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Home Instead provides comfort and security for seniors needing at-home care
Home Instead is a global network of independently owned franchises that started in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Case dismissed against man facing assault with a weapon charge
Prosecutors brought Tausten Buck Vialpando, 30, up on the felony charge after a June 23 roadside dispute.
Law roundup: Staff try to stop woman from drinking and driving
Someone called the Kalispell Police Department when a belligerent woman allegedly threatened and hit a bartender.
Study looks at elk population in Lower Clark Fork
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has its Region 1 headquarters in Kalispell.
Denis Twohig, a founding father of the Glacier Mountaineering Society, dies
Denis Twohig, a pioneer in the Glacier National Park mountain climbing community, died Friday. He was 83.
Planning board again pans massive Columbia Falls subdivision proposal
For the second time in five months, the Columbia Falls City County Planning Board on Tuesday voted down the massive River Highlands subdivision project propose…
Source: Biden team finds more docs with classified markings
President Joe Biden's legal team has discovered additional documents containing classification markings in a second location, a person familiar with the matter…
Montana House passes bill allowing for state veterans cemetery in C-Falls
The Montana House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday in support of creating a state veterans cemetery in Northwest Montana.
State Supreme Court splits decision over judge’s actions in transgender birth certificate case
The Montana Supreme Court issued a split decision Tuesday in part of an ongoing case over how transgender people can amend the sex listing on their birth certificates, leaving all parties in another legal standoff …
W.R. Grace offers $18.5M to settle Montana asbestos claims
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $1…
Daines eyes passage of forest collaboration bill
Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines expects a piece of forest management legislation he worked on with California Democrat U.S. Sen. Dianne Fienstein wil…
Swan Valley easement aimed at securing grizzly habitat
A 30-acre conservation easement was placed on land in the Swan Valley last week with the intention of securing grizzly bear habitat and forested wetlands.
Updated housing proposal for KM Ranch Road returns
Armed with a new plan, the developers behind a proposal for a 155-acre piece of property on KM Ranch Road are headed back before the Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday.
Eight-day trial scheduled for Kila man charged with incest
The jury trial for Timothy Allen Seese, 70, on a single count of felony incest is tentatively scheduled to begin Feb. 13, according to documents filed in district court.
Man removed from shelter allegedly threatened staff with pole
Kalispell Police officers arrested Ilya Paul Khmelev, 26, on Jan. 7 after he threatened a member of the facility’s staff with a metal pole, court documents sai…
State lawmakers take another run at electric vehicle registration fee
The Montana Legislature is attempting, for a third time, to tax electric vehicles to bolster the state’s roadway construction and maintenance coffers. On Jan. …