Thursday Feb. 9, 2012
 

Mayor Doug Roll won’t call it a conflict, more of a “misunderstanding,” but issues have arisen between the city of Libby and the Cabinet View Golf Club in regard to a $1.5 million loan and sewer system built to connect a new housing development.

In November 2004, the Cabinet View Golf Club, then known as the Cabinet View Country Club, applied for and received a $1.5 million loan from a federal economic development grant fund managed by the city of Libby. The loan was meant to extend the golf course by nine holes and develop housing around that expansion.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (1) Total
 

COLUMBIA FALLS — Gary Byers became an inventor for a rather old-fashioned reason: he would see a need and come up with a simple solution. Small trees or plants slumping over? He created a brace. Laptop computers overheating and uncomfortable to type on? He developed a stand. Knives, scissors or pruners becoming dull? He invented an all-in-one sharpener.

In Byers’ mind, where there’s a need, there’s an inventive solution.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (2) Total
 
This 18-year-old female grizzly bear was captured near Elk Park Road and euthanized after repeated conflicts. The photo was taken during a previous capture several years ago. - Courtesy of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced Monday it has captured a record 44 grizzly bears this year in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) section of Region 1. Since 1993, FWP has averaged roughly 17 grizzly captures annually in the same area.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (1) Total
 

Officials are taking note of an uptick in graffiti on property in Flathead County. Symbols are appearing on public buildings and spaces, as well as on private businesses and in residential areas. The same is true in tunnels along bike trails and pedestrian paths.

Kalispell Police Chief Roger Nasset said the vandals are getting more brazen in their tagging efforts lately, marking the fronts of buildings instead of keeping to the back or sides.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (12) Total
 

Last November, the Kalispell Vet Center opened on North Meridian Road as a place where combat veterans could seek therapy, fellowship and a warm cup of coffee.

A year later, Dr. Jeff Heider says the coffee is always on, and the doors to therapy and healing are always open. And, in this therapeutic environment where veterans converge daily, fellowship is never a problem either.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (1) Total
 

WHITEFISH – In the same way flowers are a constant presence at almost every celebratory occasion, from weddings to birthdays, Mum’s Flowers has been a part of Whitefish for almost 50 years.

That tradition is intact and has been relocated and revitalized by an unlikely florist, 24-year-old Cara Finch.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (0) Total
 

Last week the University of Montana women’s soccer team finished an unexpected turnaround season that included its first Big Sky Conference title in 11 years and a hard-fought NCAA tournament match against the best team in the country.

Flathead Valley soccer fans should not be surprised by one of the core players leading the program’s turnaround.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (0) Total
 

As a winter wind whipped outside, Marisa Roth and Mackenzie Heaton stood alone in the Northwest Ballet School dance studio in Kalispell. For the most part, other than when the Nutcracker soundtrack vibrated the room or Roth yelled encouragement over the music, things were calm.

Nothing compared to what the backstage of the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts will look like this weekend when the Northwest Ballet Company presents its 18th annual showing of the Nutcracker.

 
E-mail Story   Print Story
  Comments (1) Total
Read More Feature