Kari Dodge expansion nears completion

Kari Dodge?s ongoing tall-and-wide expansion has been drawing attention for some time now.
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Report from Iran: Americans welcome here

Gracious. Welcoming. Well-educated. Outgoing.
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Flathead avoids loan problems

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C. Falls officials hash out budget

Columbia Falls city leaders made the call Tuesday night to use their full tax-levy authority in the 2007-08 municipal budget.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Commerce official stumps for trade agreements

In a $50 trillion global economy that is growing 5 percent a year, why should Montanans care about four trade agreements that are pending in Congress right now?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Money to burn

Forest fires give area businesses a financial boost
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Subdivision up for vote at meeting

Moose Crossing, a 15-lot subdivision on 123 acres along the North Fork Road, is up for preliminary plat approval at tonight's Columbia Falls City Council meeting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Flour fix

Polson woman creates, markets gluten-free blend
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C. Falls to buy 28-acre riverfront park land

The Columbia Falls City Council mustered the required 5-2 super-majority vote Monday night, sending the city onto the ownership track for 27.8 acres of proposed riverfront park land.
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C.F. Council studies riverfront land deal

Two housing subdivisions and a proposal to buy park land will get public hearings at tonight's Columbia Falls City Council meeting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Building a stronger economy

State's construction and commodities sectors doing well
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls council discusses road repairs, park proposal

A run-down of a proposed park along the Flathead River and a schedule of must-do street repairs in Columbia Falls helped the city council focus its vision of the future Monday night.
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Cherry harvest ends next week

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

C.F. Heritage Days aims to be 'Best in the West'

The "Best in the West" will be at Heritage Days in Columbia Falls this weekend.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Donation paves way for C. F. riverfront trail

A property owner's donated land easement brought a riverfront trail one step closer to reality in Columbia Falls last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Crafting the entrepreneurial fit

Women weave both trendiness, traditions into their businesses
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Plum Creek wants sewer, no takeover

Timber firm presents 'no annex' options in letter to C. Falls City Council
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

New Holiday Inn Express opens its doors

Kalispell's Holiday Inn Express has fluffed the pillows and is open for business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls pool open for meet despite massive leak

A 72,000-gallon-per-day water leak at the Pinewood Park swimming pool in Columbia Falls was stemmed to a 24,000-gallon daily leak by Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Resort reveals name change

Big Mountain is now Whitefish Mountain Resort
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls seeks levy for street work repair

Mail ballots due back by June 26
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Outlaw Inn changes hands

The Outlaw Inn may be returning to its classic ways.
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C. Falls developer faces lawsuit

The developer behind Lookout Estates, a proposed 24-acre subdivision west of Columbia Falls that is slated for continued discussion at the June 4 meeting of the City Council, is in the midst of a lawsuit filed by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Robber hits two stores

One man carried out armed robberies at convenience stores in Columbia Heights and Evergreen in a span of less than 40 minutes Monday evening.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Suspended sentences for Ambrozuk

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pilot died on impact

Preliminary report on skydive crash expected today
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Ambrozuk makes plea deal

Agreement recommends 10 years suspended for 1982 plane crash that killed woman
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Suspect 'tossed' into jail

Something was fishy at pizza place, butit wasn't anchovies
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weimer arrested

Teen charged in Evergreen homicide
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

House move slows traffic

House moving operations that backed up traffic for several miles on U.S. 93 Friday morning have been delayed indefinitely.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Deputy hopeful gets jail

The man who was on track to become a Flathead County sheriff's deputy in 2005 - until his arrest on a theft charge, followed by six other criminal convictions - was back in court Thursday morning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Tarisia had potential, mother says

Sherri Caron has a message for those who would mark her daughter's life and tragic death.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Deshazer gets 10 years for traffic death

Jason Deshazer was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in the Montana State Prison for the traffic death last fall of Dawn Bowker.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Report: Killing was just

County attorney releases results of probe into SWAT shooting
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Driver back in custody

Jason Deshazer, the man who caused the death of Somers Middle School teacher Dawn Bowker when his vehicle plowed head-on into her car Oct. 26, is back in jail.
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Fortine men arrested in burglaries

Two suspects are in custody on burglary charges, while the Flathead County Sheriff's Office continues investigating a rash of 10 break-ins reported in five days at homes scattered across the valley.
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Flathead rapist gets sentenced to prison

After a week of courtroom turnabouts, Jimmie Lee Hogan was sentenced Friday to two years in the Montana State Prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Deputy recognized for alcohol work

Flathead County sheriff's detective Travis Bruyer has been recognized for his work with the county's Alcohol Enforcement Team.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Subdivision north of Montana 40 up for review

