Kalispell News

On May 18, Montana Family Foundation president Jeff Laszloffy, a former Republican legislator from Laurel, posted a radio update on his organization's website that began: "Politics is messy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former paralegal at a Kalispell, Mont.-based semiconductor company and her father with insider trading on confidential information about the 2009 acquisition of the company.

For anyone thinking of proposing to their significant other, Isaac Lamb of Portland, Ore., with the help of a Kalispell native, just set the bar high.

Since its unveiling last spring, John McGinnis' prototype aircraft, the Synergy, has been hailed as a visionary project that could exemplify the future of personal aviation.

Driving to the Sweets' house north of Kalispell, it's easy to see why the family chose to buy the property in 1988.

Wildlife officials in Montana say the fourth largest bighorn sheep horns on record come from a ram that apparently died of natural causes on Wild Horse Island at Flathead Lake.

SPOILER WARNING: A latenight gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that night's show.

Alan Satterlee's dive into the art world began in a way that's likely familiar to anyone who has had a distracted mind, a pen and paper.

Replacing a broken sewer pipe, like the one at a Kalispell business recently, would normally require uprooting the entire line through excavation.

John McGinnis is building the proofA that an airplane can be awesome, comfortable, and incredibly efficient all at the same time.A "Please join us to become part of an exciting grassroots project that's already making history! In this second century of flight,A we believe that ordinary families should have fast options to travel where they want, ... (more)

On March 23, 2009, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Haynes was driving on U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell when a drunken driver traveling in the wrong lane crashed head on into his patrol car.

The fate of the Kalispell municipal airport is going to a citywide vote in November.

Thursday 5/17 7:02 a.m. A gas tank on Foys Lake Road was "sugared." 9:33 a.m. A man who wrecked his motorcycle sustained minor injuries after his wife intentionally rammed him with her car.

Officials with Kalispell Public Schools say the district will save money and serve healthier food by switching to hamburgers made with beef that comes from Kalispell and Polson cattle ranches.

At an energy conference in Kalispell last week, four panelists from the Flathead Valley discussed the importance and challenges of implementing energy-efficiency programs and upgrades, particularly among low- and fixed-income residents.

With a May 15 deadline looming that could result in the closing of seven area post offices and 78 other rural post offices in Montana, the state's two senators have urged the U.S. Postmaster General to extend a moratorium beyond May 15 so that the U.S. House of Representatives can consider a Senate-passed bill that would reform the U.S. Postal ... (more)

There are a lot of reasons why Leslie Knuth is excited for the West Shore Food Bank's move into a new building this summer, but one stands above the rest.

State officials have given a western Montana couple living south of Kalispell at Woods Bay the OK to kill a mountain lion that has taken up residence near their home and appears comfortable around humans.

Midwives have helped mothers give birth naturally for centuries. They're trained to provide regular care for women and primary care through every stage of a pregnancy, from prenatal to birth into postpartum.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday a plan to close Kalispell's mail-processing center this summer, a decision that has drawn the ire of Montana Sen.