Glacier High band invited to top music conference

Group to play near Seattle

The Glacier High School Symphonic Band has been invited to perform at a Northwest music conference in February.

Dusting off the good ol’ stuff

I was doing a little digging around in some of my old stuff I’ve saved for dubious reasons last week and the first thing that caught my attention was a set of four purple plastic puzzle pieces in asymmetrical shapes that, when assembled properly, produce a three-dimensional triangular pyramid about the size of a golf ball.

FRESH NEWS: Variety of bait seeing success

Fishing update from MarDon Resort

MARDON - The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1,036.80 feet – dropping another 1.80 feet this week. The water temperature is in the mid-70s on the main reservoir. The water temps in the sand dunes are in the mid-80s.

WTC auditions for ‘Witch’

The Whitefish Theatre Company is holding auditions for their upcoming Black Curtain production of “Witch” by Jen Silverman.

Hooked on experience: G3 Outfitters offers an array of charters on Flathead and Whitefish Lakes

Gray Gordon owns and operates G3 Outfitters, a fishing outfitter that operates on Flathead and Whitefish lakes. The name originates from his family nickname, G3.

Private school expanding

About $200K pledged, $900K needed for building funds

COEUR d'ALENE — Just two years after completing the bottom floor of their building expansion, Lake City Academy is continuing to grow. The private Christian school off Locust Avenue in Coeur d’Alene has been serving the area for over 110 years, founded in 1909. Principal Doug Zimmerman said finishing the top floor of the building comes with the need to expand with the growing interest in enrollment. “We woul

The Latest: France imposes new rules requiring outdoor masks

PARIS — Beach resorts along France’s Atlantic coast, picturesque promenades on the Loire River, farmers markets in the Alps — they’re among scores of spots around France where everyone is now required to wear a mask outdoors.

Wolfpack boy golfers win opening meet big

Flathead, Glacier have high hopes for season on the links

Coming off a second-place finish at last year’s State AA tournament, the Glacier Wolfpack boys golf team had high expectations for 2023. On Monday and Tuesday the Wolfpack made a statement, winning the opening Great Falls Invitational by 22 strokes.

Jamison recognized for conservation efforts around the North Fork

His first child was born in a cabin up the North Fork of the Flathead. One of his first assignments as a young journalist was howling with wolves with renowned wolf biologist Diane Boyd up the North Fork.

Nun inspiring hope for Catholic women

A French nun is charting an unprecedented period of reform in the Catholic Church as one of the highest-ranking women at the Vatican. Sister Nathalie Becquart is the first female undersecretary at the Vatican's Synod of Bishops, which is gearing up for a big meeting in October on empowering rank-and-file Catholics to have a bigger say in the life of the church. In many ways, the meeting is shaping up as a referendum on the role of women in the church of the third millennium. The working document of the meeting is being published Tuesday.

U.S. 93 zone, critical areas top agenda in Whitefish

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Minimum wage hike falls short as Senate debates virus bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate seemingly killed progressives’ last-ditch effort to include a minimum wage hike in the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Friday, as the chamber began climactic votes on the huge package embodying President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority.

Lake monitoring volunteers sought

Love to spend time on lakes? Interested in water quality? The Northwest Montana Lakes Network is looking for lake property owners and/or homeowners, recreationists, and just people who are interested in lakes to become volunteer monitors. There are currently 41 lakes in the program, and many are in need of a volunteer including:

Unique twist on ‘Christmas Carol’ on stage in Bigfork

The show runs Dec. 8-10 and Dec. 15-17.

The Latest: UK: Virus outbreak apparently stopped growing

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say the country’s coronavirus outbreak may have stopped growing for the first time in three months.

In Virginia, Trump's election lies look like a GOP liability

LANEXA, Va. (AP) — Washington Republicans may be rushing to embrace former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about fraud costing him a second term, but next door in Virginia the GOP candidate in the year's only major election is doing the opposite.

Assange 'binge-watched' suicide of ex-Bosnian Croat general

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange relayed how he “binge-watched” the suicide of the former Bosnian Croat general in a U.N. courtroom three years ago, a doctor who visited the WikiLeaks founder on several occasions while he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London told an extradition hearing Thursday.

Bits ‘n pieces from east, west and beyond

East, west or beyond, sooner or later events elsewhere may have a local impact, which COVID-19 has illustrated so well. A recent sampling:

The Latest: Chinese province ups restrictions amid outbreak

BEIJING — A Chinese province grappling with a spike in coronavirus cases is reinstating tight restrictions on weddings, funerals and other family gatherings, threatening violators with criminal charges.

Bravettes fourth at sunny Flathead Invite

Hundreds of runners from across the state traversed the cross country course at Rebecca Farm on Friday, home of the Flathead Invite.