Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food

NEW YORK (AP) — Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with E. coli and buffets with lurking norovirus. So why aren’t health officials warning people about eating food contaminated with the new coronavirus?

Family brings deep roots to trade show

The Briney family takes the “Made in Montana” label pretty seriously.

Rock needs a new place

Sure the place was a little dusty, and the alphabetizing made no sense, but it made the hunt all that more potentially rewarding. Who knew so many records from France would end up in the Flathead?

Bigfork company creates custom signs it ships worldwide

Right off the Swan River highway lies an unexpected building and home to an array of wooden and metal signs. The full service fabrication and design company Meissenburg Designs ships signs all over the world.

Barbara Karen Kusner Locke, 70, of Troy

Karen Locke passed away April 23, 2014 in Troy, due to cancer. Karen was born in Spokane, Wash., on Nov. 13, 1943 to Natalie and William (“Bill”) Kusner. Natalie and Bill moved from Chicago during the Depression to Savage Lake in Troy, where Bill ran Kusner Electric.

Local books

“A Year in the Life of a Grizzly in Glacier National Park”

Couple are the new owners of two Plains eateries

Ripples has been a staple in Plains for and in September it came under new ownership.

First annual farmer's market kicks off in Superior

Andrew Waite

Jam packed pre-holiday weekend

Danielle Switalski

Palmer honored as Woman of Wisdom

2025 Woman of Wisdom Terri Palmer is a multi-talented artist who has unstintingly shared her talent and her time for the benefit of Bonner County for the past 35 years.

A Reel Big Night: Chamber honors local leaders

The Bigfork Area Chamber of Commerce held their “A Reel Big Night” awards banquet on Tuesday, Feb. 25 to honor local business and community leaders and thank them for their service. Attendees put on their best Hollywood character getups and cruised into Andy’s Crafthouse for the event.

Flathead County OKs Pursuit employee housing in West Glacier

The Flathead County Planning Office recently approved an application for a large “work camp” that will house Pursuit Glacier Park Collection’s seasonal employees.

Montana Plan hurts Montana business

According to the New York Times, 300 individual billionaires spent more than $3 billion during the 2024 election cycle. Keep those figures in mind as you consider Initiative 194 and its potential impact on Montana values.

The Latest: Voting activists suing North Carolina

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Tower up, but zipline likely won't open this summer

Legals for May, 28 2021

Evidence of virus' effect on US economy grows more ominous

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence of the coronavirus' devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.

Evidence of virus' effect on US economy grows more ominous

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence of the coronavirus' devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.

Dutch police use tear gas, water cannon amid rioting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Groups of youths confronted police in Dutch towns and cities Monday night, defying the country's coronavirus curfew and throwing fireworks. Police in the port city of Rotterdam used a water cannon and tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd of rioters who also looted shops.

Dutch police use tear gas, water cannon amid rioting

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Groups of youths confronted police in Dutch towns and cities Monday night, defying the country's coronavirus curfew and throwing fireworks. Police in the port city of Rotterdam used a water cannon and tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd of rioters who also looted shops.