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Kalispell Council seeks $25M grant for roundabouts, crosswalk upgrades along Main Street
Kalispell City Council on Monday voted unanimously to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safety on Main …
Visitor hurt when bison knocks her to ground at Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park officials say a visitor was injured when she was knocked to the ground after getting too close to a bison near the popular Old Faithf…
Protest against virus restrictions held at Montana Capitol
Armed demonstrators were among a group gathered at the Montana Capitol to protest the state government’s response to the coronavirus
Coronavirus shapes Montana governor race as primary nears
The coronavirus is helping shape the race for Montana governor and giving Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney an unexpected boost as he faces a well-financed opponent with ex…
Legislative candidate files grievance against governor over COVID actions
Nick Ramlow, a Libertarian candidate for House District 7 in Kalispell, posted a message on his Facebook page on May 8 telling local business owners to contact…
County faces lawsuit over Lake Five permit
A group of individuals have filed suit against Flathead County over a resort county commissioners approved earlier this year on Lake Five, a picturesque lake n…
Grassroots group takes on bus safety initiatives
A small group of community members have rallied around improving school bus safety one person, elected official and school district at a time in response to th…
Coffee customer gives girl the creeps
A woman told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office of a “secondhand report of a creepy man hanging around the coffee.” The caller’s daughter said the man, identified as someone in his 60s or 70s, didn’t “speak Engli…
Woman who ran escort service now facing drug charges
A Kalispell woman who pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and received a suspended sentence in 2019 was returned to the Flathead County Detention Center r…
Judge blocks law that prevented absentee ballot collection
A Montana judge has temporarily blocked a voter-approved law that restricts the collection of absentee ballots
Travel is believed to be link to outbreak in Ravalli County
Ravalli County health officers are investigating a cluster of COVID-19 cases
GOP files ethics complaint over Cooney's campaign meeting
The Montana Republican Party has filed an ethics complaint with the Commissioner of Political Practices alleging Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney participated in a campaign strategy call in his office at the Capitol
Easement rounds off 12,000-acre project on Flathead River
The Flathead Land Trust’s “Flathead River Conservation” project was recently completed after a 155-acre parcel was added to a network of conserved land totalin…
Great Falls educator named Glacier principal
Joel Auers of Great Falls has been named the new Glacier High School principal.
Girl gang gets into trouble
A group of “grade school-age girls” seemed to be causing trouble in Columbia Falls. Six or seven of them were reportedly trying to break a soccer goal and a woman “chased them off.” She asked the Columbia Falls Pol…
Whitefish tech firm joins global partnership
It can be a little hard for the layperson to comprehend exactly what goes on at Neuro-ID, the Whitefish technology company that provides insight into customer behavior during digital transactions. But there’s one t…