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Kalispell passes new law targeting panhandlers, motorists
Kalispell City Council approved an ordinance Monday that would criminalize panhandling, selling goods and making...
Gallatin County attorney reviewing more than 100 unprosecuted cases
The Gallatin County attorney is creating a task force to look at more than 100 cases — the majority alleging sexual violence — that her predecessor's office apparently did not review to see if charges could still...
Browning man sentenced for child sex abuse
A Browning man was sentenced Monday to 18 years and nine months behind bars for sexually abusing two girls on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation about 20 years ago.
Montana pension funds take a $3M loss in banking collapse
After last week’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, public pension systems began reporting that they were part of the collateral damage don...
Case dismissed against man accused of threatening another with skid steer
A Flathead County District judge in January dismissed a criminal negligence charge against a man previously accused of menacing another individual with a ski...
Registration open for FVCC summer classes
Flathead Valley Community College’s summer semester registration is open and classes begin Monday, May 22.
‘Intoxicated,’ ‘uncooperative’ woman allegedly admits to attack
Confronted by Kalispell Police officers, a woman allegedly admitted to attacking a man with a baseball bat at a motel in the city during the early morning ho...
Man sentenced for box cutter attack
Brockton Lorn Ferguson, 36, received 14 years behind bars with the remainder suspended at his March 20 sentencing on a felony aggravated assault charge in Fl...
Biden administration invests $197 million into wildfire defense fund
A $197 million investment into a community wildfire defense program was announced by Vice President Kamala Harris, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Whit...
Legislature moves to name highway after Blackfeet chief
Though it took some work, the Legislature passed a bill to rename a section of Montana Highway 89 on the Blackfeet Reservation after the late Blackfeet chief...
Gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors has second hearing
A bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors received nearly three hours of testimony Monday in its designated House committee, the first major action on the legislation since it passed out of the S...
Law roundup: Fresh paint job vandalized with razor blade
An employee reportedly found the handiwork of some scallywag who took a razor blade to a freshly painted truck and called the Kalispell Police Department.
Couple faces murder charges in Crow girl's 2019 death
A Montana couple faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in the 2019 disappearance and death of a 6-year-old girl on the Crow Indian Reservation.
Avelo Airlines brings direct LA flights to Glacier Park International Airport
A new airline is coming to Glacier Park International Airport this summer to offer direct flights to Los Angeles.
Commissioner Brodehl plans to seek second term
The Republican represents District 3 in the western part of the county.