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New owner begins renovating former Outlaw Inn, details plan for extended-stay rentals
Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis has begun renovating the former Outlaw Inn after its previous owner left the bu…
Law roundup: Woman can’t find way out of wrecked SUV
An “old lady” reportedly hit a parked SUV, causing her SUV to flip on its side. She declined medical assistance but didn’t know how to get out.
Kalispell to begin treating forever chemicals in contaminated wells
Kalispell is purchasing equipment to treat forever chemicals detected at the Grandview Wells site.
Meals on Wheels program seeks support through livestock purchase
The Flathead County agency that distributes meals for seniors is hoping the upcoming market livestock sale at the Northwest Montana Fair & Rodeo could be an av…
Great Fish Community Challenge begins with launch party Aug. 8
Whitefish Community Foundation kicks off the 10th Great Fish Community Challenge on Thursday, Aug. 8 with the Great Fish Launch Party at Three Rivers Bank in W…
Gianforte, FWP say grizzly translocations shows Montana ready for delisting
After announcing on Friday that two grizzly bears from an ecosystem in northwest Montana had been translocated to Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming, Montan…
Law roundup: Why did the tortoise go to the courthouse?
Authorities identified it as a young African spurred tortoise, a threatened species of tortoise from the West African Sahel that doubles as a pet. One of the largest tortoises in the world, the African spurred tort…
New chapter begins with opening of Bigfork library branch
Patrons flooded into the new building, complete with roughly two to three times the number of books compared to the previous location inside the Bigfork Art an…
Kalispell City Council adopts amended Main Street Safety Action Plan
Kalispell City Council voted in favor of adopting an amended version of the Main Street Safety Action plan on Monday.
Wall Street rallies to bounce back from its worst day in nearly 2 years, as Japanese stocks soar
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are bouncing back, and calm is returning to Wall Street after Japan's market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses…
Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing an affable longtime politician who De…
Multiyear black bear study comes to Flathead Valley
State biologists are shining a light on Northwest Montana’s black bears as part of a multiyear effort to improve their understanding of the species’ habitat an…
Zinke, Tranel offer differing ideas on housing crunch
Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke and his Democratic challenger, Monica Tranel, don’t agree on much, but the two repeat rivals for western Montana’s seat in the U.S. …
Two Montana men indicted in illegal brown bear killing in Alaska
Two Montana men were indicted last month by a federal grand jury in Alaska on counts related to their illegal killing and transport of a brown bear on a nation…
Law roundup: Adults and children monkey around in the trees
lathead County Sheriff's Office received a report that three middle-aged men, two children and one woman were purportedly climbing a woman’s trees in Kalispell.
Fair Parade makes return to downtown Kalispell
Horses walking the route, chickens on floats and shiny cars driving along to the delight of youngsters and adults gathered in downtown Kalispell. The Northwest…