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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15
Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.
Biden proposal would let conservationists lease public land much as drillers and ranchers do
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration wants to put conserving vast government-owned lands on equal footing with oil drilling, livestock grazing and o…
Land stewardship focus of new Bob Marshall foundation director
Now, entering a new position as the executive director of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, Clifford Kipp reflects on a nearly 25-year-long career doing …
Kalispell City Council to review public safety spending at Monday meeting
Kalispell City Council on Monday will vote on the final plat approval for a single-family housing development on the municipality’s north end and continue with…
Whitefish City Council looks at revamp of landscape standards
City Council meets at 7:10 p.m. at City Hall, 418 E Second St.
Law roundup: Transient settles in for the night in gaga pit
A transient and their animals reportedly used a school’s gaga ball pit, an enclosed wooden structure, for their sleeping accommodations and someone requested extra patrol from Kalispell Police Department after find…
Art helps stroke survivors in healing process
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 600,000 people on average in the United States have a stroke for the first time every ye…
State biologists concerned about future of bull trout in Montana
According to a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks study, trends show redd declines in around 50% of observed streams and tributaries. While the amount of redds i…
Former Casey's to house new restaurant in downtown Whitefish
This summer, the building, now called 101 Central, is set to have a new restaurant called Herb and Omni. In addition, there will be entertainment upstairs at t…
Kalispell walk looks to support unsheltered veterans
The annual VA2K event features a 2-kilometer walk and roll and encourages people to live active lifestyles and support veterans who are unsheltered through voluntary donations of food and new clothing items.
Law roundup: Dog injures itself chewing on vehicle window
A dog left in a black Explorer appeared to have broken a window and was reportedly chewing on it and bleeding.
PHOTOS: Flathead Valley Community College's Class of 2023 commencement ceremony
Flathead Valley Community College held its 55th commencement ceremony inside McClaren Hall at the Wachholz College Center on Friday, May 12. A total of 268 gra…
Canceled election costs West Valley School
Canceling May’s mail ballot election at the eleventh hour because of an overlooked deadline cost the West Valley School about $3,183 and district trustees this…
Planning board OK's child care center expansion
The Kalispell Planning Board recommended that a proposed child care center at Northridge Lutheran Church go ahead at its meeting Tuesday.
Gianforte vetoes bipartisan child welfare and state hospital reforms
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday vetoed some of the most significant reforms to child welfare and state mental health systems passed by the Legislature this year. The three bills, sponsored by Republicans and Democr…
Libby's O'Rourke sets his sights on space
Isaac O'Rourke, a 2021 Libby High School graduate and current student at Montana State University in Bozeman, attributes much of his success to hands-on classe…