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First Interstate, Federal Home Loan Bank awards Samaritan House $8,600
Samaritan House received an $8,600 donation this month from First Interstate Bank and Federal Home Bank of Des Moi…
Yellowstone says foot in hot spring linked to July 31 death
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is bel…
Growing fair market sale draws widespread support
Many of the youth use the proceeds from the sale of their steer, hog or lamb to help pay for college or purchase their first vehicle. But more important than t…
Roundup for Safety grants distributed
Roundup for Safety is a voluntary program for Flathead Electric Cooperative members who allow their electric bills to be rounded up to the next dollar, with the extra money going into a fund for community safety pr…
Public health agencies adapt Covid lessons to curb overdoses, STDs and gun violence
LIVINGSTON — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is to use the medicine that can reverse opioid o…
Back-to-school August 2022
The start of the 2022-23 school year begins next week for many districts in the valley. One of the big changes this year is that school meals will no longer …
Law roundup: Roommate’s delusions cause for concern
A resident worried about her roommate’s behavior contacted the Columbia Falls Police Department after he began hallucinating.
Study says Whitefish needs 1,000 more homes by 2030
The refresh comes after the original assessment released in 2016 showed a need to add about 980 residences by 2020.
Results from the 2022 Northwest Montana Fair
Results from the Northwest Montana Fair
Jamaican jerk chicken takes best fair food prize
Fire + Ice beat out 21 other contenders to take the blue ribbon.
Climate bill's unlikely beneficiary: US oil and gas industry
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gul…
Officials monitoring wildfires across region
Wildfires around Northwest Montana continue to add smoke to area skies as blazes continue to burn from the Canadian border to the Mission Valley.
Climate bill's unlikely beneficiary: US oil and gas industry
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gul…
Part of a foot, in a shoe, spotted in Yellowstone hot spring
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after a park employee spotted part of a foot, in a shoe, floating in a hot spring in the southern part of the park, offic…
Ruling clears Biden's 2021 pause on new oil, gas leases
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge's order that forced the Biden administration to resume sales of oil and gas leases on federal land and waters was vacated Wednesday …
Montana child care providers to receive $18 million in federal grants
The state of Montana has approved $18 million in grants from federal funds for 31 child care providers, health care organizations, community groups and local governments in an effort to expand child care services, …