No mountain too tall: Libby’s Beagle repeats as state tennis champ

Beagle, Libby’s first boys state champion, won back-to-back Montana High School Association Class A singles titles...

The Latest: Reported tornado in Arkansas spins off Laura

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Connect Kootenai targets housing challenges

Group launches surveys, will host open houses June 1, 2

Though the name is new, Connect Kootenai — formerly CDA2030 — is continuing the mission and priority of the Regional Housing Growth Issues Partnership: To increase the affordability and availability of housing in Kootenai County.

The Latest: Reported tornado in Arkansas spins off Laura

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Libby boys track wins own invitational

The Logger boys piled up 170 points to easily outdistance runner-up Thompson Falls’ 107.5.

Rural resilience in friendly Fortine

On a crisp fall morning, business is brisk at the Fortine Mercantile.

The Latest: Laura weakens inland to a tropical depression

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The Latest: Mexico exceeds 500 new virus deaths for 1st time

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United, Chelsea into CL; Bournemouth, Watford down from EPL

Manchester United and Chelsea qualified for the Champions League at the expense of Leicester on a frantic final day of the Premier League season on Sunday, while Bournemouth and Watford were relegated to end five-year stays in the top flight.

Out into the world": Challenges facing progressive Christians

"Out Into the World" will be the focus of the next Lifetree Care talk. The talk will be held Monday, March 20, at 2 p.m.

AP VoteCast: Trump, Biden voters differ on pandemic, economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — As they chose a leader in a time of turmoil, supporters of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden found little common ground on the top crises facing the nation, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate.

Jimmy Carter: Last days of a good life

In late August it was reported that Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had entered their “final days.”

Is A Living Will the same as a Last Will & Testament?

Nowadays many of my clients are particularly concerned with making sure their legal planning includes planning for medical treatment and decision making. Often people are confused about which legal documents are used for advanced medical planning. Several estate planning documents have similar and easy to confuse names, which adds to the potential for confusion. Estate planning legal matters are already confusing enough, so it certainly does not help to have similar names for related but completely different documents. Let’s take some of the mystery out of two similarly named documents now: the “Last Will & Testament” and the “Living Will.”

Valkyries swimmers take 16th at Missoula Invite

The Valkyries swimmers were in action over the weekend, taking 16th at the Missoula Invite.

Europe's central bank moves toward introducing digital euro

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With consumers increasingly using cashless ways to buy things, the European Central Bank on Friday took a step closer to issuing a digital version of the euro currency shared by 19 countries, saying it had to be ready to launch digital money if a changing world requires it.

Superior steamrolls Victor, 50-6

When a team hits that elusive thing called “stride” it can literally cause nightmares for opposing coaches.

Jean-Baptiste, Ryan lead Chattanooga past Wofford 72-59

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — David Jean-Baptiste scored 18 points and Matt Ryan had 17 points as Chattanooga topped Wofford 72-59 on Wednesday night.

Montana’s Supreme Court rules officer unlawfully searched cell phone in child pornography case

The Montana Supreme Court handed down a ruling last week that puts stricter confines on what information law enforcement can access when carrying out searches on digital devices, marking a big win for digital privacy advocates.

State licenses PragerU for classrooms, watchdog weary of ‘extremist’ content

Montana Office of Public Instruction licensed PragerU, known for videos misrepresenting history and pushing false right-wing narratives, to provide educational content to schools in the state, should school boards adopt them.

Legals for March, 9 2023