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PHOTOS: Flathead, Glacier class of 2026 graduation ceremonies
Photos from Flathead and Glacier high schools' graduation ceremonies held Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.
Montana GOP seeks to bar 3rd parties from key Senate race
Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year's Montana U.S. Senate elec…
Senate committee amends obscenity bill to keep decisions in hands of locals
The Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee put the knife to Rep. Bob Phalen’s obscenity bill on Wednesday, which sought to punish schoolteachers and school librarians who provide “obscene” material to st…
EPA won’t clean up old town dumps near Columbia Falls
While the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. continues, there’s an old dumping ground that won’t get cleaned up in the Superfund site process — a…
Two Lake County elected officials and CFO announce departures
Two Lake County elected officials and the chief financial officer announced last week that they are leaving their posts in the courthouse in the near future.
Eight Montana Law Enforcement Academy grads headed to Flathead Valley
Of the 65 officers graduating from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy earlier this month, eight are headed to agencies in the Flathead Valley.
Council discusses adding C-PACE district, changing marijuana facility ordinance
At a work session last week, the Whitefish City Council considered a plan that could help businesses and also looked at potential changes to the marijuana facility ordinance.
Flathead again the fastest growing county in Montana
Flathead County was the fastest growing county in Montana from July 2021 to July 2022, with 3,089 new residents counted in that time according to recently rele…
Following acquisitions in Essex and Missoula, company eyes other opportunities
Officials with the Washington-based hospitality company that purchased the historic Izaak Walton Inn near Glacier National Park in December say their company i…
Hospital oversight bill heads to full Senate, but without criticized amendments
A bill aimed at providing more oversight for nonprofit hospitals in Montana is on its way to the full Senate, but without an amendment that health care organizations say could have cost them millions in fees.
Guardsman arrested in leak of classified military documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who has emerged as a main person of interest in the disclosure of highly classified military docume…
Man arrested in standoff with SWAT faces assault charge
Prosecutors formally filed a felony assault with a weapon charge against the 52-year-old man arrested following a standoff near West Idaho Street in Kalispell …
Scientists challenge US wildlife director's qualifications
Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups are pushing for the removal of the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, claiming she lac…
Amendment to send Montana prisoners to Arizona scrapped
A Senate committee on Tuesday voted to scrap plans to send 120 incarcerated Montanans to a private prison in Arizona.
Montana close to becoming 1st state to completely ban TikTok
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers were expected to take a big step forward Thursday on a bill to ban TikTok from operating in the state, a move that's bou…
Court preserves access to abortion pill but tightens rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the d…