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Flathead High School student competes in national Trig-Star competition
Representing Montana, Flathead High School junior Jacob Braach awaits the results of the national Trig-Star math c…
Toys for Tots coordinator confident despite COVID
Like Rudolph’s red nose lighting the way through a blizzard, Kelley Hamilton is leading Flathead County’s Toys for Tots program through the tumult of the COVID…
Sun Road could get makeover along Lake McDonald
The U.S. Department of the Interior has proposed rebuilding a 9.3-mile stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road and replacing a bridge over McDonald Creek in Glacier N…
"Heroes of the Bob Marshall Wilderness" book signing Friday
Terry Lee McCoy and John Fraley were good friends and college students at the University of Montana...
Fairgrounds takes $535,000 hit due to COVID
Low turnout at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo and other effects of COVID-19 have cost Flathead County roughly $535,000 in revenue, nearly twice what the …
Thief ‘blessed’ with a stolen bicycle
law roundup
Montana could receive first vaccine doses by Dec. 15
HELENA (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday that the state could receive around 9,750 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug company Pfizer …
Wildlife advocates sue agency to protect Canada lynx
BILLINGS (AP) — Wildlife advocates sued the federal government Tuesday in a bid to force officials to do more to conserve Canada lynx, a snow-loving cat that h…
Bigfork man in jail following armed standoff
A Bigfork man is in jail after allegedly engaging in an armed standoff with law officers Tuesday night. Ronald Dean Clackler, 63, is facing pending charges of…
Whitefish Chamber leads Christmas 'shopping spree'
The Whitefish Chamber of Commerce’s “Christmas Tree Shopping Spree” will run through Dec. 11.
Man has bone to pick with government
An angry man called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to complain “that all government was bad and corrupt,” allegedly based on his father’s experience as a law enforcement officer in Texas. The caller also told…
Pilot project to help CSKT tribes address missing person cases
At a council meeting of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation Tuesday in Pablo, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme and the CSKT Council launched a pilot project to develop a Tribal Com…
County begins tough task of replacing health officer
The Flathead City-County Health Department is in flux after the Interim Public Health Officer Tamalee St. James Robinson announced she will step down at the en…
Flathead mother accused of cancer scam
A Flathead Valley divorced mother of three and former operator of a daycare business is facing allegations she falsely said she had cancer and scammed donors o…
'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on In…
Montana launches new hotline to address COVID-19 struggles
HELENA (AP) — A new counseling hotline is available to help Montana residents struggling with their mental health during the COVID-19 crisis, Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday.