PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls caps long week with win

Results from Friday's prep football and volleyball matchups.

Park visitation up in September, down in October

Visitation to Glacier National Park in October was down 17.8 percent from 2010, according to recent figures. The Park saw 54,356 visits in October, while 66,155 were counted last year.

Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buried

PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan search brigades pulled the first bodies Friday from a massive rain-fueled landslide where at least 100 people are believed to be entombed, as the remains of Hurricane Eta moved across Caribbean waters, strengthening en route to Cuba.

North Fork camp and retreat proposals denied

North Fork residents showed up en masse to Tuesday’s Flathead County Board of Adjustment meeting to speak against three separate proposals for conditional-use permits that would allow for multiple camp and retreat centers in Polebridge.

Timberwolves power past Bulldogs on Homecoming

SANDPOINT — Lake City rode the powerful legs of running back Grant Clark, got a trio of sacks from linebacker Brayden Pollow and dominated time of possession in the second half en route to a 31-14 win over Sandpoint during Homecoming under the Friday Night Lights at Barlow Stadium.

'Be happy' isn't so simple, especially amid coronavirus worries – but it's seriously good for health

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If you think before you snack, it's not so bad

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'Be happy' isn't so simple, especially amid coronavirus worries – but it's seriously good for health

Lea en español

If you think before you snack, it's not so bad

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Second Class A mat title for Columbia Falls' Roberts

BILLINGS — Columbia Falls sophomore Shonn Roberts tore up the competition en route to his second individual championship at the Class A state wrestling tournament at Rimrock Auto Arena Saturday.

Woman has to pay to get 'free' stuff

Flathead girls fall to Sentinel

Missoula Sentinel jumped on Flathead early, leading 30-8 at the half en route to a 51-34 Western AA girls basketball victory on Thursday at Flathead High School.

Kenney's big night lifts Polson

Polson's Riley Kenney put on quite the show at the free-throw line, sinking 14 of 17 attempts en route to a 30-point performance in the Pirates' 61-50 nonconference girls basketball victory Tuesday over Flathead at Flathead High School.

THE FRONT ROW with JASON ELLIOTT: Two good guys, but are they Fame worthy?

Regardless, at some point soon, former Seattle Mariner pitcher Felix Hernandez and former Seahawks coach Pete Carroll should be in a Hall of Fame somewhere. In Seattle, Cooperstown, Canton or wherever.

MI Current Conditions

MI Current Conditions as of 05:00 AM EST Friday, January 17, 2020

MI Current Conditions

MI Current Conditions as of 07:00 PM EST Friday, January 17, 2020

Nordic skiers Ingelfinger, Dezzani compete at U.S. Nationals

Columbia Falls High School junior Findley Dezzani competed at the U.S. Nordic Nationals in Anchorage, Alaska last week alongside her former Glacier Nordic Club teammate Maeve Ingelfinger, who now skis for Dartmouth.

Advancing Idaho's nuclear energy

Idaho is home to the world-leading Idaho National Laboratory (INL), a facility responsible for promoting international nuclear competitiveness through research, innovation and workforce development. The U.S. Senate’s recent passage of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, and its now enactment into law, will support the work of the INL and other labs in strengthening national security, diversifying our energy portfolio and growing the economy.

In rural Montana, it was all-hands-on-deck after derailment

It was an Amtrak Empire Builder en route from Chicago to Seattle that had derailed

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Hot starts, and where they lead

Coeur d'Alene is 7-0, Lake City 10-0, Post Falls 6-1 — and the Trojans were unbeaten until losing to Mead in their last outing. So what does this all mean?