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Counting machines add vote of confidence to elections security
The conference room of the Flathead County Elections Department whirred with noise. Volunteers rattled off strings…
Scouts present Tom Sliter Community Partnership Awards
Funds raised help support various programs to advance scouting skills and leadership growth for just under 300 scouts and adult scout leaders in Northwest Mont…
Law roundup: Mailbox, not fireworks, explodes
A man told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office he thought he heard fireworks going off during the night but was wrong and claimed the commotion was caused by someone blowing up a mailbox.
Alpine coaster near Lakeside opens for business
The Flathead Lake Alpine Coaster is open for business after more than a year of skirmishing with neighbors opposed to the project.
Kalispell mayor expresses support for council on homelessness following murder
Mayor Mark Johnson and several members of Kalispell City Council on Monday backed the idea of creating an advisory council focused on the community’s unhoused …
19-year-old charged with deliberate homicide in homeless man’s death
Prosecutors have brought Kaleb Elijah Fleck up on a deliberate homicide charge for the murder of a homeless man over the weekend, alleging in court documents t…
Helena judge orders Gianforte to produce communications with mining company
Two environmental groups are positioned to receive previously undisclosed communications between Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and Hecla, an Idaho-based company …
Republican Tim Sheehy announces bid for Tester’s US Senate seat
Tim Sheehy, the Bridger Aerospace CEO rumored for months as a recruit for the Republican primary to face incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in next year…
US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places
DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in…
Supreme Court rules state courts can play role in policing federal elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina's top court did not overstep its bounds in striking down a congressional districting p…
Logan Health brings in new robotic-assisted platform for lung biopsies
The Flathead Valley sees more than the average amount of lung cancer cases when compared to other parts of Montana and the rest of the United States. That’s ac…
Speakers call for renewed commitment to debate, compromise at event celebrating state constitution
Former Republican Gov. Marc Racicot argued that democracy works best when Montanans come together with good sense and fidelity at a forum on the state constitu…
Kalispell man faces felony charge for punching officer during arrest
Dennis Wayne Prichard of Kalispell faces a felony charge of assault on a peace officer and misdemeanor counts of assault and criminal mischief in Flathead Coun…
Cleanup begins after freight train derails into Yellowstone River
Montana Rail Link has begun cleaning up a derailment that occurred Saturday morning on a bridge near Reed Point, southeast of Big Timber, sending rail cars loa…
Law roundup: Woman reports equine entanglement
A woman reported to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office that two horses were fighting with her horses.
Friends mourn homeless man killed in Kalispell attack
Several dozen of Kalispell’s homeless residents gathered at the Flathead Warming Center on Monday to remember Scott E. Bryan, a homeless man who authorities sa…