A proposal for a 24-acre subdivision west of the U.S. 2 and Montana 40 junction will get its first public hearing before the Columbia Falls Planning Board Tuesday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Assault suspect denied bond reduction

Flathead Valley resident is accused of beating a man March 22
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Suspect seeks to withdraw no-contest plea in rape case

A man who pleaded no contest Dec. 28 to sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman last August has filed a motion to withdraw that plea.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls pushes for lower U.S. 2 speeds

A 13-year-old Columbia Falls boy's brush with death last month when hit by a pickup on U.S. 2 helped refocus attention on the dangers of the stretch of highway on the west edge of town.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Dasen loses final appeal to top court

Former businessman had argued search was illegal
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Suspect accused of more

Two more charges have been added to the list for Jaroslaw "Jerry" Ambrozuk, now in custody and accused of negligent homicide in the 1982 small-plane death of Dianne Babcock.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Distinctive design marks work of architectural firm

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Inquiry nearing an end

A police investigation should wrap up today into the shooting death of Rian Ross.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Grass fire destroys garage

Blaze west of Kalispell sparked by malfunctioning grill
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Assault suspect arrested

Alleged beating sparks second SWAT action in less than a day
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Mill fire destroys kiln

Nobody hurt in blaze in Columbia Heights
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Investigation of SWAT shooting begins

Flathead County man killed Monday after threatening deputies, sheriff says
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Sex-crime trial postponed two months June

The trial of David Farr, originally scheduled to begin on Monday, has been delayed until the June 4 jury term.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Signing off from a radio career

For almost 30 years, Archibald was voice of Col. Falls police
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Board recommends coffee business approval

A video rental store's request to add a drive-up coffee business got the thumbs-up from the Columbia Falls planning board Tuesday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Blaze probed as arson

Flathead County sheriff's detectives are conducting an arson investigation into a fire March 3 that destroyed Timberline Tool.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ambrozuk trial set for May 21

Trial will start May 21 for Jerry Ambrozuk, charged with negligent homicide in the 1982 death of Dianne Babcock.
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Suspects in theft arrested

Kalispell teens also accused in vandalism at Flathead High School in January
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Ruling allows parents to testify for children

When the child sexual abuse trial of former Children's House Montessori administrator David Farr gets under way this month, testimony from the parents will be allowed on their children's behalf.
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Ambrozuk headed to trial

Suspect in 1982 drowning death changes his plea after probation recommendation falls through
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Tribal members train for elite response team

Forest fires have their hotshot crews.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Avalanche documentary now available for downloading

Coming in a season of snowpack that one avalanche expert calls "the most unstable I've seen in eight years," a new avalanche documentary featuring Hungry Horse native Sam Kavanagh now is available as a free online download.
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Searchers say survival in slide was a 'miracle'

Despite the happy ending of a saved life, law officers say Thursday's snowmobiling incident points up the critical need to obey posted restrictions, carry a beacon and know your precise location when in the backcountry.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Suspects charged in immigration case

Two Kalispell businessmen are accused of harboring, employing illegal aliens
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Trees, tennis courts and design

Columbia Falls council considers beautification, recreation projects
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell man charged in shooting

If convicted on attempted murder charge, Kenneth Kraus could get 100-year prison sentence
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Officers exonerated in fatal shooting

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

We built this city

A handful of Semitool engineers and Montessori junior-high students have a new mutual appreciation after their meeting at Zeymous.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS AGO

'Words for Thirds'

Donated dictionaries make an impression on students
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Building is 83 percent complete

Here's the situation as of the end of October for Glacier High School:
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A view from the top

Retirement was just start of new adventures
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Making the teen scene - in books

Teens across the U.S. nominate Flathead teacher's book for top 10 list
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Kudos to Carmichael

Whitefish teacher lauded as best in state
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Biomass bids for Glacier High due Friday

District seeks salvaged wood to heat new school
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The sound of Music Man

Teenage leading ladies share a last name but will take to separate stages this fall
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C. Falls Planning Board rejects rezone

Blue Moon development now goes to City Council
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Cooperating for better schools

Education group helps teachers across the valley
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

So far, so good

Columbia Falls schools begin a new era this fall as District 6 starts up a new alternative high school
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New seventh-grade teacher relishes first day on the job

"Good morning, Jacob! Glad you're here," Ben Parsons said as he shook his seventh-grade student's hand. "You should be able to find your name on one of these planners."
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Start 'em up

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Demolition for FHS remodel begins next week

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City Slickers

Program connects rural Montana students with counterparts in East Coast cities
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Wild about weeds

Flathead National Forest monitoring program puts to good use high-school students' love of the outdoors
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Why not give back?'

