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Glacier to allot 4,600 Sun Road tickets a day
Glacier National Park has clarified some aspects of its upcoming ticketed entry system for the Going-to-the-Sun ...
Central Montana railyard cleanup will remove tainted soil
HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — Work is set to begin next week on the cleanup of a historic railyard in central Montana that's contaminated with asbestos and petroleum.
Montana correctional facilities to reopen for visitors
HELENA (AP) — Montana's correctional facilities are scheduled to reopen for visitors and volunteers later this month after more than a year of restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Committee to consider change to bill targeting trans youth
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Legislature may consider changes to a measure that would ban transgender athletes from participating in school and college s...
Citizens group plans events to celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day activities planned
Law roundup: Pole damage causes ruckus in Whitefish
law roundup
Board to consider Lake Five boat dock, Creston subdivision
The Flathead County Planning Board has a packed agenda for its next meeting on Wednesday, including five requests for zoning changes, a proposal to build a b...
Montana Legislature overrides governor's first veto
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers have nearly unanimously overridden Gov. Greg Gianforte's first veto of a bill both sides say involves the balance of p...
Jamaican national arrested near Whitefish admits immigration crime
A Jamaican national who crossed into Montana from Canada near Eureka and was arrested with others near Whitefish after a 75-mile car chase admitted to an immigration charge on Monday.
Montana infrastructure gets C grade in White House report
Montana has 377 bridges and more than 1,485 miles of highway in poor condition, and 1 in 4 of the state's public transit vehicles is ready for the scrapyard,...
Lawmakers pass bill to expand monitoring of domestic abusers
The Montana Senate on Monday unanimously endorsed a bill that could expand the use of electronic monitoring of people charged with certain domestic violence ...
Montana Supreme Court quashes subpoena of judicial emails
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has temporarily quashed a legislative subpoena for the state court administrator's emails, which are believed to contain responses to a poll of District Court judges on leg...
Ski resort finishes busiest season on record
Even in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, Whitefish Mountain Resort logged its busiest season on record.
Blackfeet Nation reopens after strict pandemic closures
BROWNING (AP) — On March 15, 2020, just two days after COVID-19 entered Montana, the Blackfeet Nation declared a state of emergency. Like many places in Mon...
Retired wildlife investigator has seen it all out in the field
In his long career as an investigator, Brian Sommers has dug into some of Northwest Montana’s most interesting and tragic cases involving people and animals.
Social media use under Kalispell council spotlight again
Social media use under city spotlight again