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Updated 3 hours, 18 minutes ago

Sharp cold front to drop snow on Glacier Park

A winter weather advisory was issued for Glacier National Park beginning Wednesday night as a potent front out of …

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Grief Institute offered as virtual live event

Tamarack Grief Resource Center’s 17th annual Grief Institute will be held March 8 to 12 as a live, virtual event. All events require registration and are open to the public.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
MSU robotics event energizes K–12 students in rural Montana

BOZEMAN — Like many Montana communities, tiny Wyola, a smattering of buildings tucked off Interstate 90 on the Crow Reservation southeast of Billings, has had …

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Law roundup: Drunk man lets deputies know he’s home

An extremely inebriated man on Lake Blaine Road reportedly called Flathead County Sheriff's Office to tell them he was involved in an argument about politics and was kicked out of a casino, but he was now home.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Flathead High School goes remote on Friday

Flathead High School will move to remote instruction on Friday while the school hosts the Class AA state boys wrestling tournament.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Flathead County reports 7 more COVID deaths

Flathead County passes 80 total virus-related deaths since start of pandemic

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Report of plane crash west of Polson was unfounded

Emergency personnel from Lake and Sanders counties responded to a report Monday morning of a plane crash in the Irvine Flats area west of Polson.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Officials identify man killed by Kalispell police officer

Authorities have released some of the names of those involved in a deadly shooting Friday night in Kalispell.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
2 Montana teens seriously injured in highway rescue attempt

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Two Montana teenagers sustained serious injuries when they fell from the I-90 Yellowstone River bridge while trying to help others stuck…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Kalispell man who died in snowboarding accident identified

Officials have identified a man who died Friday after falling into a tree well while snowboarding outside the boundary of Whitefish Mountain Resort.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Kalispell lawmaker reports ‘threatening’ texts

A Republican lawmaker from Kalispell returned home Saturday after receiving what he described as “threatening” text messages.

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Pilot’s pageant dreams taking flight

Pilot’s pageant dreams taking flight

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Interest high in Kalispell's Old School Station lots

Offers pour in for Old School Station lots

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Whitefish considers loosening regs on accessory dwellings

In another small step aimed at growing the city's inventory of affordable housing, the Whitefish City Council tonight will consider softening zoning requirements for accessory dwellings, also known as guest houses …

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Law roundup: Unwanted spotlight shone on house

A woman allegedly saw a spotlight shining in the alleyway behind her house and then in front of her house. She told Kalispell Police Department the light was coming from the back window of a vehicle and wanted offi…

Updated 5 years, 2 months ago
Gone a century, Pacific martens returned to central Montana

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Amid the silent pines of the Little Belt Mountains, a slender hunter stalks the branches and burrows beneath the snow. Her triangular…