Flathead County News

Contributing to this blog: - "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.

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

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.

Sitting in a classroom in the old Linderman School building, the group of five teenage girls talked to each other about boy problems, clothes and their upcoming finals.

Contributing to this blog: - "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.

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.

The presidential election is just four-and-a-half months away and few politicians will risk giving up ground before they know the results.

Health officials say the number of whooping cough cases in Montana has passed 200 this year and they're encouraging people to get vaccinated against the contagious bacterial infection that can lead to uncontrollable coughing fits.

Flathead County's unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in April, 0.7 percent lower than a month prior, according to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.

The Flathead County Sheriff's Office, in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Service, is requesting the public's help in an effort to locate a non-compliant sex offender believed to be in the area.

Six new cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, were confirmed Thursday afternoon in Flathead County, hiking the total to 36, according to the health department.

After Democrats lost Whitefish's House District 4 seat as part of a clean legislative sweep by Republicans in 2010, two Democrats are battling for a chance to give the seat back to their party.

The Flathead City-County Health Department reported four additional cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, on Tuesday, bringing the number of cases found in the county over the last week to 25.

Contributing to this blog: - "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.

Though it was not scheduled for this election year, the Flathead County Commission District 1 seat is on the ballot after former Commissioner Jim Dupont's sudden passing in March.

The Flathead County Health Department has received reports of eight cases of whooping cough connected with an elementary school in Columbia Falls and the Swan River school east of Bigfork.

In my final year in high school in Missoula, my senior class had to individually volunteer for something in the community.

Flathead County officials have confirmed that a 41-year-old Kalispell man who was reported missing on Sunday was found dead in a rollover crash near Lakeside on Monday.

Before meeting with local business and community leaders this week to discuss job growth and transportation concerns in the Flathead Valley, Max Baucus went jogging along the southern section of the Kalispell bypass.

Local professional boxer Jesse Uhde will be back in the ring this week at the latest installment of Burton Boxing's "Friday Night Fights" inside the Trade Center at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.