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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “larg…
Results from the 2023 Northwest Montana Fair
Results from the 2023 Northwest Montana Fair
Whitefish's final budget includes tax decrease
Whitefish property owners should see a decrease in their city tax bill as a result of a large increase in taxable value.
Entrepreneur coaches others looking to grow business ideas
Aside from business coaching, Scot Chisholm owns Haskill Creek Farms, a holistic health store located in Whitefish.
Kalispell City Council poised to vote on $141M budget
Kalispell City Council is expected to vote Monday on the municipality’s final roughly $141 million fiscal year 2024 budget.
Law roundup: Individual wants fairgoers to hear them roar
An individual wearing a lion head and roaring at the fair was reportedly annoying enough to someone, who hadn’t paid admission to see a circus, to make a walk-up complaint to the Kalispell
Federal judge halts Black Ram logging project in Kootenai National Forest
A federal judge has halted an expansive logging project in the Kootenai National Forest, often referred to as the “Black Ram Project,” after finding that the U…
River Road East Fire near Paradise grows to 13K acres
The River Road East Fire outside Paradise grew to roughly 13,414 acres on Saturday as smoky conditions hampered the use of aircraft to fight the blaze.
Whitefish School District budget shows slight increase
After brief discussion, the Whitefish School Board approved the final budget for the upcoming school year at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 8.
Montana delegation pushes to keep AM radio in vehicles
The act would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a rule that requires automobile manufacturers to continue to include AM broadcast radio in their vehicles without additional work or …
PHOTOS: 2023 Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo
Scenes from the 2023 Northwest Montana Fair
FEC Roundup for Safety awards nonprofit grants
Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety board of directors on Aug. 10 awarded $33,986 in support of community safety projects proposed by nonprofit organizations.
Blooming for a blue ribbon — dahlia lovers compete at the fair
The floriculture building at the Flathead County Fairgrounds was decorated with a multitude of dahlia and gladiolus flowers on Friday morning as exhibitors awa…
The last days of a Columbia Falls crypto mine
When Danny McCargar went to work at a windowless, nondescript building just south of Columbia Falls off of Montana 206 last December, he found the lights off a…
Commissioner sees few ways to help homeless people
While decrying violence among the community’s homeless population in the wake of a deadly fight in Kalispell earlier this month, Flathead County Commissioner B…
Law roundup: Officers receive garden-variety complaints
Extra patrol from the Kalispell Police Department was requested in a neighborhood where someone was allegedly cutting flowers out of gardens and stealing flowerpots and shrubs. It was not clear from the report as t…