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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.
Somers Beach alternative calls for 'unobtrusive' camping
After hearing concerns from residents, state officials emphasized at a public meeting last week that the overnight accommodations proposed for Somers Beach Sta…
Law roundup: Person can't laugh all the way to the bank
Someone allegedly kept getting phone calls to meet an individual at a bank to collect millions of dollars they won.
PHOTOS: Barstool Ski Races at Cabin Fever Days
Scenes from the Barstool Ski Races at the 44th Cabin Fever Days in Martin City on Saturday, Feb. 11. The events at Cabin Fever Days serve as a fundraiser to he…
Local teens to represent Montana at Congressional App Challenge
A Kalispell Code Girls United team will represent Montana at the nationwide Congressional App Challenge for an app they designed to combat human trafficking.
Downtown business group supports park measures
Property and business owners represented a large portion of the residents complaining about the presence of homeless people and providing reports to the city o…
Montana Considers Allowing Physician Assistants to Practice Independently
Megan Zawacki started working at St. Peter's Health in Helena, Montana, in 2020 as a physician assistant trained in treating addiction. She had gone through specialized training that allowed her to prescribe Suboxo…
‘User fee’ bill would harm Montana nonprofits with already-slim margins, opponents say
More than a dozen nonprofit organization officials told a Republican lawmaker last week her bill was a tax masquerading as a fee that targets some of Montana’s…
Ag students receive Wilderness First Aid certification
Twenty-one natural resources students at the H.E. Robinson Ag Center recently received Wilderness First Aid certification.
Whitefish lakes conference taking submissions
The conference runs Oct. 18-20 with the theme conference being “Montana Lakes at Risk; Challenges and Opportunities.”
Resort tax revision would allow funding of workforce housing
A bill that would revise Montana’s resort tax laws by increasing the population cap and allowing for a percentage of the tax to go toward workforce housing was…
Law roundup: Who let the dogs out? (Who, who, who, who, who)
An Akita-mix overcame a fenced yard to chase after another dog, prompting a response from the Kalispell Police Department.
County planning board again rejects KM Ranch proposal
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday again gave a negative recommendation for a proposal that could lead to a residential development along KM Ranch…
Bill aimed at drag shows gets hearing in House Judiciary Committee
Critics lambasted a bill aimed at restricting drag shows during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday as rife with possible unintended consequences whil…
Suspect in Kalispell hotel shooting charged with assault with a weapon
Prosecutors filed two counts of felony assault with a weapon Thursday against the man arrested in connection with a shooting in a U.S. 2 hotel in Kalispell ear…
Whitefish murder suspect pleads not guilty
The man charged with the shooting death of a neighbor in a Whitefish extended-stay hotel pleaded not guilty to one count of deliberate homicide in Flathead Cou…