Health fees receive mixed reaction

After operating for most of a school year, the new Student Health Center at Flathead Valley Community College has seen more than 300 students even though it is only open approximately 12 hours a week.

Student achieves exam perfection

Whitefish High School senior Molly Schmidt expected a high ACT score.

GHS senior aspires to cure diseases

Finding a cure for cancer is a “lofty goal,” Josiah Bumgarner realizes, but he has always set his bar a little bit higher than most people.

Hot Springs reaches clinic funding goal for clinic

In an amazing community effort, the people of Hot Springs have raised enough money to build a $750,000 medical clinic to replace the current crumbling facility.

Will Karl Marx have the last laugh?

Cory Orr, Troy knock off 4th-ranked Bigfork

COLUMBIA FALLS - The old adage is true - it's tough to beat a team three times in a season.

How to write a mission statement

As a former educator, I had my interest piqued by the article entitled “Kalispell school board works on district mission statement.”

Surge of hiring cuts jobless rate to 5.9 pct.

 WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in hiring last month helped drive the nation’s unemployment rate down to a six-year low of 5.9 percent — within striking distance of what economists consider a healthy level. 

Local high schools beat average state graduation rates

Four of five public Flathead County high schools surpassed the state average in graduate rates for 2014.

Free throws lift Big Sky over Flathead

When Flathead made its run, Missoula Big Sky kept its distance.

Ramona Jeanine (Shepherd) Bauer, 59

Ramona passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 6, 2010, near Libby. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, in the Commercial Building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. Ramona was born Sept. 24, 1950, in Oakland, Calif., to Lucile and Henry Shepherd. She and her family moved to the Flathead Valley in 1968, where she finished up her senior year at Flathead High School. She married Dan Bauer on June 7, 1969. They had four children, Shannon Leroy, Lisa Jeanine, Danielle Leah and Chad Levi. She was baptized as one of Jehovah s Witnesses in August 1968 in Spokane. She was a member of the Whitefish Congregation of Jehovah s Witnesses. Ramona was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She took each of these roles very seriously and made each one of us feel loved, special and protected. One of her greatest loves was her grandchildren. Her eyes lit up whenever she saw them or talked about them. She was a gifted artist, many of her beautiful paintings still hang in her family and friends homes. Ramona was an expert gardener, planting a huge vegetable garden every year and canning the produce. She also had a beautiful flower garden, full of many varieties of flowers. She loved going hunting and camping every year with her dear family and friends at Spotted Bear. She loved puzzles and games, especially her crossword puzzles. She was a very self-sacrificing person; she never told anyone no and never complained, no matter how difficult the situation may have been. So many people relied on her generous and kind spirit. She always had a smile on her face and a phone to her ear, sometimes both ears. She had a wonderful, contagious laugh and such a lovely smile. She always looked for the good in others, and for the best side of any situation. She was a beautiful, loving, kind, bright light in our lives. Words cannot express how much we loved her, how much we will miss her. Ramona had strong faith in the promised hope of the resurrection. (John 11:25, John 5:28, 29) She talked often about seeing her son, Shannon, again. She kept that day always in her mind. Ramona is survived by her husband of 41 years, Dan Bauer, of Columbia Falls; daughters, Lisa and husband, Charly, Ayidomihou of Columbia Falls, Danielle and husband, Jeff, Sanders of Kalispell; son, Chad and wife, Joanna, Bauer of Kalispell; grandchildren, Katie Ulrich, Coltin Dodge, Furious Sanders, Peyton Sanders, Jordan Bauer and Dylan Bauer; mother, Lucile Shepherd, of Columbia Falls; brother, Leonard Shepherd, and wife, Sandy, of Hamilton; sister, Irene Crow, of Kila; father-in- law, Roy Bauer, and wife, Flossie, of Columbia Falls; as well as numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her son, Shannon Leroy; and her two grandchildren, Jeremy Dodge Sanders and Jade Helen Ulrich. A fund has been established at the Whitefish Credit Union for donations.

Students pitch in for oral history project

'‘From the ground up’

About 15 Linderman Education Center students have documented one Kalispell woman’s life in agriculture through audio, photography and written narratives.

Democratic hopeful says he's a fiscal conservative

 Balance and moderation are words that surface frequently as Gil Jordan talks about the issues he sees as most pertinent in the Flathead County commissioner race.

Class A wrestling: Libby has 2 state champs; C-Falls 1

BILLINGS - A little confidence can really do wonders for a person.

Council wades through part of city's budget

Kalispell City Council members offered up some limited cost-saving ideas Monday as they waded department-by-department through a 146-page preliminary budget proposed for fiscal year 2013.

Hughes helps Wolfpack rally past Bengals

A little visualization can lead to big success.

How to buy a foreclosed home

(ARA) - With the downturn in the economy over the past two years, hundreds of thousands of homes have gone into foreclosure, offering a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many Americans to buy a home at an unheard of price, sometimes 30 percent or more off the most recent sale price.

Hot Springs boys basketball splits with Clark Fork, St. Regis

Following a hard-fought loss to visiting Clark Fork in their boys 14C opener Thursday night, Hot Springs senior Lincoln Slonaker saw better...

THE FRONT ROW WITH JASON ELLIOTT: It's clear, this road is a mess

As any coach will tell you, there’s bound to be a few bumps on the road to a state tournament. If you can see them, that is.

Ribbon cut to Lind's new solar array, the state's largest

The ribbon cutting of Washington’s largest solar array, Adams Nielson Solar Farm, drew a crowd of guests ranging from the region’s congressman, the state’s governor and the nearby middle school’s associated student body president.