injured in bus crash

BONNERS FERRY — Eight people were injured when a bus full of Canadian tourists crashed Monday morning 10 miles south of Bonners Ferry.

Kings win West with goal in OT

Los Angeles in Stanley Cup finals for first time since 1993

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Dustin Penner scored 17:42 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the second time as a franchise after beating the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night.

Little League Hayden 9/10s edge Sandpoint

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Driver killed in high-speed crash in downtown Libby

A report of a speeding car traveling east toward Libby on Highway 2 ended in a single fatality after the car struck a traffic light pole at the intersection with Idaho Avenue on Thursday.

Spartan Race returns to Flathead Lake this weekend

This weekend, hundreds of competitors from all over will be traversing trails and completing obstacles that require strength and nimble feet at the annual Spartan Race in Bigfork.

Hamilton hurls a no-hitter to lead Lakers

KELLOGG — Featuring an array of nasty pitches, Tevin Hamilton tossed a no-hitter and struck out a whopping 18 hitters to lead the Peak Sand and Gravel Lakers to a doubleheader split against Silver Valley in American Legion baseball action Sunday in Kellogg.

Farmers markets offer a bumper crop of tasty treats

It's one of my favorite parts of summer — fresh veggies and produce. There is nothing tastier than a tomato or cucumber (or, for that matter, any vegetable) that you can wander out to the garden and pick straight off the vine.

Coeur d'Alene man arrested for allegedly stealing car frame

Landowner reportedly encountered men loading it onto trailer

MOSES LAKE - Two men were arrested after reportedly trying to steal a car frame from a home about 25 miles east of Moses Lake.

KIRK: Culture war on facts

I don’t know what professors are teaching their students in college these days, but I’m wondering if aspiring journalists were required to take an ethics course back when the writer of this piece went to school. It’s a disgrace to trample over every guiding principle of journalism by letting this kid spout his opinion on the front page while making no effort to substantiate anything he says.

Nestor Framness, 90

Nestor Framness, 90, passed away from a heart attack Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish. He was born March 22, 1918, in Gillett, Wis., and moved to Montana in 1952.

Kalispell police

Kalispell police are investigating a missing wallet report. A driver reported it was in the vehicle's door pocket when he parked it and went into a laundromat, but it was missing by the time he hopped back in and reached Walgreen drug. He returned to the laundromat to find a man there acting strangely.

Tucker James Peterson, infant

Tucker James 'was delivered into the arms of the Lord' in the early hours Thursday, March 29, 2007, at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish.

LHS boys dump Polson on road

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Amtrak delayed by incident

Passengers on Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder were delayed about nine hours Monday by a train collision and derailment in Casselton, N.D., that led to explosions and a massive fire.