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Glacier Park transportation plan calls for more parking, more shuttles

Glacier National Park officials revealed preliminary plans for a permanent transportation plan for the Going-to-th…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Molding experience: Art Escape Pottery Studio students play in the clay

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I joined a pottery-throwing lesson with a mother and daughter from Maryland who were on vacation in Whitefish for a few weeks. I h…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Homeless individuals grapple with Warming Center shut down

The Warming Center expects Monday to be the last day it will provide services including showers, laundry and lunch, but Executive Director Tonya Horn said in a…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Forecast shows healthy numbers for big game hunting season

Big game survival and recruitment in Northwest Montana showed positive trends this spring, according to a hunting forecast by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Kalispell teachers vent frustrations with ongoing contract negotiations

Undervalued and underappreciated were two words repeated by dozens of teachers in Kalispell Public Schools who addressed the school board and district administ…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Library employee raises awareness of Banned Books Week after trustees bar celebration

After Flathead County Library Board of Trustees directed staff to no longer celebrate Banned Books Week, one longtime staff member took matters into her own ha…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Evergreen residents offer mixed opinions on prerelease facility plans

Neighbors of a proposed prerelease facility in Evergreen are showing strong opposition to the center, while some business owners said such a facility could pro…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Week 5 Big Sky Conference clash: Idaho vs. UC Davis showdown

In this episode of Big Sky Now, host Josh Amick and the Hagadone Sports Network panel preview the upcoming Big Sky Conference games.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Bigfork songwriter Miller Campbell’s heartland rock sound shines in first album

Miller Campbell's sound is akin to Tom Petty or John Cougar Mellencamp, what she describes as “heartland rock.”

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Great Northwest Oktoberfest band likes to get crowd on their feet

The S-Bahn Band is named after the commuter train that connects cities to suburbs Germany, which founder Richard Tyce said this is a nod to how their music bri…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
In search of Glacier's Upper Snyder Lake

Turns out, Snyder Lake isn't the main attraction of Glacier National Park's Snyder Lake Trail.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
UM enrollment up nearly 6%; largest leap in 15 years

Enrollment at the University of Montana’s flagship, four-year campus is up nearly 6% this fall. When including Missoula College, total enrollment at UM is up n…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Kalispell Council questions use of city funds for lead line replacement

Councilors discussed funding options during a work session on Monday ahead of an anticipated Environmental Protection Agency mandate to replace all lead servic…

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Sheehy says comments about Native Americans were old, selectively edited

Since recordings of U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy surfaced characterizing Crow Native Americans as “drunk Indians,” he has been publicly silent about those …

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
More rain, slower snowmelt kept Flathead Lake at full pool, officials say

Flathead Lake sat at full pool this summer following a dry 2023 season that saw its water level plunge to record lows.

Updated 1 year, 7 months ago
Martin City man appreciates life’s journey even while navigating rough waters

A Martin City resident of 10 years, Ben Bruso's story begins a couple thousand miles away in upstate New York. It was in 1944 when Katharine Hadding dropped of…