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Job fair provides opportunities for job seekers and businesses
The Northwest Montana Job & Opportunity Fair returns to the Flathead County Fairgrounds Trade Center on Thursday, April 11, offering a dynamic platform for both job seekers and businesses to connect and explore potential opportunities.Hosted by the Job Service Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College, the Daily Inter Lake, Discover Kalispell Chamber, and WorkForce Flathead, this event promises to be the largest in-person job fair event in all of northwest Montana. The fair kicks off with a high school and college student career fair from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., providing local students with invaluable insights into various career paths and opportunities...
A bridge in Bigfork is just as important as Baltimore
For hours after the tragic accident that took down a bridge over the Pabsco River in Baltimore, our nation sat together in sadness for the seven construction workers who lost their lives. My heart and prayers remain with the souls lost, their surviving crew and family members. But then the president remembered it’s an election year and pounced on the media moment to proclaim the American taxpayer will rush all the funding to rebuild the bridge as quickly as possible. Biden’s exact words: “the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect the Congress...
Baseball: Eureka spoils Bigfork’s home opener
Ryeln Rodriguez pitched three innings in relief for Bigfork, allowing no hits and striking out three, but Eureka won 13-0 over the Vikings on Tuesday, April 2. Nine errors stymied the Vikings.Rodriguez also had Bigfork’s lone hit of the day. Eureka jumped out to a 12-0 lead through three innings and finished with eight hits total. Eureka finished with eight hits and also had three baserunners from walks, along with two doubles.Bigfork fell to 0-2 on the season with the loss.At BigforkEUREKA 13, BIGFORK 0Eureka - 066 - 01 - 13 - 8 - 0Bigfork - 000 - 00 - 0 - 1 - 9BIGFORK HITTING - R Rodriguez 1-2, G Campbell 0-2, L Benson 0-3, H Mayer 0-1, R Hamilton 0-1, C Wiest 0-1, M Lewis 0-2, H Jantzen 0-1, T Francom 0-1, D Glazier 0-1BIGFORK PITCHING - H Mayer (1 inning pitched, 0 hits, 1 strikeout, 1 walk), M Lewis (1 inning pitched, 8 hits, 12 runs, 4 earned runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout), R Rodriguez (3 innings pitched, 0 hits, 1 run, 0 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts)
Annual Creston Auction returns this weekend
A field packed with the most unlikely treasures, thousands of people browsing and buying, along with multiple auction wagons working at once — it’s all part of the annual Creston Auction and Country set to return this weekend. The auction, which runs April 6-7, is the largest fundraiser for the Creston Fire Department and has been held since 1966. Consignment Day when donated items can be dropped off is April 5. The auction takes place at Creston, 12 miles east of Kalispell on Montana 35.The fire department’s 30 volunteers rely heavily on this benefit to support them in responding to over 370...
Judge calls Bigfork driver's behavior "disturbing"
A Bigfork man was sentenced in Polson District Court March 27 by Judge Molly Owen to the Montana Department of Corrections for two years on one count of felony criminal mischief, with all but three days jail time already served suspended.Joshua Wayne Winfree, 34, entered an Alford plea Jan. 30, to felony criminal endangerment. The plea was entered as part of an agreement that dismisses one count of impersonation of a public servant.An Alford plea results in a conviction, without the defendant admitting guilty to the charge. The charges were based on two separate incidents, almost a year apart.The criminal...
Local roundup: Taste of Bigfork coming up; BLUAC seat open
Taste of Bigfork April 28The Bigfork Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Taste of Bigfork showcase on Sunday, April 28 from 2-5 p.m. Sponsorship tickets are available.The Taste of Bigfork is a time to welcome the Flathead Valley to the Bigfork village and showcase its talented chefs. Stroll through town while enjoying small bites, wine and the entertainment on what is sure to be a lovely Sunday afternoon.Bigfork Water and Sewer DistrictThe Bigfork Water and Sewer District will be having it’s monthly board meeting on Wednesday, April 10 at 1 p.m. at the district office: 108 Harbor Heights Blvd., Bigfork....
The birds are back: Migrating flocks settle at Freezout
My favorite color is yellow, but I was good and tired of it by the time I made it past Choteau last Tuesday night. Driving from Columbia Falls, you basically head east on Highway 2, turning once in Browning to get on 89 and drive through three hours of rolling golden fields, the kind you’d imagine buffalo roaming through. But now those fields are pretty empty, and the drive is pretty boring. Chris had told me I couldn’t miss the birds. Reluctantly I will admit that he was right. For one, they have monopolized the only spot of blue in miles...
County board considers Evergreen RV park, event venue near Whitefish
A new RV park in Evergreen and a property wanting to host large events southwest of Whitefish have both applied for approval with Flathead County.The Flathead County Board of Adjustment on Tuesday considered a conditional use permit for an RV park along Montana 35 and East Cottonwood Drive, east of Kalispell. Separately it looked at a request for a conditional use permit for a recreational facility at 685 Twin Bridges Road, outside of Whitefish. The year-round RV park, proposed by East Park, LLC, of Bigfork, is expected to include 226 spaces on the 29.32-acre property. The property, zoned two-family residential and...
Flathead County Library trustees open search for a new logo to the public
Have an idea for the new Flathead County Library logo? Library board trustees are taking submissions and suggestions on designs leading up to their next board in April.Board Vice Chair Carmen Cuthbertson and Trustee Heidi Roedel presented a logo for consideration at the body’s March meeting. Last month, the board voted to readopt the name Flathead County Library after operating as ImagineIF Libraries for about a decade. After hearing from staff and the public on Thursday, trustees decided to open the logo design to the community. Roedel said trustees will be looking for the same orange, white and red colors present...
Homeschool Theatre Club presents ‘The Sound of Music’
A musical that has become beloved around the world, Homeschool Theatre Club next week brings “The Sound of Music” to the stage. Shows are March 28 at 7 p.m., March 29 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and March 30 at 5 p.m. at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center.Based on the true story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, the play includes music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she...
Bigfork County Water and Sewer awarded $40k grant
The Bigfork County Water and Sewer District will receive $40,000 in planning grant funding to complete a water preliminary engineering report. The Bigfork grant was among the $1 million awarded to 32 communities last week by the Montana Department of Commerce. The funds are intended to help develop and plan infrastructure projects to increase the health and safety for those communities and their residents. The funding is through Commerce’s Montana Coal Endowment Program. “It is vital that Montana communities have safe and reliable infrastructure systems to enable steady growth and economic expansion, for right now and for many years to come,” said Paul Green, Director of the Montana Department of Commerce. “That is why Commerce will continue to allocate grants through programs like this, funding that can support eligible community development projects that will add health and safety improvements for Montanans and their communities.” The State-funded MCEP program is designed to help address the affordability of local infrastructure projects by providing grants to lower the cost of constructing public facilities.
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