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Flathead Forest updates Round Star Project following court order
Flathead National Forest released an updated assessment for the 9,500-acre Round Star Project near Whitefish, fulf…
Bigfork woman sentenced for negligent vehicular assault
A Bigfork woman was sentenced to a prison term for her role in a 2019 traffic crash that severely injured three people.
2020 Reflections: ‘The joy of school’ persists through pandemic
Education is often engineered to provide structure and familiarity in students’ lives, but going to school in 2020 was anything but routine.
Polson students take second in Stock Market Game
Polson High School played the stock market and won second place in a game about “investing wisely.”
Firewood goes missing in Columbia Falls
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New school academy combines online and outdoor education
A new academy that combines online and outdoor learning in a one-room schoolhouse concept starts Jan. 11.
Court records reveal troubled marriage in deliberate homicide case
A court document filed earlier this year by a woman who allegedly died by the hands of her husband Dec. 15 reveals more information about the couple’s tumultuo…
Senate GOP blocks swift vote on Trump's $2K checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the ch…
Fate of Trump's $2,000 checks now rests with GOP-led Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the pr…
Health officials fear pandemic-related suicide spike among native youth
WOLF POINT — Fallen pine cones covered 16-year-old Leslie Keiser’s fresh grave at the edge of Wolf Point, a small community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation on the eastern Montana plains.
Hunters restricted from some former Weyerhaeuser lands
With the local real estate market booming, Southern Pine Plantations, the company that purchased 630,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberlands in Montana, has begun selling off parcels.
Lake Five resort case will go to bench trial
A lawsuit filed last spring by Friends of Lake Five Inc. against Flathead County will go to a bench trial after each party’s motions for summary judgement were…
Innovative musical illustrates how arts are surviving pandemic
Take four outrageously talented, creative types – e.g. musicians, actors, filmmakers — stick them in a theatrical town like Whitefish, Montana, in the middle …
UM to play pivotal role in vaccine rollout
MISSOULA – Capitalizing on its robust bioscience infrastructure, research facilities and statewide network of student and alumni pharmacists, the University of Montana will provide and distribute the COVID-19 vacci…
Restrictions set for school winter sports, events
The Flathead City-County Health Department on Monday released extensive COVID-19 guidelines and procedures for high school and middle school sporting events and other winter activities.
1229 LAW: Caller shares ‘world is ending’ prophecy
Dispatchers received a call from someone whose voice had an accent, and could be heard on the open line shouting prophecies that the world was ending and saying, “I love you,” multiple times.