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Retiring Sister Judy Lund recognized with Spirit of Montana award for 'lifetime of service'
Students and teachers at St. Matthew’s Catholic School rose for a standing ovation as Gov. Greg Gianforte bestowed…
Montana health centers to receive $9.1M for COVID
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $9 million to Montana to support 14 of the state’s health centers through the coronavirus outbreak.
C-Falls council meeting marred by obscenities from hackers
A Columbia Falls City Council meeting Monday night by Zoom videoconferencing was repeatedly sabotaged by hackers, who yelled out racial slurs, made pornographi…
Driver who hit Olney girl charged with criminal endangerment
The driver of a vehicle who ran over a little girl getting off a school last year has been charged with criminal endangerment.
Man killed in shooting at a south-central Montana trailhead
Carbon County officials are investigating a shooting that left one man dead at a trailhead south of Red Lodge in south-central Montana
Montana's Fort Peck tribes report 2 COVID-19 cases
Montana's Fort Peck Tribes have reported two cases of COVID-19, believed to be the first on any Indian reservation in the state
2 women arraigned in Montana man's strangulation death
Two Montana women have been arraigned on charges related to the death of a man whose body was found between a washer and dryer with a plastic bag over his head
Columbia Falls woman details journey home from Peru
Head pounding and muscles aching from her 30-hour trip, Brooke Sample looked out the window of her Canadair regional jet as it approached the runway at Glacier…
Hop to it: Virtual Easter egg hunt underway
With Easter Sunday hopping closer and closer, “The Great Online Easter Egg Hunt” is on for children in the valley.
West Valley School District cancels election
West Valley School District canceled its May election after the board decided not to request a $175,000 technology levy.
Woman ready to pitch in at work
Some people carry briefcases to work, while others carry pitchforks. Flathead County Sheriff’s Office made contact with such a woman who was allegedly carrying a pitchfork on U.S. 2. She told deputies she was on he…
Campaign to help nonprofits counter COVID-19 effects
In an effort to help nonprofits suffering operationally from the coronavirus outbreak, the Whitefish Community Foundation will participate in the global Day of Giving and Unity by hosting an online donation campaig…
Local collaborative aims to secure temporary homeless shelter
A group of local Flathead County shelters, mental-health providers, churches, homeless teens and domestic violence organizations, law enforcement and other entities are working to secure a location to provide addit…
Kalispell declares state of emergency
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Bullock extends stay-at-home order until April 24
Gov. Steve Bullock issued a directive on Tuesday extending statewide stay-at-home orders for at least two more weeks.
Evidence of community spread emerges in Flathead County
Community spread of the coronavirus has officially been documented in Flathead County, according to a Tuesday press release from the Flathead City-County Health Department.