Habitat Bicycle Challenge riders roll into Columbia Falls to help make home ownership a dream come true for Flathead families
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Grim warning

Montana Meth Project designs public-art campaign to capture attention and change lives
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Couple sticks prom wear design

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Pump it up

Program helps Evergreen Junior High students stay fit during the summer
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Next stop: Hanoi

Kalispell woman launches teaching career in Vietnam
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Graduate gets wheels thanks to classmates' generosity

When she hits the gas on her trip east for college this fall, Vanessa Maycumber is going to have one big smile on her face.
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Are these seats taken?

Buy a bit of history Tuesday and help fund the renovation of the Whitefish Central School auditorium
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Council delays decision on Twin Peaks Farms

A Columbia Falls rezoning request from Twin Peaks Farms was put on hold Monday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Habitat starts new building project today

Two families will turn over the first shovels of dirt on their new homes today when Habitat for Humanity of
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Live from Kalispell

'Pea Green Boat' drops anchor for local show
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Cultivating the sweet life

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Recipe for a solid future

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls denies Kiser sewer request

Subdivision development was put on ice Monday night for one parcel of land on the northwest border of Columbia Falls.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Planning issues heat up near C. Falls

Ten acres of land with suburban agriculture zoning south of Columbia Falls' old Red Bridge will go to the City Council meeting June 5 with a recommendation to rezone it for one-acre residential lots.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

No trouble brewing - yet - over coffee-stand request

Who would have thought a drive-through coffee stand in Columbia Falls would produce a tempest in a teapot?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Safe at home

Cancer survivor Michael Lavin returns in time for baseball season
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Duty, honor, country

U.S. military academy taps Whitefish seniors
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls to discuss Kiser sewer-extension request

Columbia Falls property owners along 12th Avenue WN likely will be interested in a sewer-extension request that will be up for discussion May 15 at the City Council meeting.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A guide to school elections

Polls open Tuesday, May 2
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Split C. Falls board backs controversial zone change

Planners approve rezoning for area near Flathead River bridge
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Mother Goose is leading

the children into reading
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

C.Falls public-works job on hold

Whether Columbia Falls will have a public works director remains in question after the City Council on Monday night tabled a decision on filling the position.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Cost concerns arise for school project

School wants to confirm costs for Flathead High
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Africa beckons, but bikes not quite ready to roll

Whitefish couple say donated bicycles will be shipped to Mozambique in early summer
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls moves toward public works director job

A new management structure is being proposed for Columbia Falls city government that would do away with two long-standing superintendent positions in favor of a single director of public works.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Former senator calls for return to morality

Crowd of nearly 550 shows up at fundraiser to listen to Zell Miller
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

g'me an aye, mate

Whipping up spirit for the Down Under Bowl
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

C. Falls says costs of repairing sewer plant could reach $100,000

A sewage leak at the Columbia Falls wastewater treatment plant, which put the city in violation of its state permit and at jeopardy of substantial fines if not fixed by April 15, could cost $100,000 to remedy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Jr. high principal to head middle school

Barry Grace, Kalispell Junior High principal for the past half-dozen years, was appointed Tuesday night to be the new principal when the school opens as a middle school in fall 2007.
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Trustees approve pay-to-play plan for students

Annual fees kick in this fall at Flathead High School
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Junior high looks to trim building costs of addition

Bids for cafetorium come well above projections
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Choirs give voice to Indian perspective

Tuesday show takes different approach to Lewis-Clark story
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Sudden impact

Meth effort by Flathead students gets attention from The New York Times
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

School board to seek levy increases

As Kalispell gears up for opening a second high school and instituting a middle school in another year and a half, the school board is poised to ask voters for a levy increase this spring.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

C.F. students stage interactive whodunit

An old-fashioned whodunit mystery. Interactive theater. Homemade lasagna.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

How do you spell w-i-n-n-e-r?

West Valley School eighth-grader claims Flathead County Spelling Bee title
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

m'm'm'm good

Canyon Elementary students make 'stone soup'
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Changing the way schools educate

New curriculum built around career clusters
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell teen sits tall in the saddle after her rare steed, Aries, wins a top award from the London-based Cleveland Bay Horse Society

Four years ago, Jess McGlothlin began horseback riding for the first time.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pay to play one step closer for Flathead

Pay to play, or fund activities some other way?
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Langohr to lead Glacier

Flathead principal to head new school
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Church almost ready to move

How do you move a 120-ton church?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Cedar Creek study OK'd

Columbia Falls wants to know whether a road can be built on 120-acre tract of rugged public land
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Shake up winter at Cabin Fever Days this weekend

Annual fundraiser in the Canyon begins Saturday and benefits local charities
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Zone change paves way for C. Falls subdivision

City Council affirms Jan. 10 decision of Planning Board
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'There's nothing tougher'

Local researchers studying wolverines have high praise for the animals.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

