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Making the grade — Kalispell Public Schools leader named regional superintendent of the year
Wrapping up his second school year leading Kalispell Public Schools, Matt Jensen has been named regional Superinte…
Downtown business group supports park measures
Property and business owners represented a large portion of the residents complaining about the presence of homeless people and providing reports to the city o…
Montana Considers Allowing Physician Assistants to Practice Independently
Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter's Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician assistant trained in treating addiction. She had gone through specialized training that allowed her to prescribe Suboxo…
‘User fee’ bill would harm Montana nonprofits with already-slim margins, opponents say
More than a dozen nonprofit organization officials told a Republican lawmaker last week her bill was a tax masquerading as a fee that targets some of Montana’s…
Ag students receive Wilderness First Aid certification
Twenty-one natural resources students at the H.E. Robinson Ag Center recently received Wilderness First Aid certification.
Whitefish lakes conference taking submissions
The conference runs Oct. 18-20 with the theme conference being “Montana Lakes at Risk; Challenges and Opportunities.”
Resort tax revision would allow funding of workforce housing
A bill that would revise Montana’s resort tax laws by increasing the population cap and allowing for a percentage of the tax to go toward workforce housing was…
Law roundup: Who let the dogs out? (Who, who, who, who, who)
An Akita-mix overcame a fenced yard to chase after another dog, prompting a response from the Kalispell Police Department.
County planning board again rejects KM Ranch proposal
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday again gave a negative recommendation for a proposal that could lead to a residential development along KM Ranch…
Bill aimed at drag shows gets hearing in House Judiciary Committee
Critics lambasted a bill aimed at restricting drag shows during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday as rife with possible unintended consequences whil…
Suspect in Kalispell hotel shooting charged with assault with a weapon
Prosecutors filed two counts of felony assault with a weapon Thursday against the man arrested in connection with a shooting in a U.S. 2 hotel in Kalispell ear…
Whitefish murder suspect pleads not guilty
The man charged with the shooting death of a neighbor in a Whitefish extended-stay hotel pleaded not guilty to one count of deliberate homicide in Flathead Cou…
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks outlines efforts to protect westslope cutthroat trout
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin’s tr…
Law roundup:Dividing line deepens between neighbors
Division between neighbors deepened when a woman called the police claiming her neighbor was banging on her door and had “challenged her” by asking if she was having company over, to which she replied that it was n…
Economic outlook conference talks "in-migration"
The seminar’s keynote speaker, economist Bryce Ward, discussed the trends driving the increase in Montana’s popularity — often attributed to the hit television show “Yellowstone” — and what the state’s future might…
Compact settlement delivers $157 million to CSKT
The Department of the Interior last week released nearly $580 million to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims.