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Construction of new Flathead County jail celebrated with groundbreaking ceremony
Nearly 20 people involved with the project posed for the photo-op, including the three county commissioners, Sheri…
PEO program helps Polson girls reach educational goals
P.E.O. Chapter CA, Polson, presented its Ready? Set-Goals! program to Polson’s eighth-grade girls March 17 at the Polson Middle School.
City holds open houses on Reserve Drive improvements
City holds open houses on Reserve Drive improvements
Law roundup: Mysteries abound in the valley
A horse may have been pulled into a vortex when it was allegedly wandering around the area of the House of Mystery west of Glacier National Park. Meanwhile,
Electric Co-op's annual meeting set for April 23
Flathead Electric Co-op's annual meeting is slated for a return to an in-person gathering this year.
Forest opts for status quo on Blankenship camping
The Flathead National Forest will allow overnight camping on a plot of land it owns along the Flathead River at Blankenship for at least one more season.
Stroll Bibler Home and Gardens to support FVCC scholarships
Stroll Bibler Home and Gardens to support FVCC scholarships
ImagineIF launches new youth programming this spring
ImagineIF launches new youth programming this spring
Teck appears in Libby, fights back on troubling fish data
Key fish data prove invalid in flagging higher-than-allowed levels of selenium at Lake Koocanusa, representatives of Canadian coal miner Teck said last week at…
Property manager accused of rape, using eviction as threat
A Kalispell man faces a felony sexual intercourse without consent charge in Flathead County District Court after allegedly raping a low-income housing tenant u…
City authorizes West Reserve Drive grant application
Kalispell City Council unanimously supported a decision to pursue a grant to improve West Reserve Drive on Monday.
Appeals court says U.S. downplayed coal mine's climate impacts
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials improperly downplayed the climate change effects from burning coal when they approved a large expansion of an underground…
Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden's nominee a burst of…
Drought leads power company to store more water behind dam
NorthWestern Energy is reducing the amount of water it releases from Hebgen Dam into the Madison River in southwestern Montana for nearly three weeks, starting Monday, in order to store additional water for use thi…
Westward Ho! Maine potatoes travel far after western drought
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's potato growers had such a bumper crop this past season that they stepped in to help their big brothers out west who were short o…
Stalled legislation would strip Army of medals for its involvement in Wounded Knee
Most folks living in Montana know the name “Wounded Knee.”