Grocery stores encourage curbside pickup; Smith's limiting number of people in stores
As critical elements of an essential service, grocery store employees are providing an indispensable amenity to the public at great risk to themselves. To that end, grocery store management has been encouraging people to participate in curbside pickup or grocery delivery to keep everyone, customers and staff alike, healthy and …
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Glacier Distilling making hand sanitizer, and a little whiskey
Glacier Distilling Company in Coram is diverting a portion of its whiskey production towards producing ethanol for hand sanitizer.
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Wildcat soccer program adapts during virus crisis
When schools closed, along with organized spring sports, the Columbia Falls Soccer program rallied to create a solution to keep students active and engaged during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Some restaurants adapt, others shutter during pandemic
Local restaurants have either closed entirely or are only offering takeout due to dine-in closures ordered by Gov. Steve Bullock due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. In addition, some establishments have stopped taking cash.
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Columbia Falls Food Bank faring well so far
The Columbia Falls Food Bank is feeling flush.
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Police outfitted with emergency medical bags thanks to FEC grant
The Columbia Falls Police Department has moved towards equipping its officers for more advanced on-the-scene medical care. The department recently purchased first responder medical bags for each of its six patrol cars through funding from a Flathead Electric Co-op Roundup for Safety grant.
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Open spaces offer refuge from virus, folks say
Community members were out and about at River’s Edge Park during a sunny afternoon last week. They seemed grateful for Montana’s abundant wild spaces, affording people the luxury of still being able to recreate while maintaining social distancing during the coronavirus scare.
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If season survives, track team should be good
Columbia Falls High School track and field practice started with nearly 120 athletes out to compete. Head coach Jamie Heinz is looking forward to what the season will unveil, if the season ever commences.
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Academic endowment gets a boost from Class of '63
The first class to graduate from the current Columbia Falls High School after having walked it’s halls for all four years is paying it forward to future generations of Wildcats.
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Columbia Heights water system will see badly needed upgrade
Construction on a water system improvement project for the Flathead County Water District 101, servicing the Columbia Heights area, began in front of the Ol’ River Bridge Inn on March 10.
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Girls on the Run
Girls from Ruder and Glacier Gateway elementary schools are training to run a 5 kilometer cross-country race later this spring.
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Winter greens
The snow is just receding from lawns and gardens throughout Columbia Falls, but lush, verdant heads of kale, chard, lettuce and even basil are already being tended by students at Glacier Gateway Elementary.
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Vaqueros restaurant in Columbia Falls getting a face-lift
The Columbia Falls Mexican cuisine restaurant Vaqueros is joining the groundswell of business revitalizations that have occurred on Nucleus Avenue within the past few years. The building is currently undergoing an external remodel.
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Vaqueros restaurant getting a facelift
The Columbia Falls Mexican cuisine restaurant Vaqueros, is joining the groundswell of business revitalizations that have occurred on Nucleus Avenue within the past few years. The building is currently undergoing an external remodel.
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Free the Seeds event this weekend at FVCC
Gardeners can learn to make an indoor worm-composting bin from the composting queen herself, Alissa LaChance of Dirt Rich Composting, at the fifth annual Free the Seeds event this Saturday, March 7 at the Flathead Valley Community College Arts and Technology Building. The event will run from 9 a.m. to …
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Glacier's 'sister' park in Mongolia has many similarities to Montana
Glacier National Park has a sister, a half world away.
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State visitation up, but spending down
Montana saw 12.6 million nonresident visitors in 2019 who spent $3.64 billion directly and contributed around $5 billion to the state’s overall economy, according to preliminary estimates by the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research.
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Study catches Glacier's elusive lynx - on camera
Alissa Anderson, a Washington State University graduate student, glimpsed over a hundred intimate moments of one of the most elusive cats in the Lower 48 during her first field season studying Canada lynx in Glacier National Park, without once coming face-to-face with them.
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These junior high kids can do a Rubik's Cube in seconds
Chase Moore, a Columbia Falls Junior High seventh grader, can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 40 seconds.
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Bleed Blue week includes a host of volunteerism
The Columbia Falls School District’s annual Bleed Blue Week was last week, but the motivating ethos of the event will continue for the rest of the year, students and faculty say.
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Author says wilderness experience still exists in National Parks
Whitefish author and adventurer Becky Lomax says there’s a place to experience wilderness where one doesn’t expect it: our national parks.
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Frozen Moose more than just logging, Forest Service says
The Forest Service aims to accomplish much more than homeowner protection from wildfires through the Frozen Moose Project. That was the message presented by Glacier View/Hungry Horse District Ranger Rob Davies at the North Fork Interlocal meeting held last week in Kalispell.
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Float permits last resort official says
A Forest Service official said a permit system for floating the North Fork of the Flathead would be the last resort in efforts to manage increasing recreation on the river.
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Scouts will square off at Bar Stool races
The all-female Scouts BSA Troop 1916 from Bigfork and the all-male Troop 1910 from Kalispell will be a new presence at this year’s Cabin Fever Days. Both troops will compete side-by-side in the show class division, directly following the Barstool Ski Race competition, this Saturday, Feb. 15, on Sugar Hill …
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Carnival royalty honors couple at Vets' Home
The royalty from Whitefish Winter Carnival traveled to the Montana Veterans’ Home in Columbia Falls last week to honor Bob and Dorothy Croucher, two of the home’s residents, with a special title. King “Ullr” Scotty MacLaren dubbed the couple, who met at the age of 75 playing pinochle, the “Card-Carrying …
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Montana saw more visitors last year, but they spent less
Montana saw 12.6 million nonresident visitors in 2019 who spent $3.64 billion directly and contributed around $5 billion to the state’s overall economy, according to preliminary estimates by the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research.
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Many local folks say Senate should have called witnesses in President Trump trial
Folks weighed in on President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial last week. When asked whether the Senate should allow witnesses or not, most folks said the legislative branch should have called witnesses, but a few figure the president didn’t do enough to be impeached anyway.
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School District 6 OK's Wick contract
The School District 6 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new superintendent contract after negotiations with David Wick Monday evening.
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Wills' latest novel draws on Flathead history
Author Karen Wills’ new novel is a saga of deadly deceptions and dark desires whose main protagonist is a woman attorney practicing law in the early 1900s.
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Warhol, van Gogh, inspire kindergarten artwork
Kindergartener Cora Reinbolt is busy drawing hearts, but isn’t sure why.
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After Hungry Horse standoff, SWAT team takes man into custody
A man who fled from the police and barricaded himself into an unoccupied residence in Hungry Horse on Jan. 28 was later arrested after a standoff with law enforcement that lasted several hours.
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Suspect taken into custody following standoff
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office took a man into custody after a standoff in Hungry Horse on Tuesday evening.
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SWAT team takes man into custody in Hungry Horse
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Department has taken a man into custody after a standoff in Hungry Horse Tuesday evening.
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Census now hiring workers
The decennial 2020 United States Census will be underway in less than two months and the federal government is looking for Montanans who will hit the streets to secure an accurate count of the state’s population. The U.S. Census Bureau has opened its hiring process for the position of census …
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