On the trail of a wildlife enigma: Researchers study elusive wolverine

Through the deep snows of a Many Glacier winter and along the well-hiked Highline Trail, a team of dedicated scientists and volunteers is tracking one of Glacier National Park's enigmas: The wolverine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Get financial-aid advice at college event

Would you like to be going to college if only your wallet wouldn't head south with matriculation?
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but seriously, folks

Columbia Falls senior tackles new challenges at school with a straight face and a sense of humor
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Planners back zone change near C. Falls

A zone-change request to reduce lot sizes to a half-acre in a rural, wooded area north of Columbia Falls got the blessing of the Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board on Tuesday night, with one caveat: No mobile homes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Work still planned at Flathead High

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Mascot decision left to students

Trustees limit Glacier choices to Wolfpack, Wolverines and Bears
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Defining the landscape

Trustees mull transfer, attendance between Flathead High and Glacier High
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Planning begins for area near Columbia Falls

A standing-room-only crowd of residents packed the Columbia Falls council chambers Tuesday night to have their say on how the Columbia Falls Stage neighborhood should grow.
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On track, not quite on time

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Extra money won't go far

Local educators unsure how much they can spend
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Columbia Falls endorses Phase 2 of subdivision

Kalispell City Council selects C.M. 'Butch' Clark as its representative on seven-member panel
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

And then there were three

School board narrows list for Glacier High mascot - again
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One last try for mascot choice

Students will cast final votes
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Icy roads glaze way to early break

Schools close, drivers spin
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Trustees agree on three grades

Final vote on configuration expected at January meeting
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Rooting out leak source

Columbia Falls water department might wait until spring to fix underground pipe
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Getting past the dreaded college 'wait list'

While you're worrying about finding that perfect Christmas gift for someone, highly motivated prospective college students are sweating bullets over their future.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

From home with love

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Stuck gas pedal sends car into river

A Columbia Falls woman escaped with only a broken arm and a few minor injuries Sunday evening after her gas pedal stuck and sent her car plunging into an icy Flathead River.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Kalispell police standoff ends peacefully

Laser School evacuated, streets and alleys cordoned off for two blocks
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Trekking through Buddhism

Sixth-graders study one source of Eastern philosophy, culture
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

C.F. Council decides against building buy

What should the city do with the projected millions of dollars that could come in from the eventual sale of the Cedar Creek Reservoir property north of Columbia Falls?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Schools honor veterans in ceremonies large, small

Those who served in Americas military will be honored this week by Flathead Valley elementary, junior high and high school students as they offer up unique Veterans Day observances.
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It's the Wolfpack maybe

School colors chosen but no mascot yet for Glacier High
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Know your mascot? Decision nears for Glacier

Tuesday is decision day for Glacier High Schools mascot and school colors.
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A new world

Gathering a life-changing event for local Catholic youth
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Give a book a home, give library a boost

Read any good books lately?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Culture Class

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Fright night: ""Roulette" makes its Montana premiere on Halloween night

Five people, seemingly unacquainted, terrifyingly linked.
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Follow the leaders

Program prepares high-school juniors to play prominent roles in their communities
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School enrollments change little from last year

The numbers are in for this fall's student enrollment at the Flathead Valley's public schools.
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Swan River school leader resigns steps down

Swan River School Board Chairwoman Becky Hughes resigned Tuesday night, citing her diminished effectiveness after months of upheaval at the school.
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Edgerton's promise: Take a stand: Stop bullying now

Even today, Teresa Hartford cannot tell the story of her son's sore ribs and bumped head without tears.
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Food-service director plans a tasteful trip through China

School District 5 Food Service Director Bertha Morrison will take foreign delicacies to a whole new level next month.
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Youths recount American Legion experience

Indelible images from Washington, D.C., still live in the memories of Taylor Heinecke and Eric Fulton:
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Lecture on dinosaurs an eye-opener for kids

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Recyclables are helping Columbia Falls students help their school - and themselves

A group of students at Columbia Falls High School is learning something about setting long-term goals.
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Glacier High's mascot quest in Round Two

The bell has rung for Round One of the mascot-naming bout for the new Glacier High School.
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Dog incidents get attention of council

Aggressive dogs running loose - and a discussion of the severe injuries from at least one incident - took up the better part of Monday night's Columbia Falls City Council meeting.
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The bare bones about dinosaurs

Dinosaur bones will come to life for children who come to an afternoon workshop Saturday, Oct. 8, with Jack Horner in Kalispell.
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No smoking

Beginning Saturday, no smoking, no chewing - no tobacco use of any kind - will be legal on any public-school property.
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Bike shop owner on a mission to help Mozambique's poor

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Columbia Falls eyes growth policy, subdivision changes

Growth policy refinements and subdivision regulation changes went hand-in-hand Tuesday night as the Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board hashed over changes that could affect development in the city and its perimeter for decades.
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Chamber members get school plans at a glance

A group of Kalispell business leaders got a report Tuesday on $67 million in school construction.
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C.F. Council takes up growth policy

Land use takes the stage at tonight's Columbia Falls City Council meeting.
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Consultant advises schools, businesses to get moving or get left behind

There's no more "them" and "us" when it comes to education and business communities - or even local and global communities.
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Patriotism at the pole

With hands over their hearts and paper flags flying, students and teachers filled Senior Court at Flathead High School on Wednesday morning to pay tribute to one of the most significant songs in U.S. history.
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Schools sell final bonds for buildings

The last of the financing for $50.7 million in school construction in Kalispell got the go-ahead Tuesday night from District 5 and Flathead High School District trustees.
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Help pick mascot for new school

If you were a mascot at Glacier High School, what would you be?
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Teachers learn to put nature in the classroom

Talk about a big classroom.
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Kid Kare moves into new digs

Kid Kare has come out of the basement and into the sunshine - and added another level of education.
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District 5 makes academic progress

Despite challenges presented by No Child Left Behind, every school in District 5 met the education act's Adequate Yearly Progress standards this year.
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C. Falls launches used-rig auction

You say you're looking for a one-ton 1969 Chevy truck with a lot of character?
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Mayor follows family traditions

Susan Nicosia learned what it takes to be part of a small community early on in life.
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Fall drivers ed classes start soon for driver education

Summer driver education classes are finished in Kalispell and fall classes are starting soon.
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Whitefish Central begins renovation project

Whitefish students moved into the first phase of the $10.2-million Central School renovation project Wednesday.
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School secretary takes it all in stride

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Hedges drives home the safety message

Sharon Bonderud, the principal at Cornelius Hedges School in Kalispell, has just one request of parents and students as school opens this fall:
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Swan River resolves dispute over maternity leave

Facing one of its largest audiences ever, the Swan River school board came out of closed session Monday evening to narrowly approve an unpaid year's leave of absence for one of its teachers.
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Back-to-school shots needed

The beginning of the school year each fall can be a real shot in the arm for students across the state.
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New classes, new paths

School start-ups next week will draw the curtain on summer
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Officials break ground on middle school

Kalispell's new middle school - the next generation of education in the Kalispell Junior High building - reached the next layer of decision-making when bids for its new gym were approved Tuesday night.
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Junior high starts metamorphosis to a middle school

A move to "let out the seams" on District 5 schools continues this week with groundbreaking on the first phase of expansion and remodeling at Kalispell Junior High.
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Getting your back-to-school checklist ready

Summer's almost over and the schools are all planning for the fall.
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Author writes pig tale to teach children morals

Columbia Falls native and retired teacher Roy Ryan sensed something missing from primary-level reading books - a good moral.
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Two Flathead Valley youths take top honors in state poster contest

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Cedar Creek land sale starts

The decision has been made to sell the Cedar Creek Reservoir and watershed north of Columbia Falls.
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With these hands

There's a really great thing about being blind, Nina Wagner loves to tell people.
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Divers recover body of man from South Fork

The body of a Kalispell man, who was last seen after jumping into the South Fork of the Flathead River for a swim July 17, was recovered by an underwater diver Tuesday.
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Heritage Days coming next weekend

The 2005 edition of Heritage Days is ready to roll in Columbia Falls next weekend.
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Kids College class casts a magic spell

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Teacher finds inspiration in national role

In terms of lifetime teaching careers, Kelly Millard is a relative newcomer.
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CF park land may revert back to donors' heir

Schoenberg Park's days are numbered - maybe.
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Crews hard at work with construction of a cool school

The dust has been flying behind a fleet of earth-moving machines working at the corner of Stillwater Road and West Reserve Drive for more than a week now.
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Library hosts a Knight to remember

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School trustees adopt attendance policy

Loss of semester credit no longer will hang over students' heads if they miss more than eight days of classes at Flathead High School next year.
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Move over, math: Art making a comeback

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State of the union

Eric Fulton and Taylor Heinecke made a place for themselves June 15 in Flathead High School history books.
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Flathead principal urges approval of attendance policy

If approved by Kalispell school trustees in July, a revised attendance policy proposed at Flathead High School would remove the semester credit-loss penalty for missing more than eight days.
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Board postpones decision on school boundaries

Boundaries have been proposed to determine who attends Flathead High School and Glacier High School, when it opens during fall 2007 - but the idea needs to percolate through the community for a while before it is finalized.
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Maddux retires as superintendent of schools

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Race is on to raise money for performing arts

Fund-raising officially began on Thursday for what organizers hope will be the new Glacier Performing Arts Center at Glacier High School north of Kalispell.
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High school could be home for performing arts

