Great Fish Community Challenge sets fundraising record

The ninth annual Great Fish Community Challenge ended Sept. 15 with more than $5.2 million donated to 77 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations in five weeks.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Feel good, Seahawks fans, but be cautioned

My fear is that it’s tough to be “special” every week. The league is just too brutal.

CWU hires new dean of the College of Business

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University recently hired a new Dean for the College of Business, Faiza Khoja, who took over for Jeffrey Stinson according to a press release from CWU. Khoja said she officially accepted the position in June, ahead of the 2023-24 school year. Her first week in the position began Aug. 15. “It’s been busy. I have been on my listening and learning tour,” said Khoja. “So, I’ve been meeting with staff and faculty and other constituents of the university or the stakeholders rather, of the university, to kind of just get a sense of who we are and where we want to go.”

Local leaders visit Stratford Building

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College Notebook: Area athletes contributing on campus this fall

See how Bonner and Boundary county athletes are doing on the next level.

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Colleen Wills Breeze

Lions topple Eagles

MLCA/CCS defeats Soap Lake for third straight win of new football program

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Christian Academy-Covenant Christian School Lions football team pushed their record to 3-0 with a 44-30 win over the Soap Lake Eagles Saturday at Lions Field. It was the third game ever for MLCA/CCS, and Coach Aaron Noble said his team met and overcame some challenges Saturday night...

Timeline pushed back on PF housing project

Construction costs, interest rates create obstacles for St. Vincent de Paul

A St. Vincent de Paul of North Idaho housing project that was expected to begin in Post Falls next spring has been pushed back to spring 2025.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Daughter, former coach reflect on ex-NIC star's triumph

“It almost made me feel like I was a part of it, in a very weird and distant way,” Lindsay said. “When they won (as she watched the recorded version of the game), I actually jumped up and kind of got a little emotional, just knowing what he had accomplished.”

Avant Coeur Gymnastics expands its campus

Avant Coeur Gymnastics has more than doubled its size by expanding its campus from 6360 N. Sunshine St. (south of Hanley Ave.) to the former Tri-State Outfitters building at 6275 N. Sunshine St. (just east of U.S. 95).

You can make a difference!

Long ago, a huge fire erupted in a forest, and all the animals fled in terror. A wolf spotted a hummingbird flying back and forth high overhead and asked what it was doing.

Griz hold off Ferris St., 17-10

It says in the scoring summary that Nick Ostmo’s 3-yard run to the pylon at 1:39 of the third quarter was the difference in Montana’s 17-10 win over Ferris State Saturday.

Law roundup: Man claims he’s landlord of the county

A man wearing a gray hoodie was reportedly trespassing on a property where he tried to break into apartments and had a bicycle that was stolen. Kalispell Police Department made

Bobcats steamroll Stetson, home winning streak hits 22

With Touchdown Tommy Mellott out with injury, “Scoring” Scottre Humphrey ran for three touchdowns, quarterback Sean Chambers ran for two scores and Montana State dominated Stetson in a 57-20 win on Saturday.

Regional bridge tournament comes to Kalispell

More than 200 card players are expected to gather to enjoy the card game this week during the Glacier Regional bridge tournament, which begins Monday at the Hilton Garden Inn.

Flathead Business Watercooler

Business events, trainings and seminars

Education freedom and taxes: Two birds, one stone

Many individuals claim to support education freedom and even tout support or engage in debates online, but how many of us are contributing to the development of the education freedom ecosystem?

Retail sales rise 0.6% in August largely due to a spike in gas prices

Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a report issued by the Commerce Department on Thursday.

Europe's central bank hikes key interest rate to record high even as recession threat grows

The increase of a quarter-percentage point comes as central banks around the world, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, try to judge how much anti-inflation medicine is too much — and what's the right point to halt their swift series of rate rates before the economy tips into a downturn and people lose their jobs.

Vandals shoot for the FBS double

Idaho’s win at Nevada last week was the Vandals’ first win as an FCS team over an FBS team since 1994, when Idaho beat UNLV. Idaho played at the FBS level from 1996-2017.