The Exhausted Dad: The ultimate kindergarten lesson — confidence

My son started kindergarten with a long list of fears. He didn’t know how to find his classroom. The playground equipment was “too big.” The toilets were “too tall.”

State adopts new laws aimed at alleviating child care shortage

Efforts by Montana legislators and Gov. Greg Gianforte to tackle Montana’s childcare shortage this year have produced several new laws, including measures that expand a program helping lower-income families pay for care and exempting small, in-home daycares from state licensing requirements.

Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: ayahuasca

About 10 days later, with no plane and no signs of life found, the Indigenous volunteers joined the effort

Libby's Jon Obst honored by Gov. Gianforte

Sgt. Obst has worked as a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Game Warden since the fall of 1998.

Quincy High graduates 100% of senior class

QUINCY — All eligible students in the Quincy High School class of 2023 made it to graduation, according to district officials. “We were at 161 (graduates) of 161 (eligible),” said district superintendent Nik Bergman during the regular Quincy School Board meeting Tuesday...

Weekend TV/Radio highlights

Television, radio and streaming highlights for upcoming weekend.

FVCC receives donation for fitness center in Wachholz College Center

As an active member of the local community and longtime supporter of FVCC, Lucy Smith has watched the college grow and develop over the last several decades.

Legals for June, 16 2023

BBCC honors 58 graduates at graduation Student Support Services celebration

MOSES LAKE — The Big Bend Community College TRIO Student Support Services program celebrated its group of 2023 graduates during a ceremony Tuesday night. Fifty-eight students were recognized during the event...

Gianforte signs state budget, boosting Medicaid reimbursements by hundreds of millions

Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday announced signing the state’s roughly $14.3 billion primary budget bill, creating a roadmap for funding state government for the next two years and substantially increasing reimbursement rates for health care providers who care for Medicaid patients.

Little Big Show '23

Wilson Creek hosts annual car show

WILSON CREEK — The little town of Wilson Creek more than doubled in numbers Saturday. The town, which had a population of 207 at the last census, welcomed more than 300 visitors to its annual Little Big Show, according to organizer Nicholas Odorizzi. “Good turnout this year,” Odorizzi said. “We had, I think, 104 cars. We had more vendors this year, which was great. One of our food vendors sold out. So that was a good problem to have.” ...

Northwest Notes: June 15, 2023

Circling Raven earns honor, former WSU athletic director returning to Washington school and former Idaho men's basketball coach Claus finds new job.

IRA green energy tax provisions hurt America, help China

Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have long recognized the need to reform our energy tax laws. But rather than work on stakeholder-informed, bipartisan energy tax policies that would support a technology-neutral approach, Democrats pursued a partisan path through their misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Republicans warned the IRA would take us down a dangerous, fiscally irresponsible path to provide ever-ballooning subsidies, antagonize allies and, ironically, reward the very industries that are reliant on China. Unfortunately, what we warned of has come to pass, leaving Americans to deal with the fallout of these predicted consequences:

Boundary County Court Records---June 15

Boundary County Court Records for the week of June 15.

Cross-country champ headed to MSU-Billings

Mission High School's Andrew Rush has officially committed to run for MSU-Billings after the senior found a perfect fit in the state's biggest city.

Polson girls soccer places second at Three Blind Refs

The Polson FC U-11 Girls' soccer team came away with a second-place finish at the Three Blind Ref's Tournament this past weekend in Kalispell.

Suspects in Somers summertime attack sentenced

The second of two men charged in Flathead County District Court for their roles in an attack in Somers last summer received a suspended sentence last week.

Legals for June, 15 2023

Montana man sent to prison for LGBTQ hate crime

A southwestern Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after being convicted of a hate crime and firearms charges for threatening a woman with violent, homophobic slurs and shooting at her house with an assault rifle as part of a self-described "mission" to rid a small town of its LGBTQ community.

Co-op raises rates slightly

Flathead Electric Cooperative’s democratically elected Board of Trustees recently approved an overall rate adjustment of 1.11% effective with bills issued on or after June 1.