Investment firm seeks bankruptcy protection

Provident Financial Inc., a Kalispell-based investment and lending company announced Sept. 3 that it plans to liquidate its assets. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 2.

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Kalispell Farmers Market is one local tradition with solid roots

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Creative-arts pastor has eye for design

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West Valley woman bikes the extra mile in her commitment to sustainability

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Real estate brokers hope for better days

Maybe, just maybe, this is the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Lakeshore housing sales down in 2009

Not a single home has been purchased or sold on Flathead Lake in six months.

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Novel rain garden keeps water on site

When it rains, the newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials at the Flathead Youth Home will help prevent river pollution, thanks to a rain garden planted last week.

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Veteran chef a food innovator

Every morning Showthyme owner and chef Blu Funk descends into the basement kitchen, "the submarine," to prepare for dinner.

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Eureka burger goes 'Live! with Regis and Kelly'

James Monroe thought that the ribs he makes at The Cutting Board in Eureka were what made his restaurant locally famous.

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Building-supply firm to close July 31

Stock Building Supply in Evergreen will close July 31.

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Local cherry harvest a month away

Summer in the Flathead means one sweet harvest to look forward to: cherries.

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Favorite lunch stop closing down

Every month since the Sizzler restaurant opened on U.S. 2 West in 1977, Donna Lerew and her family have been coming for lunch, laughs and ice cream.

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Conlin's to become Al's Furniture

Conlin's Furniture in Evergreen will close within the next three months, then reopen with a new name and owner.

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New Safeway opens Friday

The Whitefish Safeway grocery store, which has been closed since Sept. 1, 2008, will open Friday.

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