Thompson Falls News

A Thompson Falls woman is dead after being shot in the head Wednesday. The woman's common-law husband told detectives they were both shot by a hitchhiker they had picked up on Interstate 82 near Yakima, WA -- he was shot in the hand.

A Montana woman has died from injuries suffered when she was shot by a hitchhiker in central Washington's Yakima County.

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Western Montana is experiencing its highest unemployment rates in years and the worst numbers come from Sanders County.

MISSOULA a ' Authorities say a 22-year-old North Idaho man committed suicide in the Sanders County Detention Center shortly after he was captured by residents for allegedly robbing a convenience store in Trout Creek.

A 51-year-old Thompson Falls man has died in a one-car rollover near Noxon. The Montana Highway Patrol says the crash happened on Montana Highway 200 at about 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Authorities say a 22-year-old Idaho man committed suicide in the Sanders County Detention Center shortly after he was captured by residents for allegedly robbing a convenience store in Trout Creek.

Linda Short's hands were trembling moments before her first ever quick-finish competition Thursday night.

Pulling Oneself from the Ground, or Sam Resurrection, along Thompson River near Thompson Falls, c. 1915.

"The U.S. faces potentially crippling electricity brownouts and blackouts beginning in the summer of 2009, which may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten lives.

Halfway by Sen. Greg Hinkle This has been quite a week. The floor sessions are much longer and we have had some evening committee meetings in an attempt to finish by next Thursday.

A bill entitled the "Worker's Freedom Act" was tabled by the Montana Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Beaver County and a lower court improperly denied a voter referendum on the proposed $3.5-billion Mount Holly Club resort, and ordered that such a referendum on the ...

Schools across the Flathead Valley closed their doors Friday morning because of icy road conditions, according to the Flathead County Schools Web site.

A Montana agency has prepared a new air-quality permit necessary for a small, western Montana power plant to resume operating after a lapse of several years.

The federal government is allocating $2.3 million to improve and expand airports in 16 Montana communities.

Spring Creek Lodge closed its doors for the last time Friday Jan. 9, leaving everyone who had been employed there unemployed and the students at the lodge without a place to go.

If a House bill heard Wednesday becomes law, voters in 17 counties will cast their ballots by mail in 2009 and 2010 elections as a part of a pilot project.

Mayor Louis LaRock - "Louie" to pretty much everyone in this town of 1,600 people - left Thompson Falls and joined the U.S. Navy in 1971, with no intention of ever returning.

Stream access, election-day voter registration, the state budget, landlord-tenant laws and health care are among the upcoming topics at the Montana Legislature, as it cranks into high gear this week.