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Jeffrey Serio found guilty of running over and killing man with his car
A jury on Wednesday evening found suspected murderer Jeffrey Serio guilty of purposefully running over Maurice “Mo…
Rollins man accused of Whitefish shooting that sent ricochet into bystander
A Rollins man faces a felony criminal endangerment charge after a gun he fired in Whitefish on May 14 left a bystander hospitalized with a wound from a ricoche…
Suspect arrested after fatal shooting at Libby campground
One man is dead and a suspect is in custody following a shooting at a campground near Libby on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities ID West Valley plane crash victims
Authorities on Thursday identified the two people who died in a small plane crash April 30 in the West Valley area.
Glacier National Park names Roemer new Superintendent
The National Park Service has named David Roemer the new Superintendent of Glacier National Park.
Standoff in Kalispell ends in arrest
A local man is in custody following an hours-long standoff involving the Kalispell Special Response Team and regional SWAT on Liberty Street on Tuesday.
Kayaker dies after falling into Yaak River
A 50-year-old Idaho man died after falling out of his kayak on the Yaak River near Troy on Sunday.
Two dead after small plane crashes in West Valley
Multiple Flathead County emergency agencies responded to a deadly airplane crash in the West Valley on Saturday morning.
Whitefish man arrested following police chase, standoff
Authorities report that a Whitefish man is behind bars following a police chase and armed standoff Wednesday evening in the Halfmoon area near Columbia Falls.
Authorities identify victim in Snow Slip Inn shooting
Authorities identified Jeremy McKenzie as the 36-year-old man killed in an alleged shooting at the Snow Slip Inn near Essex on April 16, saying he died after a fight with another man.
Officials ID Swan Lake kayakers who died after capsizing
Officials on Tuesday released the names of two Flathead County residents who died in a kayaking accident in northwestern Montana last week.
Bodies of 2 teenage kayakers recovered in Swan Lake
Search teams have recovered the bodies of two teenagers who went missing after their kayak capsized in a lake in northwestern Montana last week, officials said Monday.
C-Falls man charged with homicide after shooting victim dies
Prosecutors filed a deliberate homicide charge against Zachary Matthew Maas on Friday after the man he allegedly shot in March succumbed to his injuries in Kin…
Prescribed burn on Lone Pine State Park today
Fire crews are scheduled to conduct a prescribed burn at Lone Pine State Park on Thursday, April 7 as conditions allow.
Kalispell man charged with attempted deliberate homicide
Kalispell police arrested a local man overnight on an attempted deliberate homicide charge after an assault at a bar on the city's east side left another man h…
8 arrested after search at house owned by Blackfeet chairman
A federal search warrant executed at a residence owned by the chairman of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council on Thursday led to eight people being taken int…