Glacier Performing Arts Center and School District 5 could be making sweet music together in a few more years.
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C.F. teacher to lead county schools

A 37-year educator has been appointed as the new Superintendent of Schools for Flathead County.
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At 12, boy becomes author and salesman

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Evergreen pitches in for playground upgrade

They got it for the school year, but new playground equipment will add a fun dimension to summer in Evergreen.
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Swan River seeks another $324,000 for building

Swan River School will ask voters to approve a construction bond, the second during the past 10 months, when it mails out a request for $324,000 on June 27.
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DePriest retires from Peterson School

Moselle DePriest swept into Dan Hodge's room and took charge of the classroom full of Kalispell first-graders, just as she had done countless times before.
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Evergreen teachers make transition at Evergreen

The final bell rang on more than a century and a half of teaching experience when Evergreen School District sent students home for the summer.
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Whiz kid Stephen Wirth gets accepted by Yale and Harvard

It's nice to be wanted.
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Col. Falls issues water health advisory

Break-in attempted at city storage tank
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Pieces come together for new school

Thursday was a big day for Smith Valley students and staff.
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C. Falls looks for new revenue sources

Columbia Falls City Council members have a 2005-06 budget assignment over the next month: Think of new ways to cover major projects.
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Land deal finalized for new high school

Sixty acres of school trust land at the corner of West Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road is now officially available to build the new Glacier High School northwest of Kalispell.
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Graduates step into the future

Luke Metzmaker surveyed the hallway where the Whitefish Class of 2005 congregated before graduation exercises Saturday, and gave a grin.
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Grad hurdles over life's hard knocks

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Brain surgery gives teen new outlook

Amanda Cook was only in fifth grade at Bigfork Elementary when the migraines started.
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Girls finds redemption in writing

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School turns back the clock for its centennial celebration

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Glacier High School construction under way

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Graduation schedule will be hectic

Graduation - the moment that hundreds of high school seniors have been working toward - finally comes to the Flathead Valley in a couple weeks.
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Whitefish students link past, present

As Whitefish's historical records get a bit richer, thinking skills of some high school freshmen are going much deeper.
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Planning costs adding up for Columbia Falls

Setting up its own planning office could cost the city of Columbia Falls 4 1/2 times the revenue it received through the Tri-City Planning Office last year, council members learned Monday night.
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C. Falls plan aims to map out growth

Red Bridge revival, potholes in city streets, septic systems on the outskirts of town and potential annexations raised questions among the nine people who attended a community forum on Columbia Falls growth Tuesday night.
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Forum planned today on CF growth

A community forum tonight will give Columbia Falls residents their first close look at the proposed growth policy that could guide development around the city as it expands over the next 20 years.
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Schools gather for some friendly competition

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Fund-raising climb at Lone Pine planned

It's time to gear up for the second annual Lone Pine Grind planned May 21.
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Lunch break: High schools to get food courts

Traditional school lunches will be a thing of the past at Flathead High School and the new Glacier High School when it opens in fall 2007.
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Man renews concerns about school's health

Calling Edgerton Elementary School a "filthy cesspool" and claiming that "I have been lied to and ignored, hoping I'd just go away," Kalispell resident Darryl Iblings insisted Tuesday night that School District 5 trustees see to it that the school is cleaned up.
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Students dig deep to pay for Tennessee trip

A team of imaginative students at Elrod School is demonstrating yet another arena of their creativity - and their willingness to work.
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Kids get a place to play at old roller rink

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School levy requests approved

In a light turnout Tuesday, voters approved five out of six levy requests from five schools across the Flathead and elected trustees to two school boards.
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Youths to get lessons on alcohol

Brandee Tyree and Katharine Thompson are pretty unflappable, but there are some numbers that really scare them:
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Few districts seek levy approval

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From Bigfork to Broadway

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Autism: A coalition of caring

New parents generally are hopeful, optimistic people.
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Central School gets national nutrition nod

Central School in Whitefish made it happen in national nutrition circles recently.
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Deer Park plans playground upgrade

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Big word trips up Columbia Falls speller

A local spelling whiz wound up in a four-way tie for second in the state spelling bee.
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School leaders disappointed with legislation

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State law changes school immunization schedule

Got shots?
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Science teacher wins nation's highest honor

Barb Andersen, a sixth-grade teacher at Peterson School in Kalispell, received the nation's highest honor for elementary science teachers in Washington, D.C., this week.
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Board gives new school its name

It was unanimous Tuesday night - the new school north of town will be named Glacier High School.
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Panel prefers Glacier High

How does Glacier High School sound as a name for Kalispell's new school?
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Students team up to encourage others to spurn smoking

