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Senate confirms Steve Pearce to lead the BLM in a party-line vote
The U.S. Senate narrowly voted to approve Steve Pearce’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Pearce,…
Lessons learned — Kindergarten teacher wraps up 40-year career at Lakeside Elementary
For 40 years, Lakeside Elementary kindergarten teacher Coleene Torgerson has been “at the beginning” of students’ education, sending hundreds of children off o…
65 years of show tunes and hard work at the Bigfork Summer Playhouse
The Playhouse performs four musicals and a variety show about once a week during its annual run in the summertime. A college-aged cast is hired — roughly 3,000…
Kalispell FFA shines at state, multiple teams advance to nationals
Kalispell FFA was recognized as the overall state champion team for its top placements in five career development events at the Montana FFA Convention in Billi…
Montana politicians turn a critical eye toward IVF treatments following Alabama ruling
Kalispell resident Margo Neiman remembers everything it took to get pregnant — medications, money and time spent worrying if her attempts at a baby through in …
Pilates studio focuses on helping clients tune in to their bodies
Over the years, Jennie Johnson has taught pilates, TRX, and barre, and has her degree in health and human performance with a specialization in health enhanceme…
Legislation to restore Medal of Honor upkeep passes Senate vote
Private Fred Hunt received a Medal of Honor through the U.S. Army on Jan. 8, 1877, in Cedar Creek, Montana. The Medal of Honor is considered one of the highest…
Postal Service pauses consolidation plans after outcry
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hit pause this week on plans to consolidate processing centers, halting a proposal to move Missoula’s distribution center t…
Knudsen says he got primary opponent to run so he could raise more money
At a Saturday night campaign event billed as a “conservative cookout,” Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told a crowd that he had put a friend and fellow…
Tester backs bill to detain immigrants accused of crimes
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester backed the Laken Riley Act last week, becoming the first Senate Democrat to throw support behind the legislation, which focuses on crimes …
Residents pack Kalispell City Hall to debate fate of Flathead Warming Center
Owing to incidents of loitering, trespassing and a general uneasiness since the opening of the nearby Flathead Warming Center in 2021, Michelle Davey said her …
Water quality study finds toxic compounds more widespread than previously thought in Clark Fork
Preliminary results from water quality testing done last summer on the Clark Fork River released this week show toxic compounds in the river are more widesprea…
Volunteers ready Wild Horse Island trails for summer
Around 14 volunteers loaded on a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks boat in Big Arm State Park on Saturday to clean up the Wild Horse Island trails for the seaso…
Conservation easement protects acreage near Bad Rock Canyon
A total of 76.5 acres, just east of the Flathead River at Columbia Falls, was recently protected with a donated conservation easement with the Flathead Land Tr…
Failed school levy requests put spotlight on budget shortfalls, pocketbooks, funding formulas
Montanans last week rejected half of the school levies tracked by the state’s largest union, including all five requests in Helena, even as large districts fac…
Anti-immigration group organized Northwest Montana lawmakers' trip to southern border
Two Northwest Montana lawmakers toured the southern border in March with NumbersUSA, a self-described immigration reform group that organizations who track ext…