COLUMN: Off the cliff again

Like weeds in my yard, Cliff Harris, our local weather clown, is back! And he has another new friend. This time it’s Anthony Watts. Mr. Watts is a former local weatherman turned wild-eyed blogger whose main claim to fame is to discredit global climate change by posting photos of poorly sited weather stations.

Decision looms for Democrats on 2016 convention site

Building height of apartment plan questioned

Forty feet tall or 50 feet?

Law roundup: Hungry cows commit fowl misdeed

A Marion resident allegedly took issue with a neighbor’s cows regularly coming onto their property to eat chicken feed. They told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that the cows killed a chicken weeks ago. The resident said the neighbor argued that the area was free range and that they would have to put up a fence.

GoFundMe establishes wildfire donation hub

A centralized hub has been established at GoFundMe for anyone who would like to help people affected by wildfires in Eastern Washington, according to an announcement from the fundraising site. The hub will direct people to organizations that GoFundMe has verified as legitimate, to keep scam artists from preying on potential donors...

Judge dismisses final charge against man in pipeline protest

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge in North Dakota has dismissed the remaining charge against a South Dakota man who prosecutors alleged was part of the 2016 riot at the Dakota Access pipeline construction site.

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Cd'A Garbage recycling subscription sees surprising spike

Shelley Anderson spent part of her Friday beside an ever-filling hole

Parents of missing Mexico students want answers 6 years on

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Families of 43 students who were kidnapped in southern Mexico on Sept. 26, 2014 are still demanding answers about their sons' whereabouts as the sixth anniversary of the crime approaches.

Teen killed in Mattawa

Body found on the street, shot in head

DESERT AIRE — A 17-year-old male was found dead, apparently shot in the head and dumped in the street in Mattawa, after a fight in Desert Aire early Saturday morning.

EXPLAINER: Why Trump's ballot 'dump' tweet is misleading

As votes were being tabulated Tuesday night in Georgia's two tight Senate runoff contests, President Donald Trump predicted election officials in the state would release a large tranche of results that would overwhelm the Republican candidates. And he implied that it would be an act of voter fraud.

EXPLAINER: Why Trump's ballot 'dump' tweet is misleading

As votes were being tabulated Tuesday night in Georgia's two tight Senate runoff contests, President Donald Trump predicted election officials in the state would release a large tranche of results that would overwhelm the Republican candidates. And he implied that it would be an act of voter fraud.

Post Falls to go single-stream

Recycling program allows for co-mingling, more commodities

POST FALLS - Coming this year to your Post Falls curbside: single-stream recycling pickup.

Kokanee project going swimmingly

BAYVIEW - Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists admit they weren't sure if the spawning habitat project on Lake Pend Oreille would draw in kokanee.

Mission Valley trio jailed in burglary

Three Mission Valley residents are behind bars after Northwest Montana law enforcement authorities completed a investigation that lasted multiple months.

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The Kalispell Planning Board is meeting on Feb. 13, at 6:00 p.m., to make a final decision on the proposed 324-unit apartment complex at 325 Two Mile Drive. The builder has now requested to haul 25,000 cubic yards of dirt into that field to bring it above flood plain. That is 2,090 dump-truck loads coming and going, before any building has begun. What will now happen to all of the surrounding properties, when they alter the natural lay of the land?

BOCC hopeful slight changes yield big results on North Fork

WALLACE — Over the last few summers, the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners have been hard at work coming up with solutions to remedy a growing issue on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River.

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Libby Mayor delivers State of the City Address

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The Kalispell Planning Board is meeting on Feb. 13, at 6:00 p.m., to make a final decision on the proposed 324-unit apartment complex at 325 Two Mile Drive. The builder has now requested to haul 25,000 cubic yards of dirt into that field to bring it above flood plain. That is 2,090 dump-truck loads coming and going, before any building has begun. What will now happen to all of the surrounding properties, when they alter the natural lay of the land?