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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.
Columbia Falls man booked in county jail following police pursuit in Kalispell
Officers detained Eric Scott Dolence on U.S. 93 South after the police pursuit began about 7:30 p.m., March 23.
US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker
BEIRUT (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans in northeast Syria, and U.S. forces …
Bill creating Western Conservation Commission resurrected in the House
A push to consolidate two conservation commissions focused on Northwest Montana waterways got a breath of new life last week, but it comes with a catch.
Suspended sentence handed down to rapist
Judge Robert Allison handed down March 21 a 10-year suspended sentence with the state Department of Corrections to Fabian Alexander Calderon for a rape charge …
Applications open for NILE Merit Heifer program
Four-H and FFA members have the opportunity to be selected to raise a heifer and build their own herd through the Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) Merit Heifer program.
Flu season tapering off in Flathead County, but other outbreaks still an issue
Hospitalizations in Flathead County are declining after a rough start to flu season, but there are many other outbreaks health department officials are keeping…
Roundup for Safety funds orange safety vests for Hunter Ed grads
Flathead Wildlife works with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to provide each successful area graduate of the Hunter Education program with a hunter orange sa…
Montana State to award honorary doctorate to Robyn Jones
Robyn Jones and her husband, Mark, who split their time between Whitefish and Fort Worth, Texas, made a $101 million philanthropic donation to MSU's nursing co…
Law roundup: Always pay the painter
Upset at apparently not receiving payment for a house painting job in a timely fashion, the contractor returned to the work site to splash “pay the painter” all over a home.
Columbia Falls postpones decision on subdivision
After a meeting that went past midnight Tuesday, the Columbia Falls City Council held off on making a decision on a proposed 180-unit rental complex on land ju…
Warm Springs administrators put on leave
The interim administrator at the Montana State Hospital has been put on administrative leave, a new development in the yearslong struggle to stabilize the beleaguered adult psychiatric facility.
ImagineIF Board puts Gateway Community Center move on hold, for now
The ImagineIF Kalispell branch isn’t moving into the Gateway Community Center just yet, as trustees weigh other options for the library’s new home.
North Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics
A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted s…
Budget bill clears House debate with GOP support
The Montana House’s Republican supermajority voted in near-lockstep Wednesday to rebuff Democratic efforts to amend Montana’s primary two-year budget bill, cle…
Prosecutors: Third boy alleges rape by youth hockey coach jailed in Butte
Prosecutors say a third young boy has come forward with allegations that a youth hockey coach from Flathead County raped him by inserting an unknown object in …