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Flathead Valley cities feel financial strain of land use law
Representatives from each of the 10 cities required to comply with the law expressed support for its long-term goa…
Stakeholders aim to secure easement on 200,000 acres
Nearly 200,000 acres of timberlands stretching from Glacier National Park to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and down to the Selkirks and Idaho Panhandle have…
Attendees should expect fair to ‘be different this year’
All across Montana, as COVID-19 cases continue to climb, county officials have chosen either to cancel or greatly scale back their annual county fairs in an ef…
As outbreaks increase, Montana’s early warning system falters
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Montana, surveillance testing designed to serve as an early warning system to prevent large outbreaks and keep businesses open is increasingly becoming ineffective, public heal…
Stoltze awarded Taylor Hellroaring project
The Taylor Hellroaring Forest Management Project sold to winning bidder F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. of Columbia Falls earlier this month, according to a press release from the Flathead National Forest.
Public, businesses asked to do part to follow mask directive
Local health officials are asking the public and businesses to do their part to adhere to Gov. Steve Bullock’s mandate on wearing masks.
Bear incidents tax wildlife managers
Grizzly bears and their interactions with people continue to challenge wildlife managers in the Flathead Valley.
Glacier Park gathers input on ticketed entry proposal
Glacier National Park wrapped up a series of conversations this week with businesses and area chamber of commerces over a proposal to create a ticketed entry s…
Odd characters wear out welcome
A man told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office he wanted three strange characters removed from a location. One of them apparently walked around the place reading Bible verses, then locked himself in a bathroom. An…
Montana reports two more deaths due to COVID-19
Montana reported a ninth death tied to an outbreak of COVID-19 at a nursing home in Billings
Fire destroys businesses in Gardiner, a Yellowstone gateway
A fire destroyed several businesses in the Yellowstone National Park gateway town of Gardiner just six weeks after the Montana entrances to the park reopened
Montana man sentenced to life in prison in double homicide
A judge has sentenced a western Montana man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother and the mother of his two children
Family sues man accused of DUI homicide
The family of a Kalispell man who died in a suspected drunk driving crash last month has sued the man accused of the crime.
Flathead fire danger rating now moderate
Flathead area fire managers moved the fire danger rating to moderate on Tuesday as fuels are expected to continue to dry out this week and next.
Most local students headed back to school
Evergreen, Bigfork, Columbia Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish school districts will open in August for the 2020-21 school year unless otherwise directed by the s…
Man rescued after fall in Glacier National Park
A man from New York was rescued by Glacier National Park crews and Two Bear Air after he fell and slid down a snowfield on Mount Oberlin at Logan Pass.