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Kalispell City Council to vote on federal grant for pedestrian safety upgrades
Kalispell City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safet…
Glacier Park waiting on Washington for reservation decision
Glacier National Park is now awaiting a decision from the Park Service’s Washington, D.C. offices on whether it can implement a ticketed reservation system for…
Law enforcement officials weigh in on mask mandate
The jail roster listing inmates in the Flathead County Detention Center typically includes people accused or convicted of murder, drug offenses, driving under …
California man won’t wear a mask
A California man told the Kalispell Police Department he was discriminated against by a restaurant since “he is allowed to access businesses without a mask in his home state.” He said this had not been an issue at …
Whitefish townhouse project includes 3 affordable units
The Whitefish City Council last week approved a 20-townhouse residential subdivision for West Second Street that plans to include three deed-restricted affordable units.
Collaboration provides produce to those in need
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused local farmers to lose business from some of their markets, especially through school and restaurant closures, and many familie…
Federal grant enhances rural residency program
Kalispell Regional Healthcare is one of three hospital systems in western Montana to sponsor a residency program that recently received a $2.5 million federal grant that will go toward enhancing training for reside…
Jury trial postponed for Polson woman accused of murder
The trial of a Polson woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend in Thompson Falls in 2018 has been postponed.
Records: Montana governor feared backlash over mask mandate
Records show Montana Gov. Steve Bullock issued a statewide mandate to wear masks after hundreds of Montana residents, business owners and health care leaders d…
Funeral home identifies 2 of 3 victims of Montana arson fire
A funeral home in western Montana has released the names of two of the three victims of a July 6 arson fire in Corvallis
Motorcyclist dies in collision with deer
A North Dakota man died in a motorcycle crash Thursday night when he collided with a deer near Woods Bay south of Bigfork.
Stakeholders aim to secure easement on 200,000 acres
Nearly 200,000 acres of timberlands stretching from Glacier National Park to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and down to the Selkirks and Idaho Panhandle have…
Attendees should expect fair to ‘be different this year’
All across Montana, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb, county officials have chosen either to cancel or greatly scale back their annual county fairs in an ef…
As outbreaks increase, Montana’s early warning system falters
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Montana, surveillance testing designed to serve as an early warning system to prevent large outbreaks and keep businesses open is increasingly becoming ineffective, public heal…
Stoltze awarded Taylor Hellroaring project
The Taylor Hellroaring Forest Management Project sold to winning bidder F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. of Columbia Falls earlier this month, according to a press release from the Flathead National Forest.
Public, businesses asked to do part to follow mask directive
Local health officials are asking the public and businesses to do their part to adhere to Gov. Steve Bullock’s mandate on wearing masks.