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Girl in intensive care after Middle Fork rafting accident
A girl from Columbus, Ohio nearly drowned in a rafting accident on the Middle Fork last week. A GoFundMe campaign …
Community briefs
Whitefish Community Foundation hosts nonprofit board development workshops; Creston Soup for Supper; Harvest Dinner in Polson; Science Quencher Oct. 14; Flathead Audubon presentation; My Glacier Village holds mobil…
Deputy U.S. marshal cleared in 2021 law enforcement-involved shooting
After listening to testimony in Flathead County District Court throughout the morning of Oct. 5, including from the deputy U.S. marshal who fired the shots that killed 24-year-old Xavier Hutt, the jury returned jus…
Speedway fan frontrunner with NASCAR collection
Walking into Kevin Bach's garage would leave any NASCAR fan in awe.
Peterson School experiments with science curriculum
Science is an extension of a child’s everyday world, Peterson Elementary Principal Tracy Ketchum told the Kalispell Public Schools board of trustees in Septemb…
Law roundup: Another night spent hounding neighbors
Every Thursday night, a Kalispell resident’s neighbor allegedly gets very drunk and yells at everyone and it was apparently no different on this particular week.
Yellowstone delays opening of road damaged by record floods
MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park is postponing the opening of a renovated road at its north entrance as it continues to repair the damage…
Logan Health fundraising event is Oct. 12
Logan Health will be holding its inaugural giving day on Oct. 12. The 24-hour digital fundraiser, called Imagine a Day, will benefit Logan Health’s patients, p…
How Montana’s new election laws failed legal muster
Big news struck the 2022 election landscape last week as three new laws that changed how Montanans can vote and access the polls were declared unconstitutional…
Hungry Horse clinic joins UM Resident Physician Program
A University of Montana-based program has expanded its residency physician medical services to include Greater Valley Health Center’s location in Hungry Horse.
Prescribed burn planned Monday on Big Mountain
Smoke from a prescribed fire on Big Mountain will be highly visible from across the valley on Monday, Flathead Forest officials said.
US officials seek public comment on Pacific Northwest Trail
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are taking a big step involving a 1,200-mile hiking trail stretching from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean.
Feds arrest alleged drug dealer in Kalispell, seize thousands of fentanyl pills
Federal prosecutors say authorities seized about 12,000 fentanyl pills during the arrest this week of a Mexican national in Kalispell wanted for allegedly traf…
Whitefish Schools hold meeting regarding expansion needs
The district in the fall of 2021 adopted a long range facility plan.
KPS students outperformed the state in yearly standardized tests
Kalispell Public Schools third- through eighth-graders surpassed the state as a whole in the percentage of students proficient in English language arts and math for the 2021-22 school year, according to Smarter Bal…
More than 100 cats removed from Whitefish property
In early September, authorities and a handful of volunteers collected a large number of malnourished and neglected cats that were suffering with flea infestati…