Creekside Golf Club to host event for U.S. Senior Open (Salem Statesman Journal)
Creekside Golf Club in Salem will be hosting a qualifying event Wednesday for the United States Senior Open.
 
Co-op Bank pays mortgage borrowers (Financial Times)
Some Co-operative Bank borrowers, who are already enjoying ultra-low mortgage rates, have seen the cost of their home loans drop below zero as a result of dividends paid by the mutual to its members.
 
MT political leaders float restored Clark Fork River
Friday was a rough day at the office for some of Montana's political leaders. State leaders joined the Clark Folk Coalition for a part of the 320-mile float on the Clark Fork River Friday to show the recent restoration efforts on the river.
 
All smoke, no real fire in store for movie church
A church takes form as a construction crew builds the structure on Tybee Island for filming in "The Last Song". Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News A church takes form as a construction crew builds the structure on Tybee Island for filming in "The Last Song". Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News A church takes form as a construction crew ...
 
British homeowners reduce their mortgage debt by record £8bn as interest rates fall (Daily Mail)
Britain's mortgage payback boom is continuing as homeowners repay a record amount of their property debt, new figures show.
 
Halabi Companies Fail to Fix $1.9 Billion Mortgage Bond Default (Bloomberg)
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Investor Simon Halabi ’s real-estate companies failed to remedy a default on 1.15 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) of commercial mortgage bonds.
 
Phil Jackson will return
After the twists and turns of Thursday were finally put to rest, a clear, straight-ahead picture emerged Friday: The Lakers aren't done yet.
 
Energy-efficiency standards recommended for homes (The Montana Standard)
HELENA — A state council is recommending tougher energy-efficiency standards for new homes in Montana, such as requiring that unfinished basements be insulated.
 
Glacier Challenge Expects Biggest Turnout Ever (Flathead Beacon)
It’s been a good year for the Flathead Attention Home. First the emergency youth shelter moved into a spacious new house in Kalispell in May. Now it’s gearing up for what is expected to be the biggest turnout ever for its primary annual fundraiser: the Glacier Challenge. The Glacier Challenge is a multi-event endurance race that will cover more than 50 miles this year. Participants run, kayak, ...
 
Latest News (The Billings Outpost)
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES BROADWATER MERCANTILE ANTIQUES. NOW BUYING ANTIQUES like old postcards, Red Wing stoneware, older costume jewelry, painted label pop and milk bottles, military items like patches, pins, and any advertising especially from Billings and Montana; MANY NEW ITEMS in stock.
 
Lyme disease cases up in MT
Doctors have reported 15 cases of lyme disease in Montana this year, a sharp spike from previous years.
 
Sterling Financial Corporation of Spokane, Washington, Announces Second-Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SPOKANE, Wash.----Sterling Financial Corporation , today announced that it expects to release second-quarter 2009 earnings at 1:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Sterling plans to host a conference call for investors the next morning, July 24, 2009, at 8:00 a.m.
 
Mortgage repayment quickens (BBC News)
Homeowners in the UK paid back a record amount of their outstanding mortgage debt during the first three months of 2009.
 
Managers head to court in mortgage fund battle (Sydney Morning Herald)
THE battle for the rights to oversee City Pacific's flagship First Mortgage Fund is likely to be decided in the courts, with the embattled Gold Coast finance group saying yesterday that a unit-holder vote to remove it as the manager had failed by a hair's breadth.
 
Helena Man Dead after Bar Fight
The 32-year-old man who was reported to be in critical condition after a fight at the Corner Bar in Helena has died.
 
New Hiway 80 mission director faces challenges
Eric Burger is still adjusting to two things about East Texas: the heat and the abundance of churches.
 
Oregon Century: Part 19 - Smokejumpers
By Ron Brown A July 3, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - Smokejumping was first proposed in 1934, but it wasn't until 1939 that the first jumps were made at Winthrop, Washington.
 
New Zealand comes of age
In spite of bumper 2008 and 2009 harvests in New Zealand, I am more optimistic about the quality of wine coming out of the North and South islands than I have been for a very long time.
 
Episode gives star best of both worlds
'Army Wives' star Katelyn Pippy got to show off her hockey skills in the filming of an episode of the show to air in September.
 
Earl Hamm Sr.
Earl Hamm Sr., 67, of Hoosac St., Johnstown, died Thursday, July 2, at Nathan Littauer Hospital, Gloversville.