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Updated 4 hours, 32 minutes ago

Whitefish examines plan to manage city’s deer population

Deer have long been a fixture of downtown and residential areas of Whitefish. But as the city has grown and the de…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Columbia Falls man dies after pontoon boat flips near Glacier Rim

A Columbia Falls man died late Saturday afternoon after his fishing pontoon boat flipped while floating on the North Fork of the Flathead River near Glacier Rim.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Website helps match sellers of water rights with buyers

Matching buyers and sellers of water rights as well as firms that can work out the notoriously complex transactions is the goal of a new online platform in the…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Group covers Bigfork student lunch debts

weekly roundup

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
At-home workout program isn’t Kalispell cowboy’s first rodeo

Monday profile

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Estranged wife steals key, puts noose in tree

Law roundup

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
State police returning to Portland following deadly shooting

State Police will return to Portland to help local authorities after the fatal shooting of a man following clashes between President Donald Trump supporters an…

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Montana sees 1st case of COVID-related inflammatory disease

The first case of a rare COVID-19-related inflammatory disease in Montana has been reported in a child from Teton County, health officials said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Man dies when pickup truck he was working on rolled over him

A central Montana man was killed when the pickup truck he was working under rolled on top of him.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Former sheriff drowns while fishing on Missouri River

A former Pondera County sheriff and Conrad police chief drowned while fishing on the Missouri River, Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said.

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Man emerges from woods, shoots at Census taker

Law roundup

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Tensions emerge between BLM protesters, Trump supporters in Whitefish

BLM protesters, Trump supporters clash

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
New Somers Fire Hall aims for November opening

Somers Fire Hall nears completion, comes in under budget

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Virus deaths linked to Whitefish long-term care facility

Four recent COVID-19-related deaths in Flathead County have been tied to Whitefish Care and Rehabilitation Center

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Whitefish's annual Oktoberfest canceled

Annual Oktoberfest canceled

Updated 5 years, 8 months ago
Three arrested on weapons charges

Kalispell Police arrest three teens on weapons charges