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Hot Springs loses to Plains in district challenge game

The Plains basketball team had more on its mind than just winning and advancing to divisional when they played their arch rival Hot Springs team in the Western Class-C Challenge Game Monday night at the Ronan High School Events Center.

Thompson Falls looks ahead into the season

THOMPSON FALLS – The Bluehawks gave their all in two games this week against Troy and Superior.

Proposal will be sent to CDBG for Superior town offices

Superior Volunteer Fire Chief John Woodland reported he received advice to submit a proposal to the Community Development Block Grant program with regards to creating town offices in the fire hall.

Coram family left homeless after fire

Flathead Valley residents are rallying to help a Coram family of eight who lost all of their belongings in a Feb. 9 house fire on U.S. 2. An electrical malfunction is believed to have caused the fire, which destroyed the home.

Nicosia burns candle at both ends

Perry credits Conger for House District 3 victory

C-Falls man sentenced for DUI No. 5

C-Falls alumna looking forward to law career

Norman Kurtz

Norman F. Kurtz died Jan. 10, 2014.

Higher energy taxes no solution to Washington fiscal mess

As the summer driving season heats up, time is winding down for Congress to fix the ailing Highway Trust Fund. Though, in usual fashion, the outcome will almost certainly be another temporary patch rather than a long-term solution.

Students get advice from alumni in Hollywood

It isn’t often that you see a familiar name roll in Hollywood movie credits. But look closely enough, and you’ll catch the name of Columbia Falls native Lindsay Good listed for big-ticket films such as “Eagle Eye” (2008), “Cowboys and Aliens” (2011) and “Date Night” (2012).

Whitefish representative Lieser sponsors 15 bills

Rep. Ed Lieser, D-Whitefish, concedes there will be days of “tough sledding” in his future. As a freshman Democrat heading into a Republican led state House of Representatives, Lieser knows he’ll need bipartisan support to have success on any of the 15 bills he’s sponsoring during the 2013 legislative session.

The music man of Columbia Falls

His love for music hasn’t waned one bit. Every day, Don Lawrence sits down at his desk in the brightly lit east room of his home in Columbia Falls and writes arrangements.

Missing hikers found after five days

Missing hikers Neal Peckens and Jason Hiser spent an additional five nights in the backcountry of Glacier National Park than they anticipated. The successful rescue of the hikers is credited to dedicated search and rescue personnel and Peckens and Hiser’s preparation and sense of situational awareness.

Guardipee ceremony marks goodwill between Park Service, Blackfeet

In a sign of growing goodwill between Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Tribe, a ceremony was held Friday morning at Logan Pass to honor the memory of Francis Guardipee, the first Blackfeet ranger in the Park.

Legislative heaven in an interim committee

The process can take a toll on legislators. Some of my Republican colleagues believe they have been left out of decisions by the executive branch and lament about the high number of vetoes by Governor Bullock. Some of my Democratic brethren believe the budget process ultimately decided by Republicans failed to consider new revenues to avoid substantial cuts to balance the budget. Now in the aftermath of deep cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, some Democrats want a supplemental budget (borrow from 2019 for 2018), to stop the bleeding. Such a proposal will not happen because the new budget, established following a short special session in November, was intentional; planned and approved by the two bodies, Senate and House of Representative. Thus, the prevailing cuts do not meet the statutory definition of “emergency,” eliminating any thought of a supplemental budget.

Annual Great Fish giving campaign begins this week

The Great Fish Community Challenge launches this week, beginning the giving campaign featuring 50 nonprofits.

Are we 'too small to matter' in bailout fiasco?

One of the sore points almost everyone has about the bailout of the banks and companies is that they "are too big to fail." That was probably the most unfortunate choice of words that Bush's Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulsen, could have used when he decided to bail out AIG; so what are we — "too small to matter?" People I talk with feel that there is a perfectly legitimate way to handle those companies and that is the bankruptcy route. If it's the only recourse for the little guy, it should be good enough for the big guys.

Tim Ryan celebrates his first No. 1 song

Tim Ryan Rouillier, former St. Ignatius resident, is climbing up the ranks as a country music song-writer, and last month he celebrated his first number one song credit with country star Phil Vassar.