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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 $…
GOP primary for PSC’s District 5 Public Service Commission within recount margin
Nearly 20 hours after polls closed, fewer than 100 votes separate the first- and second-place vote-getters in the Republican primary for the District 5 seat on…
Montana woman's body recovered after rafting accident
COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a woman who went missing after a weekend rafting accident in south-central Montana, Stillwater County officials said Thursday.
New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 vaccine that could soon win federal authorization may offer a boost for the U.S. military: an opportunity to get shots into some o…
Last-minute election law changes and scattered ballot errors punctuate an otherwise smooth, slow primary election in Montana
Some of Montana’s most anticipated 2022 primary races have already been called, but in Lincoln County, the counting continues.
ACLU asks court to order state to strike down emergency order, allow birth certificate changes
The American Civil Liberties Union in Montana is asking a district court judge to immediately order the state’s Department of Public Health and Human Services to revert to a 2017 law allowing citizens to change the…
Law roundup: Possible ne'er-do-well trying every trick in the book
Someone was suspicious of a man walking around a neighborhood who purportedly pretended to read a book but was “looking around more often than not.”
Republicans Fuller, Sprunger win legislative primaries
Veteran state lawmaker John Fuller handily defeated his Republican rival and political neophyte Lee Huestis in the GOP primary for the Senate District 4 seat.
Glacier Queer Alliance celebrates Pride month with festival
The Flathead Pride Festival runs June 9 through June 12. Pride month is celebrated in June to honor the riots that broke out at New York’s Stonewall Inn in 196…
Rosendale wins GOP primary; Zinke race too early to call
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's lone congressman handily won the GOP primary in his bid for a second term Tuesday as ballot-counting continued in the race for t…
Columbia Falls teen dies in fall from Glacier peak
A Columbia Falls teen died Tuesday in an apparent fall while mountain climbing in Glacier National Park.
Gustafson and Brown advance after Montana Supreme Court primary
Montana Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson and current Public Service Commission Chair James Brown have emerged as the top two vote-getters in the non-partisan primary election for the high court’s second seat,…
Ballot snafu leads to hand count in Lincoln County
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Ballot printing errors have delayed election results for Montana's new congressional seat, forcing a small northwestern county to count votes by hand in the Republican primary race between form…
Loge garners re-election support in Mineral, Sanders counties
Rep. Denley Loge has secured another term in the Montana House following a hotly contested primary election.
Sheriff Bell wins re-election in Lake County
Don Bell has won his re-election bid for Lake County sheriff.
Republican Bukacek holds narrow lead in PSC primary
Kalispell physician Ann Bukacek was ahead Wednesday morning on the Republican side for the Montana Public Service Commission, with Rep. Derek Skees, also of Ka…