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PHOTOS: Memorial Day ceremony in Whitefish honors fallen troops
Whitefish VFW Post 276 hosts a Memorial Day ceremony at the Whitefish Cemetery on Monday, May 25, 2026.
Law roundup: Man bashes vehicle with tire iron
A man reportedly called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office screaming when a man driving a Ford got out of the vehicle and holding a tire iron strode toward the caller’s car where he bashed in the windshield and b…
Efforts continue to merge Logan Health, Billings Clinic hospital systems
Integrating the clinical services and technology systems at Logan Health-Billings Clinic is a top priority for new leadership at the hospital system.
Experimental student testing model slated for statewide rollout
This spring marked a departure from the usual end-of-year testing regime at Missoula’s Hellgate Elementary School District. Gone were the back-to-back weeks of summative assessments students and teachers had grown …
Republican voters in Lincoln County drop incumbent commissioner Josh Letcher
Lincoln County voters denied District 3 Commissioner Josh Letcher a second term and also voted down an initiative to create an independent library district in …
Life sentence given to man convicted for running down trooper
Life without parole was the sentence Flathead County District Court Judge Danni Coffman delivered to Jason Allen Miller on Wednesday afternoon in the Lincoln C…
Relocation fund established for displaced mobile home residents
In response to the mass eviction notices issued to residents of a mobile home park in Evergreen, Whitefish Community Foundation has awarded a $45,000 Emergency Response Grant to NeighborWorks Montana to help displa…
Tranel outlines federal housing plan
Democratic congressional candidate Monica Tranel last month joined a chorus of calls to ban hedge funds from buying up homes as a way to alleviate the housing …
Law roundup: No sanctuary for ‘transients’
Finding three strangers in the door area of the main sanctuary of their church, a pastor asked officers with the Kalispell Police Department to give them the bum’s rush.
Lynch, Swanson, Wilson and Bidegaray advance to Montana Supreme Court general election
The four most prominent candidates for the Montana Supreme Court all advanced from their primary elections Tuesday evening.
Northwest Montana United Way to start relocation assistance program for homeless
The Northwest Montana United Way is launching a program to connect homeless people in Flathead County to family, friends and assistance programs outside of the…
Court gives neighbors say in Glacier National Park inholder lawsuit
A group of West Glacier residents have been given intervenor status in a federal case involving a private home allegedly built illegally on the banks of McDona…
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day l…
Alleged robber held up three at gunpoint
A Flathead Valley man is behind bars after allegedly holding up at gunpoint several people outside a Whitefish area bar Monday night.
Law roundup: Children take go-kart for joyride in the street
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department reportedly concerned about the safety and legality of 8-year-olds driving a “NASCAR go-kart-type vehicle” in front of cars. The person called police back urging office…
Schubert knocks off Brockman while Sprunger tops conservative rival
Republican voters sent incumbent state Rep. Tony Brockman packing during Tuesday’s primary election, backing instead a teenage political neophyte for House Dis…