Suggestions for rethinking how to brand Kalispell

This week I had the opportunity to speak to the retiring and new members of Kalispell’s Business Improve-ment District at their monthly board meeting. My comments were to provide my perspective and thoughts going forward regarding the board’s actions.

Ice is cold; skaters are packing heat

An ice skater called the

Home decor, kitchenware, fabric available at Dot's Country Kitchen

BONNERS FERRY — Dot’s Country Kitchen is not a brand new business in Boundary County, but it is one that fills a niche in the community.

Driver in accident at store found shopping inside

Sunday afternoon, officers with the

Suggestions for rethinking how to brand Kalispell

This week I had the opportunity to speak to the retiring and new members of Kalispell’s Business Improve-ment District at their monthly board meeting. My comments were to provide my perspective and thoughts going forward regarding the board’s actions.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: The draft(s), ghost runners and other things

We were going to do a weekly notes and quotes column for today — a day prior to the NFL draft — and chat totally, ENTIRELY about things other than pro football. But of course …

UK demands the public wear face coverings in shops

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government will demand people wear face coverings in shops as it seeks to clarify its message after weeks of prevarication amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sharon's Hallmark earns chamber recognition

When Chamber Ambassador Bill Justus presented the business of the month award to Bi-Rite Drugs, the attendees at the monthly Power Luncheon had questioning looks.  After asking who had shopped at Bi-Rite Drugs, only a few hands were raised.  Justus explained to the audience that Bi-Rite Drugs became Sharon’s Hallmark in 1984, and after asking again if they had shopped there, almost every hand was raised.

Some unfinished business…

As noted in an earlier column, for a week in early December my wife and I baby-sat our niece's kids on Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Some unfinished business…

As noted in an earlier column, for a week in early December my wife and I baby-sat our niece's kids on Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Some unfinished business…

As noted in an earlier column, for a week in early December my wife and I baby-sat our niece's kids on Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Annual walleye netting set to start soon

This spring marks the sixth year of netting operations on the lake by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to help keep the walleye population under control. IDFG officials said the netting operation will begin next week on Monday, April 10 and run through April 28. Walleye gill netting operations take place on weekdays only over a three-week period each spring. Fish and Game officials said crews target walleye grouping up to spawn in the shallow, northern sections of the lake. Among the sites identified for netting sites are portions of the Clark Fork Delta near Sheepherder Point, the Pack River Delta, Sunnyside area, Oden Bay, Kootenai Point and in the vicinity of the railroad bridge near Sandpoint.

Super Bowl betting brings big business to sports books

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Business was brisk at sports books around the country on Super Bowl Sunday, with customers risking money on everything from the coin toss at the start of the game, to the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach, Kansas City's Andy Reid, at the end of it.

Super Bowl betting brings big business to sports books

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Business was brisk at sports books around the country on Super Bowl Sunday, with customers risking money on everything from the coin toss at the start of the game, to the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach, Kansas City's Andy Reid, at the end of it.

Remnants of Chinese heritage evident

MINERAL COUNTY - Evidence of a 19th century Chinese settlement still exists in Mineral County but local historians want the site to remain largely a secret to preserve its integrity.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — World class

We just held a tasting here at the shop with DuMol Winery from the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. For regular readers of this column, you know our fondness for wines from “The Russian” after our time living in Sonoma County and more specifically my time at Balletto Vineyards. To us it is one of the most magical appellations of any wine region in the world, perfectly suited for the varietals that are planted there. Mary and I always get the question of what our favorite wine is, which of course is unanswerable, but digging a bit deeper on the wines we truly love we would place DuMol in our top 3 favorites from anywhere, to us the wines are that good.

County health board wants more answers on CFAC site

Distracted driver flips dump truck

A county truck making its way to off-load garbage at the dump last week ended up on its side after the driver reportedly reached for his cellphone.

Look, up in the air, it's …

One guest speaker for Super Adults said when he was asked to participate and learned it was "for men and women 55 and over" thought it might be a driving club for speeders. He admitted how wrong he was.

Bush says philanthropy needed for national parks

She toured waterfalls, watched a giant full moon over towering peaks, saw grizzly bears, osprey, marmots and mountain goats, and went on several hikes.