Glacier bows out of State AA baseball

Thursday’s fantastic start gave away to Friday frustration for the Glacier baseball team, which bowed out of the State AA tournament with losses to Missoula Sentinel and the host Butte Bulldogs.

Schara shines as AA Lakers split with Royals

BILLINGS — Max Schara picked up the slack after a tough loss, pitching the Kalispell AA Lakers past the Billings Royals 6-1 in the second game of a Legion doubleheader Wednesday.

A champion for veterans in Northwest Montana, Allen Erickson dies at 86

A U.S. Navy Veteran who served from 1957 to 1963, Erickson was the visionary founder of the Northwest Montana Veterans Food Pantry and the annual Libby Stand Down event. He died May 23 at the age of 86.

STATE LEGION BASEBALL: Lums take two, keep season alive

Coeur d'Alene, Northern Lakes move into loser-out games today; Prairie eliminated in AA tournament.

Flathead sweeps crosstown track

Glacier throwers set records

Glacier throwers Aiden Krause and Kai Johnson combined to break three Crosstown meet records en route to taking victories in the boys and girls discus and shot put events Tuesday. Flathead, though, provided some speed and depth.

The Latest: Ky. gov urges more care in hardest-hit counties

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s governor is urging people in the state’s counties hit hardest by the pandemic to take stricter steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants

TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

The Latest: Las Vegas restaurant, casino staff can get shots

LAS VEGAS — Workers in the key Las Vegas restaurant, hospitality and casino industry were told Thursday they can get a coronavirus vaccine.

The Latest: Biden: States must make adults vaccine eligible

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will use his first prime-time address on Thursday night to announce that he is directing states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine no later than May 1.

The Latest: UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations chief is criticizing the “many examples of vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding” as well as side deals with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that undermine access to all people in the world.

The Latest: California mulls post-lockdown, vaccinated life

LOS ANGELES — California officials are contemplating what things will look like in the nation’s most populous state once millions of people are vaccinated and they move to phase out restrictions on gatherings and businesses that have altered life for a year.

The Latest: South Korea extends social distancing measures

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea is extending its current measures on social distancing for at least another two weeks as it struggles to slow coronavirus infections in the greater capital area.

The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants

TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants

TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

The Latest: Japan to tighten border control against variants

TOKYO — Transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus.

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