BBCC's TRiO Upward Bound celebrates Summer Academy graduates

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College’s TRiO Upward Bound program celebrated the end of its annual six-week Summer Academy with an awards banquet on campus Friday, formally recognizing the 45 students from Moses Lake, Othello, Royal City, and Warden high schools who successfully completed the program...

Court Records — August 17, 2023

Boundary County Court Records for the Week of August 17, 2023.

Mission Valley Power Consumer Council seeks input

The Mission Valley Power Consumer Council, an advisory board to Mission Valley Power, will hold a public hearing from 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 24, at the MVP Pablo Conference Room to seek input on recent recommendations made by the Utility Board.

Man arrested in Kalispell standoff earns three-year sentence

Jason Lewis Junkin pleaded guilty to a single count of felony criminal endangerment in Flathead County District Court in January after striking a deal with prosecutors.

Defensive end completes a July Hail Mary

Every player that signs with the Montana Grizzlies football program wants to get on the gridiron sooner rather than later, and Glacier High’s Hank Nuce made sure it was sooner.

Legals for August, 17 2023

Plea deal reached in Parker Hill gun incident

Accused of drawing a gun during a noise dispute with a neighbor last year, a Columbia Falls man earned a suspended jail sentence in Flathead County District Court in June.

Youth Sports Aug. 16, 2023

Soccer and more.

Ridge Creek Fire: 15% contained

Hot, dry weather increases concerns in already dangerous situation

The Ridge Creek Fire is now 15% contained. The Eastern Area Incident Management Team and U.S. Forest Service reported Tuesday the human-caused wildfire burning 3.5 miles east of the north end of Hayden Lake along Hayden Creek Road has engulfed 2,781 acres. The fire, which started Aug. 3, is being engaged by 413 personnel, 14 engines, six pieces of heavy equipment and nine crews.

Numerica donates $315K to nonprofits

$100K pledged to Safe Passage

Numerica gives to nonprofits

Whitefish man arrested after standoff given deferred sentence

A man arrested following a police chase and standoff near Columbia Falls in April 2022 received a six-year deferred sentence in Flathead County District Court late last month.

Police Calls: Taste in music at issue

A female wearing shorts and a hoodie kept falling off her bike on Colorado Avenue.

Northwest Montana Fair opens this week

The 2023 Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo is scheduled for Aug. 16-20 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in Kalispell and will feature a performance by country star Russell Dickerson, three nights of PRCA Rodeo action and a Big Air Bash.

Superior local takes reins at school superintendent

Growing up with both parents as teachers and then one going into school administration, Logan Labbe thought he would have a different direction in life.

Legals for August, 16 2023

Legals for August, 16 2023

Montana’s TikTok ban can save freedom from extinction

The threat from TikTok is multifold, but let me emphasize three points.

Suspect in high-speed chase sentenced to prison

Judge Robert Allison handed the sentence down to Sean James Edwards in Flathead County District Court on June 8.

Local residents tell cancer to take a hike

MOSES LAKE – Moses Lake Police Department officers, members of the community and at least one loving wife joined Moses Lake Police Chief Kevin Fuhr Saturday morning at 9 a.m. for a fundraising walk to support the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s efforts to battle the disease. “I’m not a crier,” Fuhr said. “But, when I came around the corner and saw how many people had showed up, I got a little verklempt.” ...

Vittles for a queen

Fair, rodeo season kicks off with Cowboy Breakfast

MOSES LAKE — Seven-year-old Lila Stacy began her reign as queen of the rodeo at the annual Cowboy Breakfast Friday. The Cowboy Breakfast is the traditional kickoff to the Grant County Fair and the Moses Lake Roundup; the fair begins Tuesday, the rodeo Thursday. The breakfast is a community service project of the Moses Lake Kiwanis chapter, and for 2023 they got considerable assistance from Jessica Cox of Country Financial. Cox helped pay for the food and music, and ran the annual Pee Wee Rodeo...