Minnesota Senate GOP spotlights damage after Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate opened hearings Wednesday on the unrest that rocked the state after the death of George Floyd, focusing on the destruction rather than the underlying issues of racism and policing on which Democrats have concentrated.

Big Bend students make telescopes on the cheap

MOSES LAKE - Using plywood, sticky felt and PVC pipe, Kimberly Cobb carefully assembled a homemade refracting telescope on Thursday that only cost her $55.

Site searched for clues to missing woman

DENVER (AP) — Colorado police investigating the disappearance of a woman last seen on Thanksgiving Day searched her fiancé’s property on Friday morning.

Spokane baker makes a sweet move

POST FALLS - If there is anything sweeter than fresh-baked pastries, it could be the two dozen-plus new Idaho taxpayers who will be whipping them up beginning Sunday morning.

A business built on Impulse

A business built on Impulse

Hanford vapors

Nuclear workers test thousands of air samples

RICHLAND, Wash. - About 12,000 air samples taken on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation this year after more than three dozen workers reported being sickened by chemical vapors have failed to find a cause for the problem, Hanford officials said Wednesday.

Dampened Spirit

Art Spirit Gallery recovers after flood, to be closed at least a month

Art Spirit Gallery temporarily closed as it recovers from flooding

Numerous concerns with proposed Whitefish helipad

I am writing as both a concerned citizen and neighbor to object to the proposed commercialization of the private helipad on U.S. 93 South near Whitefish.

Big Mountain Cider Works breaks ground in Kalispell

Starting a cider production facility is a circuitous endeavor. Many years of work go into building a supply line before cider is ever made. Well over a decade ago, Bud and Jennifer Desmul began planting trees and constructing trellises on their orchard in Kalispell.

Hospitals and breweries team up to make hand sanitizer

When its regular operations winding down at the end of the day, the pharmacy staff for Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital begins work making hand sanitizer.

20 years later, 'A Woman's Way West' is still a great read

The story of Doris and Dan Huffine lives on as Farcountry Press recently released a new 20th anniversary edition of “A Woman’s Way West.”

DC files antitrust case vs Amazon over treatment of vendors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit.

DC files antitrust case vs Amazon over treatment of vendors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit.

DC files antitrust case vs Amazon over treatment of vendors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers and stifled innovation and choice in the online retail market, the DC attorney general alleges in an antitrust suit.

Keeping food out of the landfill

It’s 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the North Valley Food Bank.

Big game can handle most Idaho winters, but IDFG is ready if emergencies arise

Fish and Game has plans in place if emergency feeding is needed

Police Calls: All that and a stolen bag of chips

He set his watch down and it was lost for two hours before he got his property back on Wisconsin Avenue.

Law roundup: BOLO for the Garbage Pail Kids

A group of people, possibly teenagers, briefly terrorized the various garbage receptacles of a Kalispell alleyway. A caller told Kalispell Police officers that they spotted a black truck tear through the alleyway, hitting garbage cans as it went.

City Council has duty to follow laws, regulations

On Monday evening, April 20, the Whitefish City Council approved a conditional use permit for a Town Pump gas station and convenience store at 6045 Highway 93 South (northeast corner of Highway 93 and Montana 40). The approval came after three public hearings at the Planning Board and City Council, and consideration of a significant amount of public input and comment.

Police Calls: Please don’t smoke (or pee) here

A black Labrador was running loose and was described as looking “out of sorts.”