Flathead High School students are going a step beyond kicking butts, and will be standing up for the truth next week.
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Middle school plans close to being final

Updated plans for Kalispell Junior High's makeover into a middle school got their latest airing in front of the school board recently.
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Eighth-grader keeps winning academic contests

Blaine Matulevich is impressing quite a few people these days.
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SD5 trustees get first look at budgets

Kalispell school trustees had a full plate Monday night - preliminary budgets, next year's calendar, reshaping the vocational-technical program and a middle school design report were just part of the menu.
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Name game continues for new school

An ad hoc committee has issued a third and final call for suggestions on a name for Kalispell's new high school.
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Whitefish senior wins statewide award for song

Tyler Rounds stepped up the distortion on his Fender Telecaster Custom for his solo.
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Open-burning law approved - 11 years later

An open-burning ordinance the city of Columbia Falls thought was a law, wasn't.
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Flathead graduate a witness in trial of Jackson

She was a witness for the prosecution on Monday, but Flathead High School graduate Lauren Wallace actually thinks Michael Jackson is a pretty nice guy.
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Reduce, reuse, recycle

Students 'adopt' a recycling site
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New school to have biomass boiler

When Kalispell's new high school opens in 2 1/2 years, the district will start doing its part to support the local economy, save energy and cut down on cash output.
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Smith Valley digs in

Smith Valley School is breaking ground on Wednesday for a large, new modular building that will change the look of the campus.
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Fighting Marmots?

Name-that-school survey gets interesting responses
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Hedges art docents keep 'utilitarian' from becoming 'boring'

Chairs - what's a home without them?
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Students start testing process

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Passion for string pays off

On Sunday evening, April 17, Sarah Harball will walk onstage at the University of Montana Music Recital Hall, bring her viola to her shoulder and position her bow for the opening strains of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Viola Concerto in G major."
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Bonds sold for schools

Kalispell school trustees will have the money in the bank on March 15 to begin a new high school, renovate Flathead High and expand and renovate Kalispell Junior High.
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Sylvan Learning Center brings youths up to speed

Sunlight floods through the windows of the Sylvan Learning Center on Whitefish Stage Road in Kalispell.
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Concert raises nearly $2,400 for ALERT

Flathead High and Kalispell Junior High School choirs helped raise $2,368.11 for ALERT last weekend.
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Jackson sees school quality fight headed to court

If state Sen. Don Ryan's education bill passes in its present form, one Flathead Valley legislator guarantees the state will face future funding lawsuits.
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Kalispell analyzes school shortfalls

A recent report on schools meeting new federal standards for Adequate Yearly Progress found that Kalispell, Columbia Falls, Bigfork, East Evergreen and Deer Park come up short in at least one area.
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Differing age groups paired in creative effort

Fish have never been so instructive.
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Students raising money for tsunami victims

Have West Valley School students got a deal for you.
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Teens get advance training for job fair

Columbia Falls High School students and their potential employers have a date at the high school next Tuesday.
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Students get insider's view of symphony

A piccolo trilled. Timpani thundered. Bows sawed across violin strings in a silly rendering of pre-musical noise.
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Boy's miraculous rescue is theme of choir concert

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Keyes speaks to Kalispell crowd

Alan Keyes brought his case for returning to what he calls the country's foundational values to Kalispell Friday night.
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Children sell chocolate to help tsunami victims

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Three spellers qualify for state

For more than an hour Thursday afternoon, Joe McGlenn correctly spelled every single word thrown at him - all the way to "erudite" and, finally, "cationic."
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Home-school parents happy with death of bill

For Cynthia DePinto, Monday's decision by a Senate committee in Helena to shelve a home-schooling bill couldn't have been more welcome - or more crucial.
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California man in line for fire chief job

Assuming the city and Bob Webber can come to a contract agreement, Columbia Falls has a new fire chief.
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Avenue upgrades approved

A pair of amended proposals to upgrade water and sewer service to Fourth Avenue West and Fifth Avenue West passed the Columbia Falls City Council on Monday night.
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How to revamp the educational system

Montana's Legislature may have to tear down the state's old framework for funding schools and adopt new thinking such as incentives for the best teachers or allotments on a per-classroom basis.
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House panel gets school quality bill

A centerpiece bill establishing what a quality education calls for in Montana will get its hearing today before the House Select Committee on Education today.
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Cross Currents Christian School turns 25

In the waning years of the 1970s, Donna Maddux was a bit uneasy about educational offerings in the Flathead Valley.
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Alan Keyes to speak in Kalispell

Alan Keyes will deliver his pro-life and pro-family message to a Kalispell audience on Feb. 18.
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Whitefish debate team repeats as divisional champions

Whitefish High School's speech and debate team won the Western Division title hands-down Saturday, walking away from the state-qualifying meet with a 130-53 win over Columbia Falls.
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Marion shooter shot-correction

A 56-year-old Marion man was starting to point a hand gun in the direction of law officers when a Flathead County sheriff's deputy shot and killed him Saturday afternoon, an official said.
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School canceled due to 'absolutely treacherous' roads

Freezing rain made for plenty of happy students but some put-out parents when school was called off Tuesday morning.
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Flathead poets, essayists make a national mark

The creative writing talents of Flathead High School students are gaining respect across the nation.
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Burglary spree stopped?

