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Harold Lester Savik, 82

Harold Lester Savik, 82, passed away at his home in Plains on Dec. 20, 2025.

Locals make Regional U.S. Telemark team

Local mushers prepare for Olney races

Local mushers prepare for Olney races

Locals make Regional U.S. Telemark team

Locals make Regional U.S. Telemark team

Local mushers prepare for Olney races

County plans household hazardous waste collection

Grant County residents may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Grant County Road District #2 shop.

Annual rail jam was absolutely wonderful

I wanted to comment of one of the Winter Carnival festivities that took place on Friday, Feb. 15, in the heart of town at Jeff Jones Town Square.

Trailer fire sends black smoke plume over Columbia Heights

Fire consumed a junk trailer Thursday morning at the Oh’s Body Shop wrecking yard in Columbia Heights off Jensen Road. Bad Rock Fire Chief Kirk Katzenmeyer said a brush fire caught the trailer on fire.

Truck slams into Illinois Starbucks; 3 taken to hospital

McHENRY, Ill. (AP) — A pickup truck slammed into an Illinois Starbucks on Thursday, injuring several people and causing massive damage to the coffee shop, police said.

Free haircuts for kids

Partnering with North Idaho CASA benefits

The Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls locations are giving $10 discounts to anyone who goes to the Man Shop for a cut and brings a backpack or school supplies to donate to CASA the week of August 18th-23rd.

Fire crews battle Batavia Lane blaze

A Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation firefighter monitors a barn fire on Batavia Lane, west of Kalispell, Thursday afternoon. Officials said the metal structure was used as a shop and no animals were inside the building. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. Fire crews from Smith Valley, West Valley, South Kalispell and Kalispell responded. Flathead County Sheriff's officers worked traffic control.(Scott Shindledecker/Daily Inter Lake)

PHOTO: St. Regis Christmas Bazaar

St. Regis resident, Nikki Clyde, catches up with vendor Becky Cannon while shopping at the annual Christmas Bazaar at the St. Regis Community Center. Eileen Wolff one of the organizers said, "It was a very busy day, lots of shoppers, and more vendors than years before!" Other rooms were opened up in the building to make extra space for sellers tables and booths. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)

Libby firefighters extinguish Kootenai River Road blaze

Twenty-one firefighters were on the scene along with...

City's tax increment district funded major projects

For more than three decades, Whitefish’s tax increment finance district has been the mechanism for funding major infrastructure and civic projects in the city aimed at eliminating blight while also stimulating the economy.

Trump rally size raises question about risk in age of virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s

Trump rally size raises question about risk in age of virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s paltry crowd for his weekend campaign rally in Oklahoma raises new questions about politics in the age of coronavirus: Maybe pandemic-scarred Americans just aren’t ready to risk exposure for close-up engagement in the 2020 presidential election.

The causes, treatments of PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumping anxiety, and/or insomnia that lingers for four weeks or more after a traumatic experience.