Old Jon King

In December of 2011, an English boy named Jack Drager spent four days racking up an enormous debt while buying digital animals on his parents iPad. The final tally was 1,300 pounds or approximately 2,084 dollars all spent on the app Tap Zoo. Tears flowed when Mom and Dad found out about the spending, but things turned out all right. In the end, Jack got some free animals because Apple agreed to re

The last standing home of Benjamin Franklin holds some surprising secrets. The house, located at 36 Craven Street in London, was in the process of being remodeled when workers found a human thighbone buried in the home’s dug-out basement.

The city of Seattle just made it illegal for a shop-owner (or anyone for that matter) to ask a breastfeeding mother to cover up, move to another location, or stop suckling their young. The law is an extension of laws passed in dozens of states that are designed to stop discrimination against breastfeeding moms, but this is the first to make exposure a civil rights issue on par with disabilities, e

Ahh, Spring. When the birds and bees start frolicking and people get the urge to marry themselves.

The Stache Act (Stimulus to Allow Critical Hair Expenses) is advertised as a stimulus bill that would send $250.00 back to mustache wearing Americans in the form of a tax break. The act is really an ad for HR Block that deftly combines humor and sympathy (they support Millions from One an organization that brings clean water to areas in need) ...

The team at the Double Front hopes to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by cooking and serving 2,000 chicken dinners.

On Valentine’s Day, the Western Montana Heart Gallery will display the faces of 5 foster care children in need of a permanent home. The children on display are a small fraction of the number of Montana children in need of a family. In Western Montana alone (including Missoula, Lake, Ravalli, Mineral, Flathead, and Sanderson counties) there are currently 80 children waiting to be adopted. Thos ...

The Jesus statue that sits on top of Big Mountain in Whitefish is the subject of yet another lawsuit. This time, a group called the Freedom From Religion Foundation is challenging the recent renewal of the special use permit given by the forest service to the Knights of Columbus ...

As of today, five of America’s largest banks have agreed to a $25 billion dollar settlement over foreclosure violations. Bank of America, CitiBank, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and GMAC were confronted by 49 Attorney Generals representing every state except Oklahoma...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today its proposal to acquire 652 acres of land around the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Public Affairs Specialist for the BLM Montana/Dakotas State Office, Kristen Lenhardt explains the intent of the proposal ...

There are few people more interesting to interview than Senior Petroleum Analyst for Gasbuddy.com, Patrick Dehaan.

The avalanche victim whose body was found near Fish Creek Road yesterday was revealed today to be Mr. Mark Albee (age 42) of Bigfork. Earlier story here. Albee’s body was retrieved from beneath piles of snow and it appears that the avalanche led to his death. KGVO ...