It started simply enough - Benny Bee Jr., as he often does, posed a question to those tuning in to the morning show he shares with co-host Amy Lynn on KBBZ-FM.
State negotiators now expect to reach agreements with landowners on road right-of-way along Big Mountain Road, a key development that should allow a long-delayed improvement project to proceed.
When large retailers come to town, smaller competitors must and often do change to meet the new challenge - adjusting inventory, improving customer service, and finding and focusing on the customers that are key to business survival.
Candidates and interested parties raised and spent at least $49,000 during the Flathead County commissioner campaign, an amount almost equal to the annual salary for the job.
The cost of providing Flathead County's government services is increasing much faster than inflation and outpacing spending in similar counties in Montana, according to an analysis by the acting county administrator.
Flathead County Commissioner Bob Watne said he has no immediate plans to resign his office or pursue early retirement, despite ongoing rumors to the contrary and his recent conviction for obstructing a police officer.
Before the sun comes up Friday morning, the shopping faithful will gather in the frosty air outside one retail mecca or another, oblivious to wind, snow, sleet or the possible sheer insanity of it all.
Tidyman's and the United Food and Commercial Workers union have reached a tentative agreement on a contract covering employees at the grocer's Kalispell store.
Executives at Flathead Electric Cooperative want to revisit an arrangement put in place in the 2001 legislative session that they say is unfairly costing the cooperative a lot of money.
