Stein's stores sold after 86 years of family ownership

Following more than a year of negotiations, the Stein's Family Foods grocery chain has been sold and is now under new ownership.

Family Dollar rejects Dollar General offer

Family Dollar has rejected a takeover bid from dollar-store competitor Dollar General, saying it would be too hard for the deal to pass antitrust regulators. Family Dollar's board said it supports its existing deal to be acquired by Dollar Tree.

Wallace, meet your new grocer

Jeff and Vicki McLeod are the new owners of Wallace Harvest Foods.

Gingerbread house to take center stage at open house

Sparkling cardboard peppermint pinwheels and an elf grinning from ear to ear greet customers walking through the front door of The Barn, an antiques and consignment store on Montana 82.

This Week In Bonners Ferry History

100 Years Ago

Hallmark store marks milestone anniversary

This weekend coming weekend will mark a milestone for Polson Hallmark.

Has issue already been decided?

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More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas go on strike to protest new dress code

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday to protest a new company dress code, a union representing the coffee giant's workers said Wednesday.

Nationals give multiyear extension to GM Mike Rizzo

ATLANTA (AP) — The Washington Nationals and general manager Mike Rizzo finalized a multiyear contract extension Saturday.

Nationals give multiyear extension to GM Mike Rizzo

ATLANTA (AP) — The Washington Nationals and general manager Mike Rizzo finalized a multiyear contract extension Saturday.

1,500 rally in Moses Lake Sand Dunes for annual Bounty Hole

Around 1,500 people from across the region rallied to the Moses Lake Sand Dunes Saturday for the local off-road vehicle group’s largest event of the year, according to a crowd estimate by an onsite sheriff’s deputy.

'If not one thing, it's another': Northeast preps for storm

NEW YORK (AP) — The Northeast girded Wednesday for a major snowstorm at a key moment in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the

WNBA set to tip off shortened season after delayed start

A WNBA season like no other will get underway on Saturday with all 12 teams at a single site.

SC hospitals slammed with calls as vaccine access expands

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hours after South Carolina opened up access to the coronavirus vaccine for seniors Wednesday morning, people trying to schedule their shots inundated hospitals and the health department with thousands of phone calls.

THE FRONT ROW WITH MARK NELKE: Sunday, November 30, 2014

When the cheering stopped

With the glut of college basketball tournaments on the tube this holiday weekend, you couldn't help but notice one thing:

School canceled due to 'absolutely treacherous' roads

Freezing rain made for plenty of happy students but some put-out parents when school was called off Tuesday morning.

Bannack forms the foundation of modern Montana

The town site of Bannack is a dot on the map, a mere speck in a vast sea of rugged mountains and broad valleys carpeted in sagebrush and bunchgrass.

2015 Drought producing bark beetle issues with Panhandle conifers

University of Idaho Extension, Idaho Department of Lands, and U.S. Forest Service offices in our region are currently getting inundated by calls about dead and dying conifers. Most of these trees are being killed by bark beetles, but the real culprit is stress from last summer’s drought and overstocking. If dry conditions continue this summer and fall, the number of trees killed by bark beetles could increase.

Affordable housing developer to launch Kalispell project

Highline developer to start Kalispell project in May

Missouri records sixth case of the coronavirus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri should be able to conduct thousands of tests per day for the coronavirus and deploy mobile testing sites throughout the state on or around April 1, Gov. Mike Parson said Monday