Legals for January, 1 2025

Richard H. 'Rick' Taylor, 78

It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of our beloved Dad and Grandpa, Richard Harvey “Rick” Taylor, on Friday, April 25, 2025, at his home in Polson.

New bakery offers coffee, sourdough bread, and treats

The smells of baking bread and cinnamon mixed with whiffs of good coffee greet customers as they enter Stendal’s Espresso and Bakery on Third Ave. W. in Polson. Then they see crusty big rounds of sourdough bread and a case filled with cookies, scones, cupcakes and enormous cinnamon rolls, just begging to be eaten.

Legals for December, 25 2024

Michael Erickson, 54

Michael Dwayne Erickson passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, July 26, at 2 p.m. at the Valley View Clubhouse.

Legals for January, 2 2025

Legals for December, 26 2024

Spring Mack Days shaping up as a record-breaker

Fish on! Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake is on course for a new record of lake trout entries.

Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies

Stories harvested from the Mission Valley News, April 4, 1984

Tom Mitchell, 69

Thomas Edward Mitchell, known to family and friends as Tom, passed away Feb. 16 at his Kalispell home after a courageous seven‐month battle with cancer. A celebration of his remarkable life will be held in Indiana on June 7, 2025.

Let's bring out our best for ’2025

Let’s greet ’25 with a nod and a grin. Let’s bring out our best and lift up the rest

Lake Monsters make a splash at Kalispell meet

The Lake Monsters swim team of Polson came in third as a whole and had several outstanding performances at the sanctioned meet in Kalispell on Jan. 26.

Subsidizing healthcare or billionaires

It looks like the only way Congress can pay for tax cuts for billionaires is to cut spending on Medicaid and Medicare. Why? It’s like the bank robber Willie Sutton said when someone asked him why he robbed banks, “That’s where the money is.”

The never-ending story: Marvin Camel inducted into Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

In his office, Marvin Camel's career in boxing is on full display in the form of memorabilia and championship belts, a book on his life, "Warrior in the Ring," and large notebooks full of articles about his exploits. The southpaw was introduced into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Aug. 9-10, and traveled there with his family to celebrate.

Harvey Kenitzer, 80

Harvey John Kenitzer, a longtime resident of Polson, passed away peacefully at home on May 21, 2025, at the age of 80. A memorial service will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Thursday, June 5, at 11 a.m.

Bipartisanship at its finest

It was 2011. I was travelling on business and I was travelling fast and comfortably in my 1976 Olds 98 with the Olds 455 engine. Coming down from Browning along the Eastern Front on a beautiful late spring afternoon. Zoom!

Dog Tag Buddies brings healing to local veteran

Wriggly Zippy is a carefree Boxer, but four-year-old Gretchen has a serious side. The regal black Great Dane with splashy white stockings and white beauty marks is a service dog for Bill.

From adversity to achievement: UM Law grad lands tribal judgeship

“You know, five years ago if they told me I would be a graduate of the University of Montana law school, I wouldn’t have believed them,” said Bryan Dupuis Sr. “If they told me I could potentially be the next chief judge of the Blackfeet Tribe, I would have never believed them.”

Busse paints positive picture of Montana's future

Thunder boomed as a deluge of rain fell outside, setting the stage for a powerful presentation by Ryan Busse at a gathering of Montanans. Running for governor, he painted a positive picture of the future with articulate skill, humor and warmth.

We lost a Montana original this week

The Mission Valley lost a giant this week and I lost a best friend. Bob Gauthier passed away Saturday after an 18-year battle with prostate cancer.