Co-op baseball teams cap season

For the two high school baseball teams in Sanders County, Noxon-Thompson Falls and Plains-Hot Springs, the past week brought the end of the 2025 season.

Whitefish Theatre Company holds auditions for ‘Lend Me a Tenor’

The Whitefish Theatre Company is holding auditions for the classic farce comedy “Lend Me a Tenor” by Ken Ludwig.

Karl Dorrell Era at Colorado kicks off against his old team

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Karl Dorrell doesn’t attach any extra meaning to opening his

Karl Dorrell Era at Colorado kicks off against his old team

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Karl Dorrell doesn’t attach any extra meaning to opening his

Flathead health industry growth skyrockets

In the last 25 years, Flathead County’s health-care sector has not only outpaced other Montana industries — it has grown more than twice as fast as the U.S. health-care sector.

What's next in Cyprus?

Country sends rumbles through shaky banking system

Smash Mouth ready to rock the North Idaho State Fair

Keyboardist Michael Klooster talks Smash Mouth success ahead of Aug. 20 show

Sizzling synthesizer, retro rock, up-tempo beats, swinging style, oh-so-groovy organ. Keyboardist Michael Klooster has been tickling Smash Mouth's electronic ivories since 1997, taking much joy in his career as a purveyor of radio hits and memorable music enjoyed by fans across the generations.

Joe Quinn: More than an educator, more than a coach

Joe Quinn is a firework salesman, father and AC/DC enthusiast. Despite these labels however, for almost 20 years the community of Polson has known him by his surname, often linked with Mr. or Coach.

Power outages affect hundreds in Moses Lake and Ephrata on Sunday

MOSES LAKE – On Sunday morning at around 10 a.m., Grant Public Utility District announced there was a power outage affecting nearly 300 customers in the Ephrata and Winchester area. An outage later in the day impacted more than 700 residences on the Moses Lake peninsula later in the day.

Northwest Montana’s growing entertainment economy

The Flathead has built a strong network of places where people gather around music, food and community.

Basin football roundup – Week 7

MOSES LAKE – Week seven of Basin football has concluded, and local teams are gearing up for postseason competition. Some teams continued their dominating league play, and others just fell short in their games. See below where your favorite teams stand and their current record.

China state news agency urges end to long work hours in tech

BEIJING (AP) — China’s official Xinhua News Agency is calling for shorter work hours in the country’s tech sector following the sudden death last week of a young employee at a leading e-commerce platform.

US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector.

US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector.

Employment falls slightly in 2010

Labor economist offers breakdown of county employment picture

Kootenai County's job numbers have slipped this year.

US services companies grow in February

WASHINGTON (AP) — Services companies grew at a faster pace in February than the previous month, an indication that the economy was still expanding immediately after the first cases of the coronavirus were reported in the U.S.

County jobless rate 14.9 percent; state figures level

Montana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate may have remained steady in May, but that was of little solace for the nearly 1,200 jobless in Lincoln County who reported in May.

Pandemic hit region hardest in leisure, hospitality, government sectors

MOSES LAKE — While 2020 was hard on the economies of counties in central Washington, the seven-county region did better than the state as a whole percentage-wise.

Adams Co. unemployment continues to fall

ELLENSBURG — Unemployment in Adams County fell to 3.8% in June 2022, the fifth straight monthly decline this year, according to preliminary data published by the Washington State Department of Employment Security last week. According to the report, the preliminary unemployment rate is significantly lower than the 5.2% posted in June 2021, with year-over-year unemployment figures posting declines for the last 15 months. The decline in unemployment comes even as the county’s civilian workforce grew 7.8% in June 2022 when compared with June 2021, the report noted. However, despite those figures, the report noted that the total Adams County civilian workforce is still smaller in June 2022 than it was in June 2019 prior to the shutdowns in early 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. It also stated that 10,937 county residents were counted in the civilian workforce in June 2022 compared with 11,163 in June 2019. Nearly every non-farm employment sector posted gains in employment, the report said. However, the number of workers in the county’s mining, logging and construction sectors fell by 27.3% in June 2022 to 80 from 110 the same month in 2021. The report noted that 90% of workers listed as employed in manufacturing work in food processing, with total manufacturing employment rising 5.3% to 1,200 jobs in June 2022 from 1,140 jobs the previous year. “Year over year, manufacturing employment in Adams County has increased in each of the past 14 months,” the report said.

Economists unsure of lasting impacts virus could have

OLYMPIA — Hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians have filed for unemployment in the weeks since Gov. Jay Inslee’s “stay home, stay healthy,” order, and now as the state prepares for its gradual reopening of public activity, economists are not quite sure how quickly the job market and parts of the economy will rebound.