Double taxation and the fiscal cliff

There’s no get-out-of-jail-free card for America’s small business owners — when times are tight, they have to find new ways to stretch their resources in order to keep their doors open and stay competitive. Which is why it’s so disappointing to see how our leadership in Washington is handling our current financial situation.

Glacier Twins win streak now at 12

In plea deal, Finberg agrees to 10 year prison sentence for Ponzi, embezzlement scheme

A Columbia Falls woman accused of embezzlement and bilking people in a Ponzi scheme has reached a plea deal with state prosecutors that includes a 10-year prison sentence.

Three Steps To A New Home

(NAPSI)—Whether you’re diving into homeownership for the first time or looking to move into a larger or smaller home, here are the three things you should know before you begin your search this spring:

Column: Lincoln County reaches ripe old age of 100

Along about 5 o’clock on Tuesday, March 9, 1909, the dispatch office in Libby received a telegraph from Helena.

Logger boys blank Bigfork in soccer

Patience in the first half … unrelenting attack in the second. It all added up to a 6-0 rout over Bigfork on Thursday for the Libby boys soccer team.

Local need leads to new welding course

Bridge parts fabricator Stinger Welding plans to add much-needed jobs to the local economy when construction of its new building is completed in the coming months.

Dogs too much for Kats

WHITEFISH -Nothing left on the court.

What a rush by Trefney, Pack

Coming into the state championship game at Legends Stadium Friday night, questions surrounded both Glacier and C.M. Russell’s running attack. Who would rise to the occasion and bring their team a state title — Class AA’s leading rusher Andrew Grinde of CMR or the state’s touchdown leader Thomas Trefney of Glacier?

Kalispell family left homeless by fire

Members of a Kalispell family is working to put their lives back together after a fire destroyed their home and all their possessions Monday afternoon.

Drop in enrollment affects FVCC budget

College still has $580,000 surplus

Flathead Valley Community College trustees got a mix of good and bad news at their January meeting.

Heritage Days offers full week of activities

The 2010 Heritage Days celebration in Columbia Falls is set for today to July 25. The annual event will complement Glacier National Park’s centennial.

Sparks fly in neighborhood dispute

Dent wins reelection bid over Hegstrom Oakey for state legislature

EPHRATA — Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, appears to have won his re-election bid by a wide margin and will serve his third term in the Washington legislature, having beaten back Ellensburg Democrat Jesse Hegstrom Oakey Tuesday.

Huskies suffer first loss of season

Othello soccer

OTHELLO — Visiting Grandview spoiled an otherwise gorgeous spring day by defeating the Othello 2-1 Saturday at Huskie Field.

Warriors shock league & take down River View

MATTAWA - There is an old football adage that weather is the great equalizer, and that could be the reason Wahluke upset River View, 20-7, Friday night in SCAC East prep football.

Whitefish sits for a portrait

By OLIVIA KOERNIG/Whitefish Pilot

Tax reduction for business equipment

HELENA — An estimated 17,000 small businesses in Montana will be exempt from paying the state’s business equipment tax under a new law that takes effect on Wednesday.

Business Fallout: Hong Kong Express to halt flights til May

Less than three months ago came the first reports of cases of pneumonia related to a virus first detected in Wuhan, China. The outbreak of the virus that causes COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruptions that have brought an unparalleled shock to the global economy.

FEC holds annual meeting April 18

The Annual Meeting & Energy Expo open house will be Thursday, April 18 at Flathead Valley Community College’s Wachholz College Center.