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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,…
Logan Health donates land for new MSU nursing education building in Kalispell
BOZEMAN — Logan Health has signed a letter of intent to donate land for a new nursing education building in Kalispell to be built with a portion of a $101 mill…
Residency program benefits future educators, school districts
The Montana Office of Public Instruction is hoping to address teacher shortages and better prepare future educators by incentivizing traditionally unpaid stude…
Large-scale subdivision heads before Whitefish Council
Whitefish City Council on Tuesday is set to vote on a 92-acre subdivision proposed on East Edgewood Drive that would include industrial lots, multi-family deve…
Kalispell Council considers transportation planning grant apps
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the City Hall, 201 First Avenue East.
Lucy Smith — A heart for lifelong service
From saying yes to countless local community projects to teaching English as a second language to standing in as a birth attendant and driving an ambulance in …
Grants assist in growing child care options
Finding child care in the Flathead Valley can be stressful for parents as a lack of spaces brings long wait lists. At the same time, business leaders face thei…
Donation to foundation translates to safety equipment for sheriff's office K-9
The nonprofit Flathead K9 Foundation bringing the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and Flathead County Search and Rescue K-9s under one umbrella.
Scientists puts DNA microscope on studying harlequin duck population
While data from the harlequin’s wintering range has shown a steady decline in population numbers of the past years, gathering information from the duck’s breed…
Glacier Park moves into fall operation schedule
As the autumn season approaches, operations in Glacier National park will start winding down, park officials announced Friday.
Hail storm leaves ‘sores and cankers’ on pine trees around Bigfork
Red foliage growing from ponderosa pines, as well as red “sores or cankers” on pinecones, consistent with the fungus diplodia, have been reported near Bigfork,…
Couple recall harrowing escape from fire; credit puppy to saving their lives
Desiree Brewer didn’t think twice about jumping off a balcony, realizing it was her only escape from the flames that engulfed her family’s Kalispell home on Au…
Foundation unveils new look at future Bigfork library
The capital campaign for the project has raised about $821,000 to turn the Ark Building into the new library and construction is expected to begin once the fou…
Sheriff advocates for increase in funding as county budget OK’d
The commissioners ultimately approved a budget that includes an increase in overall appropriations for the sheriff’s department by about $1.8 million over last…
Glacier Park data specialist earns service award
Jillian McKenna, a Glacier National Park wilderness data steward, was honored in Washington D.C. last week as she received the Wes Henry Excellence in Wilderne…
Kalispell’s City Attorney sees importance of local government
Johnna Preble has assumed the position of Kalispell city attorney after serving as assistant city attorney since 2018.