Permit for Big Mountain Jesus reauthorized

The Flathead National Forest will reauthorize a special use permit for The Knights of Columbus to keep a statue of Jesus Christ on Big Mountain. The permit is for 10 years and is for the display of a statue of Jesus Christ on a 25-foot by 25-foot parcel of land near the top of Chair 2 at Whitefish Mountain Resort.

Finding the real Republicans

With 13 Republicans vying for two open county commission seats this year, the elections promise to be more entertaining than a junior goat rope at the county fair.

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Hundreds mourn Peterson

More than 400 friends, family and fellow students turned out at St. Richard’s Catholic Church to pay their respects to Taylor Peterson, the 17-year-old Columbia Falls volleyball player who died of cancer.

Man pleads not guilty to kidnapping

A 36-year-old Hungry Horse man pleaded not guilty to felony charges of kidnapping and criminal endangerment in Flathead County District Court on Feb. 23.

Thomas Bright

Thomas Dalton "Tom" Bright, age 80, passed away April 10, 2006, at Health Center Northwest in Kalispell.

Carnival's main events this weekend

Winter Carnival weekend in Whitefish is legendary. For 61 years the annual festival has drawn thousands of visitors to Whitefish to celebrate winter.

Memorial fundraiser pays off

Over $2,400 was raised last Saturday night, as nearly 300 Sanders County residents attended the fifth annual Shelton’s Memorial Fundraiser at the VFW hall in Plains.

Hot Springs gunman files guilty plea

Following police standoff back in May, man pleads guilty to criminal endangerment

A Hot Springs man filed a guilty plea last Thursday in District

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Teen pleads guilty to murder in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The younger of two students charged in a school shooting in suburban Denver that killed a classmate pleaded guilty on Friday under an agreement that gives him a chance to be paroled after serving about 25 years in prison.

UEFA pledges support for Greek soccer overhaul

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — President of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin says it has agreed to help Greece overhaul its professional leagues to curb violence and corruption.

Teen pleads guilty to murder in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — The younger of two students charged in a school shooting in suburban Denver that killed a classmate pleaded guilty on Friday under an agreement that gives him a chance to be paroled after serving about 25 years in prison.

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Fitch Ratings: Lebanon finances point to debt restructuring

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's financial situation points to a likely restructuring of the country's massive debt and financial sector to preserve declining foreign currency reserves, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

Alabama lawmakers advance bill aimed at transgender athletes

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Transgender students would be required to play sports under their “gender assignment at birth" instead of how they live under a bill approved Wednesday by a committee in the Alabama House of Representatives.

Stocks wobble in early trading as investors turn cautious

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged slightly lower in early trading Thursday as investorsbecame more cautious following a record-setting day for major indexes.

Fitch Ratings: Lebanon finances point to debt restructuring

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's financial situation points to a likely restructuring of the country's massive debt and financial sector to preserve declining foreign currency reserves, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

RK Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, under whose leadership a U.N. climate change panel shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, has died after recent heart surgery. He was 79.