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Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules
A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would …
At-home mushroom cultivation workshop part of Free the Seeds event
The seventh annual Free the Seeds event runs Saturday, March 5 through Monday, March 7 with several virtual workshops and two seed giveaway locations.
Whitefish to study high school expansion options
The Whitefish School District is moving forward with planning for a possible high school expansion in order to address the enrollment increases that are occurr…
Library trustees draft letter to address staff concerns
Amid ongoing public scrutiny, the ImagineIF Libraries board of trustees has issued a letter aimed at repairing its relationship with library staff.
Officials say hunting wolves from aircraft prohibited
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Despite a recent interpretation of Montana state law that aerial hunting of wolves is not prohibited, doing so runs afoul of federal law.
Construction resumes on Foy’s Lake Road interchange
The Montana Department of Transportation will resume minor construction near Ashley Creek, south of the U.S. Highway 2 exit, beginning the first week of March 2022, pending weather and permits.
Students show off projects at annual countywide science fair
Science students with their project boards filled the Expo Center at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Thursday as students from schools across the county gather…
Montana will receive $80M in J&J opioid settlement
Montana will receive $80 million as its share of a nationwide settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors over their role in the opioid crisis, Attorney General Austin Knudsen said…
Montana man pleads guilty to his role in U.S. Capitol breach
A Montana man and former U.S. Marine has reached a plea agreement on a federal misdemeanor charge for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol as Congress was counting the Electoral College votes fro…
Teck opens third B.C. water treatment plant
Teck Resources Ltd. says the Canadian coal company has made a third water treatment facility operational in the Elk Valley of British Columbia.
Two cases of brucellosis found in Montana cows
Two cows from Gallatin and Madison counties have tested positive for brucellosis in the last two months, but the Montana Department of Livestock said it does not believe the cases represent an increased risk of an …
Grand Teton helicopter goat shoot fells 50 invasive animals
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Contractors hired by Grand Teton National Park have killed 50 invasive mountain goats this week in a campaign to protect the park's herd of native bighorn sheep.
Eagle Scout project spruces up hospital garden
Kalispell Eagle Scout candidate Colton Henriksson and his fellow scouts of Troop 1901 were hard at work at Logan Health Whitefish on Saturday helping improve t…
Law Roundup: Kalispell woman feels threatened by Californian
A woman received a threatening text message from an unknown California number after her car was struck in an unreported hit and run accident, she told the Kalispell Police Department.
Yellowstone starts bison cull as animals migrate to Montana
Yellowstone National Park captured 37 bison that were migrating outside the park and sent most to slaughter as officials began an annual program to cull the an…
Democrat Jack Ballard drops out of Montana US House race
Red Lodge author Jack Ballard dropped out of the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat representing eastern Montana, he said Thursday.