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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 …
Grizzly pulled woman out of her tent in Ovando attack
A grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent in a small Montana town in the middle of the night and killed her before fellow campers could use bear spray to for…
Economic development groups get new leader
Christy Cummings Dawson will assume the role of president and CEO at Montana West Economic Development and the Flathead County Economic Development Authority.
Kalispell records 4th hottest June
Last month was the fourth hottest June on record in Kalispell, thanks in large part to the extreme heat wave that roasted the region the final week of the mont…
Sisters take lead with 4-H project to help those with memory loss
While other kids use their time off school to play and relax, Flathead Valley sisters Jubilee and Jayne McLean have been hard at work on projects that aim to i…
Kalispell's 'Flag Man' battles heat to peddle Old Glory
Rain or shine, numbing cold or stifling heat, Kalispell's "Flag Man" can be found peddling his wares in the same place he has for the past seven years.
Flathead wedding vendors inundated with bookings, forcing some couples to wait
Flathead Valley couples eager to say "I do" are having to practice patience these days, as many local wedding vendors already are booked into 2023.
Foundation offers $50,000 matching grant for Bigfork library
The Community Foundation for a Better Bigfork has offered to match up to $50,000 in donations to the campaign for a new Bigfork Library between July 1 and Sept…
State seeks to conserve 27,000 acres near Libby
Montana's Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking to purchase a conservation easement for more than 27,000 acres of forest and grassland in Lincoln C…
Sun Road opening day vehicle count up 41% over 2019
Preliminary numbers for the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park show a 41% increase in the number of vehicles on the iconic road over opening day in…
Moving on up: Airport expansion to include Flathead's only escalator
Glacier Park International Airport’s $100 million upgrade, dubbed “the biggest project in the history of the airport” by Airport Director Rob Ratkowski, will i…
Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help
Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly — one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was f…
County accepts COVID aid, OKs preliminary budget
The Flathead County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a preliminary operating budget that would reduce county spending by about 2.1%, and voted 2-1…
Whitefish native reunites with puppy after bear attack in Alaska
A Montana man was reunited with his 14-week-old border collie two days after the dog disappeared following a bear attack on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula.
Montana enters drought emergency as conditions worsen
Gov. Greg Gianforte declared a statewide drought emergency Thursday and asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare all 56 of the state's counties as p…
Montana governor lifts state of emergency for coronavirus
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday announced he is lifting Montana's state of emergency for the coronavirus pandemic, more than 15 months after it was imposed un…