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Legals for May, 17 2024

Taiwan holds latest military drills following elections

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese marines staged drills Thursday as part of a series of military exercises following the reelection of pro-independence President Tsai Ing-wen.

NEWS BITES: DUI collision, a rough landing and an arrest

NEWS BITES: DUI accident, a rough landing and an arrest

Legals for May, 27 2022

Hit TV series Yellowstone boosts Montana economy

Filmed in and around the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, the fourth season of the hit television series “Yellowstone” brought more than $70 million in additional spending to the state, according to a study conducted by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

Officials destroy $3 million worth of pot on WA farms

The farms had previously been able to successfully argue in court that they were a medical marijuana grow operation

Covid surge pushes Kalispell hospital over capacity

Logan Health opened its temporary alternate care unit this week as a mounting number of Covid-19 patients continues to tax the Kalispell hospital’s bed capacity.

The Latest: Blues say relative of employee has COVID-19

The Latest on the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

200,000 pounds of Grant County potatoes to fill Tacoma Dome

Around 200,000 pounds of potatoes, weighing more than a 737 Max plane, are going to be given away at the Tacoma Dome on Thursday, and every single one of those spuds is coming from a Grant County farm.

Gas prices, how low will they go? Bottom may be close

If there was a silver lining to the coronavirus crisis it would be gas prices. Gas prices are the lowest they’ve been since 2004, according to Department of Energy statistics.

My Turn: ITD open house observations

Some thoughts on the Idaho Transportation Department open house on Aug. 22 regarding Interstate 90 improvements, both in "design phase" and "being studied."

Area Briefs

CenturyLink plans to install new cable west of Whitefish

CenturyLink has proposed an amendment to the company’s existing special-use permit that would allow for the installation of thousands of feet of buried fiber optic telecommunication line west of Whitefish.

Bigfork Plan hits a snag at planning board

The Flathead County Planning Board decided last Wednesday to send the Bigfork Neighborhood Plan through a workshop process before discussing and voting on the document. The workshop was scheduled for June 25.

Truck spills acid near Flathead Lake

Grandstanding politics at its worst

I recently read about the Whitefish City Council’s hearing of a proposal about writing an ordinance that would make Whitefish a “no-hate” community by creating “a caring, open, accepting and diverse community free from discrimination and dedicated to the equal treatment of all citizens,” one proponent was quoted as saying.

Forest fuels reduction project near Olney OK'd

Forest officials have given the go-ahead for a fuels reduction project slated to begin his summer on Flathead National Forest lands north of Whitefish.

Greece: Emergency powers to build migrant detention camps

Greece is planning to use emergency legal powers to create detention centers for migrants on five islands to try and speed up deportations back to Turkey, officials said Monday.

Orphaned albino elephant recovers from poacher's snare

HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — Khanysia did not see the trap set by a poacher in South Africa's Kruger National Park. She dove head first into the sharp wire snare, which cut her mouth, face and underneath her ear and chin.