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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 …
Increase in boat launch fees for Whitefish City Beach considered
Whitefish is looking to increase the fees charged to launch boats at City Beach.
Lakeside resident serves community as first responder
Mike Sterry has flown with American Airlines for 35 years. Though he’s called Somers his home nearly that entire time, all his flights depart from Dallas, Texa…
Law roundup: Maybe man is looking to hit pay dirt
A bearded man in his 60s or 70s, wearing plastic bags, was spotted digging up dirt on the side of a building by someone who told Kalispell Police they had already asked him to leave earlier that day.
Former Glacier wrestler details alleged assault in new suit against Kalispell Public Schools
The Glacier High School wrestling program is at the center of another lawsuit linked to allegations of sexual assault and hazing in 2022.
Coming home: Family reclaims historic Kalispell home
Built in 1905 by Arthur Hollensteiner, the house had become foundational to the family and was the host to Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
A Christmas night rescue: How search crews found a lost snowboarder off Whitefish Mountain Resort
It was the early evening of Christmas Day when Julie Balch received a call from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that a snowboarder had gone missing at Whi…
FVCC Senior Institute registration begins
Flathead Valley Community College’s Senior Institute returns for another year of credit class offerings to community members 65 and up.
Whitefish Winter Carnival crowns King and Queen
Whitefish residents Dave Grady and Linda Engh-Grady will reign as the Whitefish Winter Carnival King Ullr LXVII and Queen of Snows. They were crowned during a …
Northwest Montana History Museum awarded grant to update exhibit
As stated in the museum's application for the $23,300 grant, submitted in fall 2025, which detailed plans to renovate the longstanding On a Passing Frontier exhibit, one of seven permanent galleries in the museum:
Law roundup: Store customer can’t flush away rage
A customer reportedly went ballistic over the bathrooms being locked at the back of the store and started punching and kicking an employee on the ground and pulling the employee’s hair until other employees separat…
Headlines: Stolen car crash injures teen, ex-judge sentenced, and a fight against invasive goldfish
Girl in hospital after alleged stolen car crashed into her, Polson attorney to serve three years probation for drug use, Flathead Sheriff’s Office gets new und…
Sanders County jail to get new body scanner with state grant money
Sanders County commissioners accepted a $141,500 grant from the Montana Opioid Abatement program last week for a new body scanner in the county jail.
Complaints filed with Postal Service over flurry of mail found along highway
Officials are investigating a post office in Marion after receiving multiple complaints regarding lost or damaged mail and reports of letters and packages scat…
Supreme Court sides with Montana police on warrant requirements during emergencies
The Supreme Court sided with Montana police on Wednesday in a case over when officers can enter a home without a warrant if an emergency might be unfolding inside.
The fate of Montana's 67-year-old governor's mansion could be decided soon
Rotted ceilings, toilets that can't flush and a shoddy electrical system are just a few of the problems plaguing the former executive residence for Montana's governor. Oh, and it's also full of asbestos.