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Kalispell Middle School teacher wins History Teacher of the Year Award
All the work tanning hides, building log cabins, panning for gold and garnets, grinding wheat and churning butter,…
Timber management project aims to mimic natural process
Forests regenerate on their own naturally, sometimes through wildfire. In 1929, the Half Moon fire burned more than 100,000 acres in the Flathead Valley and Gl…
Sprunger tackles liquor license system in hopes of fostering entrepreneurship
Flathead lawmakers have introduced a raft of alcohol-related bills during the Legislative Session, but a recent addition to the mix is already generating a buz…
County commissioners commit to constructing septage plant
On any given day between 20,000 and 40,000 gallons of septage waste needs to be pumped from septic tanks and treated, according to the county, but with the rapid growth in the area suitable land for disposal of tha…
Law roundup: Individuals find out where the beef is
Kalispell Police Department received a report that two girls who have a beef with another girl allegedly showed up at her location, punched her and threw her into a wall.
Polson student D.C. bound after winning state poetry reading contest
As Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown inhabits the poem that won him the state Poetry Out Loud championship, he does so carefully, his voice almost conversational at fir…
Tester calls on Biden to tackle selenium pollution
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to Canada, U.S Sen. Jon Tester raised concerns pertaining to Northwest Montana in a letter sent to the White House, includ…
Columbia Falls man booked in county jail following police pursuit in Kalispell
Officers detained Eric Scott Dolence on U.S. 93 South after the police pursuit began about 7:30 p.m., March 23.
US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker
BEIRUT (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces …
Bill creating Western Conservation Commission resurrected in the House
A push to consolidate two conservation commissions focused on Northwest Montana waterways got a breath of new life last week, but it comes with a catch.
Suspended sentence handed down to rapist
Judge Robert Allison handed down March 21 a 10-year suspended sentence with the state Department of Corrections to Fabian Alexander Calderon for a rape charge …
Applications open for NILE Merit Heifer program
Four-H and FFA members have the opportunity to be selected to raise a heifer and build their own herd through the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) Merit Heifer program.
Flu season tapering off in Flathead County, but other outbreaks still an issue
Hospitalizations in Flathead County are declining after a rough start to flu season, but there are many other outbreaks health department officials are keeping…
Roundup for Safety funds orange safety vests for Hunter Ed grads
Flathead Wildlife works with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to provide each successful area graduate of the Hunter Education program with a hunter orange sa…
Montana State to award honorary doctorate to Robyn Jones
Robyn Jones and her husband, Mark, who split their time between Whitefish and Fort Worth, Texas, made a $101 million philanthropic donation to MSU's nursing co…
Law roundup: Always pay the painter
Upset at apparently not receiving payment for a house painting job in a timely fashion, the contractor returned to the work site to splash “pay the painter” all over a home.