The Tally Lake Ranger District office has their Smokey the Bear sign stolen, a Billings man who threatened Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Tester gets two and a half years of jail time, vandals struck the Boys and Girls Club and the Ruis Wrestling Academy, and Habitat For Humanity of the Flathead Valley makes moves to accommodate more construction volunteers.
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Smokey Bear stolen from Tally Lake Ranger District
Montana man gets prison time for leaving threatening voicemails for Tester
Vandals ransack Columbia Falls wrestling academy over weekend
Habitat Flathead seeks volunteers to build more homes
Taylor Inman chats with Valley Voices Director Allyson Kuechmann and member-at-large Dave Vale about their upcoming show “Saturday Night (and Sunday afternoon) At The Movies.” The group brings together community members with a passion for music, regardless of their experience level. The show runs April 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 3 p.m. in the Glacier High School auditorium and is free to attend for all ages. Learn more about Valley Voices from their website http://www.valleyvoicescc.com/
Tune in for this week’s top headlines, including why Montana has ranked number one in the nation for drunk driving fatalities, how Rep. Ryan Zinke plans to help national park gateway communities with new legislation, and the details of a trial underway in Lincoln County for the man who allegedly ran over a Montana Highway Patrol officer in February of 2023.
Read these full stories here:
https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2024/apr/16/us-house-passes-gateway-community-legislation/
https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2024/apr/18/ratings-montana-worst-for-drunk-driving-fatalities/
Read more local and state coverage:
https://dailyinterlake.com/news/2024/apr/18/three-story-hotel-proposed-for-bigfork/
A comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women, the Bigfork Community Players brings “Steel Magnolias” to the stage. Taylor Inman sits down with director Michele Mank to learn more about her vision of the beloved show. The play, written by Robert Harling and inspired by the untimely death of his sister, explores relationships among a small group of southern women and how they deal with both the insignificant and the life-changing events they encounter.
The play will be presented at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. on April 19, 20, 26, and 27 and at 2 p.m. on April 21 and 28.
Read more about the show!
Buy tickets here - https://bigforkcommunityplayers.com/Magnolias2024Main.html
Bigfork Community Players' Facebook page
The Flathead Valley chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby is hosting an Earth Day Expo at Flathead Valley Community College on April 20th. The nationwide group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address pollution.
Reporter Taylor Inman chats with Flathead Valley chapter co-leaders Angie Winter and Robin Paone about what panels, workshops, and other fun activities are planned for this year’s event. They say the expo aims to educate about the many ways people can benefit from clean energy and innovative technologies, all while saving money and helping protect the Earth.
The Earth Day Expo takes place at the Arts and Technology building at Flathead Valley Community College, running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find out more information at www.citizensclimatemt.org/earth-day-flathead-valley-montana.
