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Updated 6 hours, 55 minutes ago

Whitefish pursuing grant for railroad overpass on East Second Street

The Whitefish City Council gave Public Works Director Craig Workman the go ahead to apply for a grant to build a $…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Meet the candidate: Kyle Waterman, Democrat for SD-4

Meet the candidate: Kyle Waterman, Democrat for SD-4

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Meet the candidate: John Fuller, Republican for SD-4

Meet the candidate: John Fuller, Republican for SD-4

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Great Fish nets over $5M for local nonprofits

Whitefish Community Foundation awarded more than $5 million to 70 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations during the Great Fish Awards Celebration Monday evening.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
ImagineIF board looks at relocating Kalispell library branch

The ImagineIF Board of Trustees are calling a special meeting Thursday to discuss moving the Kalispell branch of the library into the Gateway West Mall, along …

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
College wrestler saves teammate from grizzly bear mauling

A college wrestler from a small Wyoming school helped his teammate survive a grizzly mauling over the weekend by trying to wrestle the massive bear off his fri…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Authorities locate man sought in connection with shooting

Authorities found this morning a man sought following an overnight shooting in Kalispell.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Holland Lake expansion could take place without full environmental assessment

Thousands of people are raising objections to a controversial plan to expand Holland Lake Lodge, especially after the U.S. Forest Service admits it made errors at the beginning of the process.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
C-Falls man charged after allegedly threatening neighbor with gun

Peter James Clancy, 59, faces one felony count of assault with a weapon in Flathead County District Court stemming from the Aug. 14 disagreement near Parker Hi…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
DPHHS announces new background check procedure for daycare operators after troubling report

Earlier this month, Montana lawmakers heard from the Department of Public Health and Human Services about a troubling audit report which said the state’s largest division had not detected sexual or violent offender…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Whitefish man enters plea in fatal DUI case

A Whitefish man last week pleaded not guilty to felony charges related to an alleged DUI crash in California that killed his teenage passenger.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Law roundup: Neighbors seek to root out planter thief

A woman visiting a relative reportedly got a call from a neighbor that her patio furniture and planters were gone and it was the same patio where the neighbor had stuff stolen from. The neighbors had a suspect in m…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Interior law judge allows bison grazing on federal lands

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal administrative law judge has denied a request to block permits that expand bison grazing in north-central Montana while several parties challenge them.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Season's first snow set to arrive Saturday

So long Indian summer, hello Jack Frost.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Grizzly bear attacks, injures antler hunters in Wyoming

A grizzly bear attacked and injured two men who apparently surprised the bruin while they were recreating in the Shoshone National Forest in northwestern Wyomi…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Whitefish Council considers subdivision fronting U.S. 93

City Council meets at 7:10 p.m. at City Hall, 418 E Second St.