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Montana Supreme Court orders new sentence for man convicted of attacking Kalispell Police officer
Montana’s highest court ruled in May that a Kalispell man convicted of wounding a police officer in 2023 should ha…
Woman salvages caramel corn boxes
A woman out for a walk with her pets reportedly sniffed out two boxes of caramel corn stacked behind garages and thought they were stolen. She took the boxes into her apartment and told the Kalispell Police Departm…
Bigfork man's camera skills propel him into rugged territory
When Mason Gertz graduated from Stillwater Christian School in 2006, he had no idea where the future would take him.
A new chapter begins for historic Somers mansion
The first time Jasmine Morton visited the mysterious yellow mansion on the hill overlooking her hometown of Somers, she was an intrepid third-grader carrying a…
Kalispell Chamber embarks on new leadership
As the Kalispell business community looks to the future and what lies beyond the pandemic, it will have a new leader to help navigate that path forward.
Caregiver of the Year: Nurse honored for work at North Valley Hospital
When patients come into North Valley Hospital's seasonal clinics, they are often seeking immediate care more often than not while on vacation here.
Man with a bucket seeks his way home
A Bluebird Drive resident in Kalispell reportedly told <strong>Flathead County Sheriff’s Office</strong> that a guy with a bucket was snooping around and told them he was trying to get home.
Virus-related deaths in Montana climb over 500
Montana recorded another 37 COVID-19 related deaths Saturday, pushing the state’s death toll over 500.
Pandemic, politics fuel brisk local liquor sales
COVID-19 cases are rising across the state of Montana, and so, too, are liquor sales.
Boys and Girls Club gets sizable COVID relief grant
The Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country recently received a $300,000 state COVID-19 relief grant, interim Director Mandy Anderson said last week.
Pandemic doesn’t stop kids clothing program
The COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the Kalispell Firefighters Association annual winter clothing program for kids in 2020, but it didn’t stop it.
Local health officials face challenges with eventual deployment of COVID vaccine
With health experts predicting a COVID-19 vaccine will likely become available in limited quantities by the end of the year, Flathead County health officials a…
Drunk driver spinning out of control
A patron at a bar told the Kalispell Police Department an intoxicated woman yelled obscenities inside the establishment, then left and “did several 360s in the parking lot.” Then the inebriated woman drove into a d…
Assault with a weapon charge filed in mask-wearing conflict
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man is charged with felony assault with a weapon after a confrontation over his not wearing a mask in a Helena restaurant, Lewis and Clark County prosecutors said.
Judge blasts agency's 'sloppy' climate work in oil case
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. federal court once again blocked new oil and gas drilling permits on Wyoming public lands in a ruling Friday that rebuked the Trump administration for its "sloppy and rushed" analysis …
Police: Man who crashed into store arrested after running nude through retirement home
The man who crashed into a grocery store in Columbia Falls on Thursday evening and fled the scene was later apprehended after running nude through a nearby ret…