Celebrating the urban chicken craze

While many have just recently hopped onto the backyard chicken bandwagon, others have doing it for decades.

Local business to close its doors after 45 years

Following 45 years of work, one Ronan couple is taking an offer that will allow them to play.

Legals for January, 5 2021

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NIC continues forums on where to build professional technical program facility

Internet address expansion set despite '.worries'

NEW YORK - Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.

More of Pennsylvania emerges from coronavirus shutdowns

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Residents of 12 more Pennsylvania counties were allowed to freely leave their homes on Friday, and other parts of the shutdown were lifted, as Gov. Tom Wolf prepared to announce which counties have made sufficient progress against the new coronavirus to join them.

Israelis march in east Jerusalem in test for new government

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs,” paraded Tuesday in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just weeks after a war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in Gaza responded by launching incendiary balloons that caused at least 10 fires in southern Israel.

Whitefish builder recovering after beam falls on him

A Whitefish man is recovering after an 800-pound timber beam fell on his head earlier this month.

The Latest: New Mexico adds 3 states to 'quarantine' list

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico has added three more states to its list of what it considers places with a high coronavirus risk.

Georgia sub shop workers fired for making bread dough noose

WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Four employees of a Georgia sandwich shop were fired after making a noose out of bread dough and filming themselves playing with it.

Fresh News from MarDon

With temperatures hovering around zero to -10 degrees Ice Fishing is back in full swing in the Lind Coulee arm of Potholes Reservoir. Yellow perch, some walleye, and a few burbot are being reported using Swedish Pimple's tipped with a maggot, night crawler, or perch meat. Some of the ice is greater than 8 inches thick and some is less than 5 inches thick. Follow the established trails to maintain a safe ice thickness. Many seep lakes below O'Sullivan Dam have safe ice. We have Swedish Pimples, jigs, plus night crawlers and maggots in stock at the MarDon Tackle Shop. The Tackle Shop is open Thursday-Monday 9am-6pm (closed on Tuesday and Wednesday).

Arraignments set in burglary of pawn shop

SANDPOINT — A trio of Bonner County residents implicated in a break-in at a Ponderay pawn shop are scheduled to be arraigned in 1st District Court on Monday.

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Kalispell man allegedly stole SUV from repair shop lot

A Kalispell man faces a felony theft charge after authorities caught him on June 7 in a vehicle stolen from a North Meridian Road repair shop.

Libby VFW Ladies Auxiliary donates $1,000 to two local Christmas programs

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Blaze rips through Evergreen equipment shop

A construction equipment shop in Evergreen suffered extensive damage Wednesday in an early morning structure fire that temporarily shut down U.S. 2.

Shopping local on Black Friday

For many locals, Black Friday was a chance to get out to local businesses for their holiday shopping.

Gunman kills 3, including toddler, in Thailand mall robbery

BANGKOK (AP) — A masked gunman walked into a shopping mall in central Thailand and opened fire, killing three people including a 2 year-old, robbed a gold shop then escaped, police said Friday.

Oregon State out of women's Top 25; Stanford still No. 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Oregon State's four-year run in the Top 25 ended Monday when the Beavers fell out of

Top field for The Event

Competition starts Thursday with dressage

For some of the world's top horses and riders, the road to Kentucky runs through Kalispell.