Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home

Chefs, cooks serve from home during pandemic

Art and music take over downtown Whitefish

Whitefish Gallery Nights continues Thursday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Whitefish. This year’s event features 11 galleries and dozens of local artists.

Stocks climb globally as hopes build for easing lockdowns

Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street and around the world as governments prepare to gradually lift restrictions they imposed on businesses to slow the sweep of the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Monday at the start of a week that’s packed with market-moving events. Several major central banks are meeting, including the Bank of Japan, which announced its latest stimulus measures to prop up markets. A slew of the biggest U.S. companies are also scheduled to report how much profit they made in the first three months of 2020. Bond yields rose and the price of oil fell.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 18

Eleven new jobs created at Riley Creek

Production up 25 percent

'Heard it through the grapeline'

An ex-girlfriend told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office she “has been hearing through the grapeline” that her ex-boyfriend received a shipment of drugs.

Jar of nitroglycerin goes boom

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies dealt with a jar with an inch of nitroglycerin in it. A recently widowed woman in Hungry Horse was cleaning out her garage when she came across the jar and called it in. Her husband used to make dynamite in the 1940s. Deputies and an ordinance disposal team from Missoula built a bunker in the woman's driveway and blew it up, but the explosion reportedly wasn't that impressive.

Flathead County

A man using a wheelchair belonging to Glacier Park International Airport put it in the back of his truck instead of returning it. He allegedly told Flathead County Sheriff's deputies he took it because he needed it. He agreed to return it today upon his return from Browning.

Flathead County

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies received a report of a poacher spotlighting animals near the intersection of U.S. 2 and Montana 40. When deputies looked into the matter, they discovered their reported "poacher" was just showing out of town visitors what deer looked like.

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No crime committed in broken nail incident

Man stranded under the influence

A man on Haven Drive in Kalispell purportedly called Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to tell them he was drunk, sitting on the side of the road, couldn’t get a hold of any taxis and had no friends to call and give him a ride home. Dispatchers told him they don’t provide a taxi service and he reportedly said he understood that, but he didn’t know what to do because he was very intoxicated. He was eventually picked up by his father.

Kootenai County Sheriff's Office blotter

The latest from the sheriff's blotter - April 11 and 12

Heat advisories and warnings issued for Southeast and Midwest as temperatures and humidity soars

It's always hot in the summer in the U.S. Southeast, but even by the standards of Florida and the Carolinas, the steamy heat wave on tap for the region Saturday into the coming week is a little extreme.

Carl Alfred Hansen, 69

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Carl Alfred Hansen, 69, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Sidney, British Columbia.

Carl Alfred Hansen

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Carl Alfred Hansen on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Sidney, British Columbia. Carl was born in Brooks, Alberta on June 17, 1956, and lived a life filled with curiosity, hard work, and deep devotion to the people he loved.

A nice catch for the economy

Report: 534K hunters, anglers spent more than $1 billion in 2011

Steve Smith knew hunting and fishing are hooked to Idaho's economic engine.

'The Victor'

Young filmmaker prepares for Cd’A premiere

"The Victor" started out small.

Unloading on the airline industry

Friendly skies, eh?

Community helps Lions fulfill Christmas dreams

Funds raised during the annual campaign go to purchase new toys for area children — or gift cards for older youth — who live in the Lake Pend Oreille School District. Every Christmas, the Lions help almost 1,000 area children, from Sandpoint to Clark Fork and all points in between.