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Kalispell Council reviews $189M budget proposal, weighs public safety and infrastructure spending
Kalispell City Council took its first look at the municipality’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget last week.
Whitefish murder suspect pleads not guilty
The man charged with the shooting death of a neighbor in a Whitefish extended-stay hotel pleaded not guilty to one count of deliberate homicide in Flathead Cou…
Loophole allows construction of private home along McDonald Creek
A private landowner has built a home along the shore of Lower McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park and Flathead County planning officials say there’s nothin…
Planning board set to vote on KM Ranch Road project revision
The board meets at 6 p.m. in the second floor conference room of the South Campus Building at 40 11th St. W. in Kalispell.
Kalispell approves restrictions for park facilities use
Following some debate, Council signed off on the ordinances that would limit an individual’s “excessive personal property” at public facilities, ban the erecti…
Northwest Montana snowpack dips below average
Mother Nature took the “dry January” trend to heart in Montana.
Nissen family puts land under conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust
The Flathead Land Trust helped a Whitefish family place a 24 acre open-space property under a conservation easement in late January.
Whitefish looks at limiting marijuana business locations
Council will hold a work session on the topic on Monday to discuss the possibility of amending its buffering requirements after some councilors raised concerns…
Seeing double: eight sets of twins attend Cayuse Prairie School
One set of twins attending the same school might be special but eight sets at a rural school with a total enrollment of 303 kindergarten through eighth-graders…
Camp Scout and Gather place to mingle with variety of activities
The entire property, known as Camp Scout and Gather, has become the newest place for the local community to mingle.
The true cost of homelessness
As local governments and residents grapple with the Flathead Valley’s rise in homelessness, discussions about the public and private costs of addressing the pr…
Glacier National Park weighs revamped wilderness camping permit system
The public has until Feb. 17 to comment on proposed changes that would alter the way wilderness camping permits are issued in Glacier National Park.
US may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, w…
UM students revive beloved Foresters’ Ball
Forestry students and volunteers have spent the week transforming the University of Montana’s Schreiber Gym
Nonprofits conduct annual homeless survey in Flathead Valley
Nonprofit organizations serving homeless people in Flathead Valley completed an annual Point-in-Time survey, meant to get a handle on the region’s unhoused pop…
United Way serves nearly 500 at Winter Warm Up event
The event started a decade ago as a way to bring representatives of resources to one place in order to better reach people in the community.