Home searched after cybercrime targets Florida school board

Cybercrime investigators searched a South Carolina home in a nationwide effort to track down suspects they say stole more than $206,000 from a Florida school board.

Bjorkstrand, Merzlikins lead Blue Jackets past Jets

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 27 shots, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight win.

New Mexico governor announces ambitious legislative agenda

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced an ambitious legislative agenda that includes initiatives for tuition-free college, legalization of recreational cannabis and public safety reforms that respond to mass shootings and terrorism, in a news release Wednesday.

Plea deal reached in C-Falls scuffle

A man accused of climbing into another motorist’s vehicle parked at a Columbia Falls gas station over the summer earned a pair of suspended sentences in Flathead County District Court last month.

Ronan woman sentenced for heroin possession

A Ronan woman was sentenced in Polson District Court Jan. 10 to four years with the Montana Department of Corrections, with all that time suspended on one count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.

Convicted drug dealer gets three-year sentence after revocation

Judge Amy Eddy ordered Gordon Nicholas Breeden, 40, to the state Department of Corrections for three years after revoking the suspended sentence on Dec. 7.

Seeking positive change

It is the epitome of irony that there are people more offended and outraged by certain behavior being exposed, than I am as a target of that bad behavior.

Man gets probation for parking garage shooting

A man who pleaded guilty to firing a gun inside a parking garage received a suspended prison sentence.

Letters to the editor Jan. 18

Letters to the editor Jan. 18

Fraud or no fraud in WBCSD?

I’m so tired of hearing and seeing in print “WBSCD forensic audit finds no financial improprieties.”

School board to consider calendars

The 2024-25 and 2025-25 school year calendars are expected to be discussed at Tuesday’s Lake Pend Oreille School District board meeting.

Heroic response to Boulder Fire

The winds picked up, abruptly shifted directions, and within a few frantic hours Aug. 1 the Boulder 2700 Fire had jumped Montana 35 east of Polson.

Polson in Bloom contest winners announced

Logan Health claims Judges’ Choice award.

Polson man convicted of meth possession with intent to distribute

Roy Allen Shostak was convicted after a one-day trial.

Chamber gearing up for fabulous Fourth

Will have 2 days of activities including parade, fireworks, family festival

Chamber fourth a big boom

LPOSD trustee Suppiger runs for second term

Lake Pend Oreille School Board trustee Gary Suppiger has announced his plans to run for a second term in the upcoming November elections.

Law Roundup: Fridge transaction gets the deep freeze

Two people apparently sent money via an app to buy a refrigerator that was being sold online. Then the seller deleted every trace of the transactions, and one of the buyers wanted their money back.

Lake County District Court actions

Lake County District Court

Grants for FVCC students available for spring semester

Grants for FVCC students available for spring semester

Law roundup: Woman lets 100 cats out of the bag

A woman told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office she believed her relatives were keeping more than 100 cats at their house.