News
Stay current with top stories from Northwest Montana, including local government updates, education news, community issues, public safety, environmental reports, and regional developments.
Curiosity for cuisine: Whitefish Chef Earl Reynolds lets twists on classics drive the menu
There are many hallmarks of success in Earl Reynolds' career, but earning a second James Beard Award nomination fo…
Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a rul…
Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support f…
The Pie Lady: Jean Flynn’s pop-up pie stand pays vintage shops a visit
PIE HERE NOW announces a sandwich board on Nucleus Avenue, the boldness of the proclamation softened by a picture of a smiling blond girl holding a bushel of w…
UM to present honorary doctorates to Lily Gladstone, Carol Murray
On March 15 the state Board of Regents approved UM’s request to present the doctorates during Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11.
County Republican committee endorses primary challengers to Brockman, Sprunger
The Flathead County Republican Central Committee has endorsed the primary opponents of two GOP lawmakers seeking reelection to the state Legislature after both…
Law roundup: These teens got no chill
A gaggle of teens in need of a chill pill were apparently blazing marijuana around a 9-year-old child near the front entrance of a building and threatening to kill people.
Flathead Electric Co-op awards about $30K in Roundup for Safety grants in March
Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety Board awarded $29,818 in grant funds supporting nine community safety projects March 14.
Columbia Falls moves ahead with affordable housing project
The Columbia Falls City Council earlier this month decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Street on what is now a baseball field.
Voters to decide fate of Lincoln County Library system
Voters in Lincoln County will decide the fate of its three libraries in June.
Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed
After two months of litigation and consideration, the Montana Supreme Court on Monday overruled the state attorney general’s January finding that a constitutio…
State school board approves alternative teacher licensure program
Montana is changing requirements around teacher licensure in order to fill vacancies in the state.
Record-low snowpack worries researches at University of Montana
MISSOULA – Snowpack this winter continues to be at an all-time low across several river basins in western Montana, indicating that this year could see water sh…
Argument over music preceded standoff, court docs say
“Ask me to turn down the music again,” Nathaniel Everett Wood, 31, told his significant other with the gun pointed at her head just after midnight March 17, ac…
Kalispell voters approve public safety levy
Kalispell voters on Tuesday approved a public safety levy that will raise an estimated $4.6 million in its first year for emergency services.
Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration …