Vandals need win tonight to keep bowl hopes alive

When trying to judge the relative strengths of teams, using their performances against Boise State is generally not very telling.

Nine die in Israeli raid

Clash with pro-Palestinian activists sparks crisis

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.

Frontier king a rebel

On this date in 1786 Tennessee legend Davy Crockett was born. While commonly seen as a fringe-wearing frontiersman in a raccoon hat, Crockett was also a politician, serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831, then again from 1833 to 1835.

Sigrid (Busch) Heppner, 87

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.

Update: Robberies reported in Post Falls, Cd'A

Hall of Shame keeps growing

From notorious to just plain nutty, Idaho keeps cranking out more than its fair of undesirable headline-makers.

Volunteers rescue dogs

CLARK FORK - Bonner County sheriff's officials rescued two hunting dogs Tuesday that spent two frigid nights trapped on the steep and rugged flanks of Green Monarch Mountain on Lake Pend Oreille.

Man ensnares federally protected bird with towel

Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a woman on Reserve Drive Kalispell who said her husband caught an owl and wrapped it in a towel because it allegedly killed one of her chickens. The woman was advised to release the federally protected bird. Fish and Game may have also been dispatched.

Battery suspect waives hearing

SANDPOINT — A Montana man accused of beating a Bonner County man into unconsciousness two years ago waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

Appeals court rules in cattle truck spill case

SANDPOINT — Idaho’s Court of Appeals is upholding the vacated judgment against a Canadian cattle truck driver accused of spilling a mixture of feces, urine and rainwater on U.S. Highway 95 in Boundary County.

Packed house cheers Bulldogs to win

SANDPOINT - Junior guard Stefan Buratto was red-hot in the first half, draining five long range bombs to help propel host Sandpoint past Lakeland 63-34 Tuesday night before a packed house at festive Les Rogers Court.

Bulldogs girls fall short against Moscow

SANDPOINT — In easily their best performance of the season, the Bulldog girls played an inspired second half of basketball, nearly taking down 4A rival Moscow in IEL action Friday night at Les Rogers Court.

Gonzaga wins in tourney opener

ESTERO, Fla. — Jenn Wirth scored a career-high 19 points as Gonzaga, ranked 22nd in The Associated Press poll and 21st in the coaches poll, battled past Dayton 76-65 in the quarterfinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Friday afternoon at Hertz Arena.

Rowe, Wildkats blank Loggers

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Summer projects include 15 blocks of alley paving

Four miles of chip sealing, 28 blocks of overlay, 15 blocks of alley paving and a few thousand feet of road striping and safety marking will be the sum total of this summer’s street improvements in Kalispell.

Not an en'deer'ing Christmas ornament

A neighbor came onto a woman's South Hilltop Drive property and hung a dead deer in one of her trees. The neighbor then cut off the deer's head, in front of the woman's children. She called Flathead County Sheriff's deputies and asked the neighbor to remove the carcass. He did.

Kalispell

A woman at the Kalispell Regional Medical Center's emergency room reported being assaulted on Smith Lake Road early Thursday morning, the Flathead County Sheriff's Office reportedA truck's window was broken at the Blue Moon parking lot early Thursday morning.

Twins snuffed in near perfect game by Eaves

Kalispell Lakers AA pitcher Dillon Eaves had all his stuff working during Sunday’s nonconference American Legion showdown with the Glacier Twins A team at Memorial Field in Whitefish.

Twins notch a few nonconference wins

The pieces are falling in place for the Glacier Twins AA baseball club just as the season kicks into full swing.

Sperry work underway

Work began Sunday on the second phase of reconstruction of the Sperry Chalet.