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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 …
Glacier Park visitation up 2% in May
Glacier National Park reported a 2% increase in visitors during May, compared with May 2019 pre-pandemic numbers, and the highest year-to-date visitation throu…
Grizzlies, tourists on collision course in bear country
Plans for a historic number of visitors to national parks coupled with a peaking grizzly bear population have prompted leaders in the Interagency Grizzly Bear …
Kalispell nurses go back to the bargaining table
Two weeks after hundreds of hospital nurses walked off the job in Kalispell for three days over what they say are unfair labor practices, inadequate staffing a…
Bigfork baseball land deal falls through
Bigfork Youth Baseball’s field of dreams will have to remain a dream for now as the site of the proposed sports complex was unexpectedly sold to a different bu…
County to hold last COVID vaccine clinic on June 22
The Flathead City-County Health Department is closing out its community immunization clinics at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.
Bus gets stuck in Flathead River at Blankenship
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office is working with state and federal officials on possible charges stemming from an incident Tuesday where a man got a bus st…
Fires stoked by heat, wind force evacuations in Montana
Wildfires in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as furious winds stoked the blazes and caused a fi…
Residential waterfront inventory in ‘record-low territory’
As the red-hot real estate market continues here, Flathead Lake waterfront residential inventory is in “record-low territory,” according to Realtor David Fetve…
Osprey returns to the wild after being shot
Pamela Bates wasn't sure to do when she found a wounded osprey in her pasture.
Evergreen group on the hook for $50K in sidewalk effort
Evergreen community leaders say they were blindsided by a clause in a recent Flathead County resolution that requires them to come up with $50,000 in order to …
Batterer-intervention programs aim to curb further abuse
Over the past year, Northwest Montana has begun making inroads to address domestic violence through a legislative proposal aimed at protecting victims and the …
Montana AG's office won't appeal decision in Bellesen case
Facing ample evidence she acted in self-defense, the Montana Attorney General's Office says it will not appeal a judge's decision to permanently dismiss a murd…
Advocates say simple questionnaires could save domestic violence victims
Domestic violence experts have long emphasized the need for police, courts and victim advocates to increase the use of lethality assessments — surveys based on…
A year after a tragedy, domestic violence looms large over Flathead County
Piper Mohler was only 3 when she began taking after her mother. She was feisty and sported a head of unruly ringlets, just as Emily did when she was that age.
Renovation work continues at Swan Valley's Camp Ponderosa
Work continues to transform former correctional training facility into a retreat for veterans.