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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,…
Columbia Falls postpones decision on subdivision
After a meeting that went past midnight Tuesday, the Columbia Falls City Council held off on making a decision on a proposed 180-unit rental complex on land ju…
Warm Springs administrators put on leave
The interim administrator at the Montana State Hospital has been put on administrative leave, a new development in the yearslong struggle to stabilize the beleaguered adult psychiatric facility.
ImagineIF Board puts Gateway Community Center move on hold, for now
The ImagineIF Kalispell branch isn’t moving into the Gateway Community Center just yet, as trustees weigh other options for the library’s new home.
North Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics
A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted s…
Budget bill clears House debate with GOP support
The Montana House’s Republican supermajority voted in near-lockstep Wednesday to rebuff Democratic efforts to amend Montana’s primary two-year budget bill, cle…
Prosecutors: Third boy alleges rape by youth hockey coach jailed in Butte
Prosecutors say a third young boy has come forward with allegations that a youth hockey coach from Flathead County raped him by inserting an unknown object in …
Glacier National Park headed for a busy construction season
Several major construction projects are planned in and around Glacier National Park this summer, and officials are encouraging visitors to plan ahead and prepa…
Law roundup: Spooky sounds heard on open line
Dispatchers were reportedly getting ghost 911 calls from an old gas station building that no longer exists and heard loud humming sounds and static on the open line.
Gallatin County attorney reviewing more than 100 unprosecuted cases
The Gallatin County attorney is creating a task force to look at more than 100 cases — the majority alleging sexual violence — that her predecessor's office apparently did not review to see if charges could still b…
Kalispell passes new law targeting panhandlers, motorists
Kalispell City Council approved an ordinance Monday that would criminalize panhandling, selling goods and making donations on roadways in the city.
Browning man sentenced for child sex abuse
A Browning man was sentenced Monday to 18 years and nine months behind bars for sexually abusing two girls on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation about 20 years ago.
Montana pension funds take a $3M loss in banking collapse
After last week’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, public pension systems began reporting that they were part of the collateral damage done …
Marion man receives deferred sentence for misdemeanor charge
A Marion man brought up on a felony charge for allegedly pointing a handgun at his then girlfriend’s father in June 2022 received a deferred sentence after str…
Case dismissed against man accused of threatening another with skid steer
A Flathead County District judge in January dismissed a criminal negligence charge against a man previously accused of menacing another individual with a skid …
Registration open for FVCC summer classes
Flathead Valley Community College’s summer semester registration is open and classes begin Monday, May 22.