An alert patrolman and a few tips from the public may have helped solve a string of burglaries from Big Mountain to Kalispell over the past month.
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Bigfork kids give change with their hearts

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Local men see the aftermath in Thailand

It was the bunny on the beach that stunned Michael Jennings first, a symbol of how everything had changed when the tsunami hit.
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Whitefish band to play for Schweitzer's inaugural ball

Gov. Brian Schweitzer will enter to hometown fanfare at his inaugural ball in Helena on Feb. 12.
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Cost of water, sewer project in C.Falls jumps

A rebuild of Fourth Avenue West and a pair of adjacent sewer and water projects are going back to the financial drawing board in Columbia Falls.
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C.Falls sends planning message to commissioners

The Columbia Falls City Council sent a message on planning to the county commissioners on Monday night: We're OK with a change to the interlocal agreement if it allows for automatic boundary extensions when the city grows, but can't we just go back to the way it was?
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Building a future for education

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Kalispell baby rings in the New Year

Levi Paul Martino is the north Flathead Valley's newest celebrity today.
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County OKs planning deal

Flathead County Commissioners approved a new planning agreement with Columbia Falls on Tuesday, but made revisions that raised concerns for the city.
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Santa gets carloads of help from students

Santa got carloads of help from the 110 students at Deer Park School this season.
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School opts for construction manager

Kalispell school trustees set aside tradition this week and opted for a "construction manager at risk" process to steer $50.7 million worth of school building projects over the next 2 1/2 years.
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School safety still paramount issue for administrators

By most educators' accounts, school is one of the safest places for a student to be.
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Creston students raise money to adopt a family

Nobody has to tell Creston School students what Christmas is all about.
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Whitefish students gather toys for Iraqi children

How many children do you know who would be absolutely thrilled to get a solid rubber ball for Christmas?
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Students, store workers combine their efforts

A computer table and new tile floor were only the outward signs of the building going on between Columbia Falls High School students and The Home Depot this week.
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Columbia Falls studies what to do with dam property

Cedar Creek Reservoir, Columbia Falls' source of drinking water until 1995, could be up for sale before long.
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Forums planned on school projects

Kalispell school officials are inviting the community and staff to a pair of open forums to discuss the high school and junior high building projects.
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Helpful holiday (mail) handling hints

Procrastinators, take heart.
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Students learn about leadership in the nation's capital

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Columbia Falls, county close in on new planning map

In a public hearing marked by one outright objector and two other speakers asking for more territory to the east, Columbia Falls and Flathead County moved a step closer to a new planning and zoning map Monday night.
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River rescue: School ag center wants to shore up river bank

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Search-and-rescue dogs show children what they do in outdoor emergencies

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Fantasy, medieval life mix in Kila lessons

Imagination was in long supply at Kila School last week.
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District 5 gets rolling on construction process

On Nov. 2, voters approved school construction bonds in Kalispell, and did so by solid margins.
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Bomb threat empties Flathead High School

Kalispell police have a suspect in what appears to be a false bomb threat that prompted an evacuation of Flathead High School Monday afternoon.
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Marion students adopt a sock for those in Iraq

Jayne Lamberson is only in second grade, but she knew just what she wanted to tell a soldier in Iraq.
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Support mounts for Kalispell boy

Edgerton School students and office workers learned something about local generosity the past couple of weeks:
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Bigfork High School honors vets

Heroes were the theme of the day at Bigfork High School on Thursday.
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Students to honor to veterans

Across the valley, students will pay tribute on Thursday to the military veterans who fought for the country.
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In honor of those who served

Across the valley, students will pay tribute on Thursday to the military veterans who fought for the country.
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Kalispell's youth programs expand

Because of local volunteers, businesses and public agencies, Kalispell children are playing, studying and getting a deep drink of the world around them.
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District 5 plans new schools

The only thing missing from the District 5 school bond election at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, one school official joked, was the fat lady singing.
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What District 5 wants, and why

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Columbia Falls next in line for planning boundary work

The commissioners' latest offer to Columbia Falls was hammered out last spring. It sat on the back burner over the summer while the county tried to work out an agreement with Whitefish, but came back to the front last week.
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Kalispell to Washington: Girls picked for People to People forum

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