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Environmental groups sue Flathead Forest over West Reservoir Project
Environmental groups Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan are suing the U.S. Forest Service for allege…
Wet March delivers needed boost to Northwest Montana snowpack
Montana's snowpack is holding strong heading into spring after March delivered a solid punch of snowfall to the northern Rocky Mountains.
Jackson acquitted of killing mom, guilty of murdering her boyfriend
A jury on Monday acquitted Derrick James Jackson of the October 2022 murder of his mother, but found him guilty of killing her boyfriend and unsuccessfully dis…
Columbia Falls quilter has spent lifetime sewing
When Therese Stempin recalls how she first began sewing, she pauses and then from another room produces a small hard-sided case with a handle.
Kalispell Council to vote on grant for shared-use path along U.S. 93
Upgrading the walkway is part of a larger project to build out the shared-use path further north to Bountiful Drive. The entire project, though, would cost aro…
Whitefish aims to rezone land for apartment project
Whitefish plans to rezone a property on U.S. 93 approved in 2019 for an apartment development that never came to fruition.
Flathead Valley tutor service assists students in learning process
The tutoring center seeks to assist students and others in the accomplishment of intellectual tasks, whether that be homework help, concept tutoring, test prep…
Researchers seek answers in the case of Northwest Montana’s disappearing elk
Researchers searched the dense underbrush for any sign of the newborn elk calf. It was important they find the young animal in the next 72 hours, before it gai…
Big Mountain saw big turnout for ski season
Whitefish Mountain Resort saw a snowy end to its ski season, with the delivery of another winter storm just days before the closing weekend shenanigans.
Relief in a desert: Finding child care in Northwest Montana
Most of Northwest Montana is considered a child care desert, a topic looked at in a January 2024 report from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Mont…
Hundreds of Flathead residents join nationwide protests
Hundreds of Flathead Valley residents marched through downtown Kalispell on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.
Suspected murderer testifies in double homicide trial
A distraught Derrick James Jackson told jurors Friday that he killed Stanley Grotberg after the 65-year-old shot dead Jackson’s mother in the trio’s Bigfork ho…
Glacier Park plows at Crystal Point on Sun Road
Glacier National Park plow crews have made it to Crystal Point on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, but the road this weekend will be closed at Avalanche Creek to hik…
Critics say legislation is an attempt to delay, deny asbestos claims
State lawmakers continue to review a bill Thursday that would modify the legal process for victims of asbestos exposure to receive compensation.
Double homicide investigation focused on Jackson early on, detective says
Investigators nearly from the start considered Derrick James Jackson the main suspect in the October 2022 murders of his 62-year-old mother and her 65-year-old…
Defense attorneys in double homicide trial question investigation
Defense attorneys began working in earnest on Wednesday to cast doubt on the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office’s investigation into a 2022 double homicide in Bi…