Positive COVID-19 tests at Santa Anita, SoFi Stadium

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita had 17 people test positive for the coronavirus during its recently completed meet, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.

OUTDOORS: Tips for adventurers

I enjoyed the Hunting Section in the paper the other day.

'Share Your Love of Quilting' show on tap

The “Share Your Love of Quilting” quilt show will be held Oct. 8 at the Boundary County Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will be a non-judged show.

Theft from Thrift Haus impedes mission to help

The Soroptimist International of Whitefish donates over $200,000 every year to deserving non-profits and individuals, including many schools, womens shelters and most recently Doctors Without Borders.

The Western News welcomes new reporter

Readers of The Western News may have noticed a new name.

'Watermedia 2017'

The Bigfork Art and Cultural Center presents “Watermedia 2017,” the Montana Watercolor Society’s 35th annual national juried exhibition.

Opinions diverse on mountain's future uses

Rathdrum seeking input on 557 acres; Report due in September

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Salon Envy owner plans to reopen

MOSES LAKE — The owner and staff of a hairstyling salon destroyed in a spectacular fire last Saturday will be setting up shop in temporary quarters Tuesday. Salon Envy owner Heather Kerekffy said she’s working on reopening in a new location.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — When it’s less about the wine

We were fortunate to be invited to a New Year’s Eve party held by some dear friends.

Hong Kong bookstore under attack in China reopens in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan on Saturday after fleeing Hong Kong due to legal troubles, saying he was grateful for the chance to make China's Communist rulers “less than happy."

After 54 years, Columbia Falls man finds his birth mother

A small crowd gathered around Craig Blair as he nervously waited to greet his mom at Glacier Park International Airport on Oct. 16.

After 54 years, man reunited with mom through DNA testing

A small crowd gathered around Craig Blair as he nervously waited to greet his mom at Glacier International Airport in Kalispell Oct. 16. His small, hand-written sign had drawn a number curious onlookers to the event he had waited for all his life. The sign said simply, “Mom, I’ve been waiting 54 years to meet you!”

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Widespread snowstorms leave some travelers scrambling

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The first widespread snowstorm of the season plodded across the Midwest on Thursday, as whiteout conditions sent drivers sliding over slick roads and some travelers were forced to scramble for alternate ways to get to their holiday destinations.

New snow creating avalanche hazards

The Latest: Fauci says Moderna vaccine news 'impressive'

WASHINGTON — The United States' top infectious disease expert says news from Moderna that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 94.5% effective “is really quite impressive.”

JoAn Edwards Daniels-Brown Forsyth

JoAn Edwards Daniels-Brown Forsyth, 82, passed away from the effects of cancer at her home in Magnolia, Washington on Oct. 4, 2022. She was born on November 6, 1939, to Charlie J. Edwards and Ada Winn Edwards in Havre, Montana. JoAn spent her high school years in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and developed many cherished and lifetime friendships with people she kept in contact with her entire life. She returned there often throughout the years to attend class reunions and show her children the beauties of the Black Hills. JoAn attended Brigham Young University, studying nursing. It was at BYU that she met and fell in love with Arnie Richard Daniels-Brown and the two of them were married in Idaho Falls, Idaho on June 3, 1960. Soon after being married, they traveled to Mexico City, Mexico where Arnie studied Spanish for six months. On June 2, 1961, they were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Movers and Shakers November 12, 2011