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Construction of new Flathead County jail celebrated with groundbreaking ceremony
Nearly 20 people involved with the project posed for the photo-op, including the three county commissioners, Sheri…
Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt's border with Gaza on Monday, as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded for water, food, and fuel …
Montana FWP chief of operations on administrative leave
Mike Volesky, the chief of operations for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, was put on administrative leave last week after he was cited for hunting without permission in Lewis and Clark County, a…
Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday…
FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — but proper…
Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said Monday it has started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border as t…
Kalispell City Council to host public hearing on federal housing grant
If the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing grant is awarded, city officials are planning on spending $200,000 toward a housing study, $363,66 to a growth…
Bereavement doula helps families navigate grief
Navigating life after death is difficult and nuanced, especially when it involves the death of an infant.
Whitefish Council looks to increase impact fees
Whitefish City Council on Monday will consider approving a significant increase in the impact fees it collects on new development and in a related decision whe…
Law roundup: Driver hands out beers after accident
People had a blasé attitude about a woman hitting a car in front of her. The person
Two die in separate crashes Saturday
Two men from Kalispell and Libby died in separate crashes Saturday.
Montana PSC's Pinocci arrested on felony witness tampering charges
Montana Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci was arrested in Great Falls Friday on two felony witness tampering charges related to an ongoing investigatio…
Past and present — Cayuse Prairie School marks 125 years of learning
On Sept. 23, past and present students and staff crossed paths and shared smiles in the hallways of Cayuse Prairie School during the district’s 125th anniversa…
Glacier High students inducted into National Honor Society
Seventy-nine Glacier High School students have been inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society.
Kalispell man replicates a stretch of local railroad history
Sitting in Steve Horvath’s Kalispell garage is an accurate model of the old rail line running through Kalispell, a project he started nearly nine years ago.
FVCC holds training on ponderosa pine trees
Flathead Valley Community College's Natural Resource Conservation and Management students are hosting a training for a new citizen science mapping effort to investigate the health of ponderosa pine trees in the Fla…