Great Fish Challenge kickoff is Thursday

Whitefish Community Foundation kicks off the eighth annual Great Fish Community Challenge on Thursday, Aug. 4 with the Great Fish Launch Party at Park Side Credit Union in Whitefish. This year’s Great Fish Community Challenge runs from Aug. 4 to Sept. 16 and will benefit 70 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations.

Annual Great Fish Community Challenge begins with Launch Party

Whitefish Community Foundation kicks off the eighth annual Great Fish Community Challenge on Thursday, Aug.

Film exhibit tells story of Glacier Park’s esteemed ranger

The Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls is presenting a touching and informative documentary film exhibit about longtime Glacier National Park ranger Doug Follett.

Historic log house finally returned to glory

Saving a historic structure

Saving a historic structure

Great Fish Community Challenge opens with launch party

This year’s Great Fish Community Challenge runs Aug. 4 to Sept. 16 and will benefit 70 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations.

Engellant takes over as Evergreen Chamber president

Daren Engellant is the president of the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce.

Discounted carnival tickets for fair available

Purchased in advance, the tickets cost $25 each and can be exchanged at carnival ticket booths for a wristband that allows one person unlimited rides on most attractions for one day.

Legals for August, 2 2022

Opinion: Hoops and lessons learned

For well over the past couple of decades Kellogg has hosted the SilverHoops 3on3 Basketball Tournament every last weekend of July. A simple concept of having three players play a little street ball against three other players on a hot summer day has turned into the largest basketball tournament in North Idaho and continues to bring teams from around the West.

Snappy’s camera captures family of Canada geese

This spring, the Snappy’s live camera captured a family of geese taking up residence on the osprey nest on the southeast corner of the Snappy’s courtyard.

Legals for August, 1 2022

MLSD board reviews 22-23 proposed budget

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake School District officials are projecting enrollment in preschool through high school to be the equivalent of 8,028 students for the 2022-23 school year. Stefanie Lowry, MLSD director of finance, reviewed the proposed budget for the new school year for the Moses Lake School Board at the district’s regular meeting Thursday. Including all funds, the 2022-23 budget is projected to be about $49.4 million. That includes about $17.94 million in the general fund, which pays for most school operations and personnel. Lowry said the actual P-12 enrollment for the 2021-22 school year was the equivalent of 7,993 students, less than the budget projection of the equivalent of 8,060 students...

No Limit tourney sees more than 60, despite heat

OTHELLO – Spread across the Potholes Reservoir on Saturday were more than 60 anglers using kayaks in the No Limit Big Bass Power Hour. “It’s great,” said Marvin Forte, the event organizer. “This is the first time we’ve done this format, and all of them we’ve done so far … it’s been a hit everywhere.” The event is the fourth of the No Limit Big Bass Power Hour events - with previous stops in California, Michigan and the Carolinas - and brought in anglers from across the Pacific Northwest and down to California, with the winner being from Idaho...

NIC's Sandpoint center has new home

North Idaho College at Sandpoint will host an open house from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the new location at 515 Pine St. in Sandpoint. The event is open to the public.

Deal should make it easier to buy electric vehicles

The measure agreed to by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and holdout Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia would give EV buyers a $7,500 tax credit starting next year, through the end of 2032. There’s also a new $4,000 credit for those buying used EVs, a move to help the middle class go electric.

Legals for July, 30 2022

Legals for July, 30 2022

Joe Collogan

Joe Collogan

Libby man sentenced in Xbox assault case

John Travis Byrd, 45, received a 5-year suspended sentence from Judge Matt Cuffe.

Troy man helps save teens from fiery wreck

Lawson said he was traveling down the highway with his family after a visit to Whitefish when he came upon the accident July 10.