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Counting machines add vote of confidence to elections security
The conference room of the Flathead County Elections Department whirred with noise. Volunteers rattled off strings…
Law roundup: Man shoots himself in the knee
A 26-year-old was putting a 10 mm 1911 pistol in his backpack when it went off and hit him in the knee.
Suspect in assault case pleads not guilty
A Kalispell man who allegedly leveled a shotgun at his girlfriend in October in an attempt to scare her pleaded not guilty to a felony assault with a weapon ch…
Jane Karas honored with chamber’s highest honor
A number of awards were handed out at the chamber’s annual Grand Event Wednesday night at the Wachholz College Center.
Longtime director of Humane Society retires
Lori Heatherington, executive director of the Humane Society of Northwest Montana, has announced that she is retiring from the organization she has served for …
Contemporary and classic designs win Kalispell architecture awards
The awards as selected by the Kalispell Architectural Review Committee are designed to acknowledge quality development while encouraging originality and innova…
Holmquist earns third term as county commissioner
Republican Pam Holmquist will retain her seat on the Flathead County Commission.
Uphill skier caught climbing on new chairlift
Excitement for the new Snow Ghost Express chairlift at Whitefish Mountain Resort is so great that some people apparently can’t keep their mitts – and boots – o…
Republicans likely to enjoy supermajority in the Montana State Legislature
Republicans are on track to secure a historic supermajority in the Montana Legislature, winning a minimum of 98 legislative seats, which no political party has…
GOP edges closer to House win; Senate could hinge on runoff
Republicans were closing in Wednesday on a narrow House majority while control of the Senate hinged on a series of tight races in a midterm election that defie…
The Latest: Local and statewide election results
The latest local and statewide election results
Montana’s LR-131 on the verge of failure
Montana’s LR-131 was teetering on the verge of failure Wednesday morning after early ballot returns showed the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act garnering more opposition than support in Tuesday’s general el…
Judge in Montana orders arrest of neo-Nazi website founder
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a neo-Nazi website publisher accused of ignoring a $14 million judgment against him for orchestrating an ant…
Brown concedes state Supreme Court race to Gustafson
Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson is poised to serve a second term on Montana’s highest court after winning her race for re-election against att…
Rosendale wins reelection; Zinke-Tranel race too close to call
Montana Republican Matt Rosendale won a second term in the U.S. House on Tuesday as he fended off a pair of challengers in the race for a newly drawn district …
GOP sweeps Lake County statehouse seats
Lake County voters on Tuesday favored all Republicans in contested statehouse races.