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Whitefish pursuing grant for railroad overpass on East Second Street
The Whitefish City Council gave Public Works Director Craig Workman the go ahead to apply for a grant to build a $…
Woman, dog struck and killed by train in northern Montana
CHINOOK, Mont. (AP) — A 41-year-old woman and her dog were struck and killed by a freight train in northern Montana over the weekend, Blaine County officials said.
Montana juvenile suspect charged in fatal shooting
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Prosecutors in Montana have filed charges against a juvenile in connection with a fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy last week in Great Falls.
Montana reaches tobacco company settlement of $100 million
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana will recover more than $49 million in payments and interest wrongly withheld by tobacco companies that were due under a 1998 settl…
Former Glacier Park botanist cultivates the arts in Whitefish
You can take the girl out of the city, and in Jen Asebrook’s case, that girl will be just as happy in the wilds of Montana.
Weekly roundup: C-Falls mulls use for tax-increment revenue
The city of Columbia Falls will have about $441,000 in tax increment financing revenue to spend next year.
Kalispell council considers lot sale to engineering firm
The potential sale of a city lot to engineering firm Robert Peccia and Associates (RPA) is the lone agenda item tonight for the Kalispell City Council.
Art project, subdivision on Whitefish City Council agenda
The Whitefish City Council is scheduled to consider the final plat for a 15-lot subdivision off Armory Road, as well as a plan to secure a state tourism grant for artwork on the soon-to-be-completed Baker Avenue pe…
Woman salvages caramel corn boxes
A woman out for a walk with her pets reportedly sniffed out two boxes of caramel corn stacked behind garages and thought they were stolen. She took the boxes into her apartment and told the Kalispell Police Departm…
A new chapter begins for historic Somers mansion
The first time Jasmine Morton visited the mysterious yellow mansion on the hill overlooking her hometown of Somers, she was an intrepid third-grader carrying a…
Kalispell Chamber embarks on new leadership
As the Kalispell business community looks to the future and what lies beyond the pandemic, it will have a new leader to help navigate that path forward.
Caregiver of the Year: Nurse honored for work at North Valley Hospital
When patients come into North Valley Hospital's seasonal clinics, they are often seeking immediate care more often than not while on vacation here.
Man with a bucket seeks his way home
A Bluebird Drive resident in Kalispell reportedly told <strong>Flathead County Sheriff’s Office</strong> that a guy with a bucket was snooping around and told them he was trying to get home.
Virus-related deaths in Montana climb over 500
Montana recorded another 37 COVID-19 related deaths Saturday, pushing the state’s death toll over 500.
Pandemic, politics fuel brisk local liquor sales
COVID-19 cases are rising across the state of Montana, and so, too, are liquor sales.
Boys and Girls Club gets sizable COVID relief grant
The Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country recently received a $300,000 state COVID-19 relief grant, interim Director Mandy Anderson said last week.