Butler nabs Baldrige Leadership Award

KELLOGG — Mountain Valley of Cascadia’s executive director MaryRuth Butler was recently named as a recipient of the Baldrige Foundation’s Leadership Excellence Award.

Weyerhaeuser closing plywood plant for a week

The COVID-19 virus is having an impact on Weyerhaeuser.

Boys' hardwood struggles continue

The Columbia Falls boys basketball team had a tough start to their conference play, dropping two games last week.

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City had $16 million in building permits for 2018

Columbia Falls saw significant growth in 2018. Commercial building permits were $8.98 million and residential building permits were $6.969 million.

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No one is safe from wily scam artists

Letter from the editor

Alex Strickland

Dennis Schoepp

Dennis H. Schoepp, 61, a longtime Flathead Valley funeral director, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. He was born Dec. 21, 1947, at Bismark, N.D., and came to Lewistown as a child where he attended school, graduating from Fergus County High School in 1966.

Thursday

The Columbia Falls High School Drama Club will present Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” Dec. 3 at 8 p.m., 4, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. A matinee show will be Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors. Children 5 and under are free. Tickets are available at the high school office, Glacier Wallflower and at the door.

CFAC offers worker retraining

Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. workers won't be left out in the cold when the plant shuts down later this week.

Boys take bronze at state

The Columbia Falls boys basketball team won three games in a row at the state tournament last week in Butte. But the one loss in the opener meant they were playing for the bronze.

Job creation in the Flathead

Unemployment figures in Columbia Falls were headline news 61 years ago. There was an office of the State Unemployment Service in Columbia Falls. Dave Lake was in charge of the office, which served area between Columbia Falls, Hungry Horse, Martin City, Coram, West Glacier and Essex.

Smith's Foods hold-up man gets 10 years

A 20-year-old man who was charged with robbing Smith's Foods in Columbia Falls in 2009 was given a 10-year prison sentence and handed over to Idaho to face additional charges.

Brothers arrested for alleged theft ring

Two Whitefish brothers were arrested Aug. 16 for allegedly running a theft ring related to a recent string of vehicle break-ins.

C-Falls man sentenced to 10 years for 15-year-old crimes

A 34-year-old Columbia Falls man who was sentenced for forgery and theft 15 years ago was sentenced to two 10-year concurrent sentences with the Department of Corrections after his original sentence was revoked for the second time.

State senator forms PAC to oppose Obama

JV Vikes wrap up season with win

The junior varsity Vikings football players may be disappointed that their season has come to an end, but the fact that they ended it with an 18-14 victory over Ronan certainly gives it a silver lining.

Walter E. Ingraham

On Nov. 19, 2012 with his bride of 54 years in his arms and his family’s love at his side, Walter E. Ingraham slipped peacefully from this life to the next with the Lord in heaven.

The 'rookie representative' reports from Helena

As your representative in Helena, it’s important to me that I keep you informed on the progression of this legislative session. What follows is a short recap.

Meth house mother gets deferred sentence

A 35-year-old Columbia Falls woman received a three-year deferred sentence after she and her two teenage daughters were found living in a Columbia Heights home with a meth lab in May 2013.