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Flathead Valley cities feel financial strain of land use law
Representatives from each of the 10 cities required to comply with the law expressed support for its long-term goa…
Trego man pleads guilty to mitigated deliberate homicide
A Trego man accused of killing his adult son last year pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to a single count of mitigated deliberate homicide.
Merry Maker kicks off Whitefish Winter Carnival
The Whitefish Winter Carnival LXIII gets under way starting today, Jan. 8, with the festive, bawdy adults-only Merry Maker party at 6 p.m. at the Whitefish Moo…
Man sent to prison for crashing into home, killing Kalispell man
An Arizona man who was drunk when he drove into a Kalispell home and killed a man will spend time in state prison. Thomas Owen Lefevre, 20, was sentenced in F…
Avalanche blocks I-90 on Montana side of Lookout Pass
A snowslide blocked the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 near Lookout Pass in western Montana on Friday, closing the highway overnight, while avalanche warnings were in place in western Montana and for the Cooke Ci…
Judge again tosses permit for Creston water-bottling plant
A Flathead County District Court Judge has ruled that the state unlawfully granted a permit for a water-bottling plant in the Creston area.
CSKT Tribal Council elects McDonald as chairman
The Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held its quarterly meeting Friday at the Tribes’ headquarters in Pablo, with the selection of new Council leadership high on the agenda.
Winter storm causes road, school closures
Heavy snow battered Northwest Montana on Thursday night into Friday, causing precarious driving conditions, and some road and school closures.
Law roundup: Saddle up, partners
The way a man was reportedly riding a horse all over a Kalispell parking lot had someone concerned he was trying to get onto a porch. He then fell off the horse so they decided it was time to call the Flathead Coun…
Local school districts get slice of $1M in tax credits
Within minutes, $1 million in tax credits were claimed by Montana public schools as part of an updated donation program intended to provide supplemental fundin…
Director hire could cost ImagineIF state accreditation
The ImagineIF Library Board of Trustees on Thursday voted to offer its director position to a candidate that if hired will likely mean the library system would…
Kalispell man struck and killed after crash on snowy highway
An 84-year-old man was struck and killed after his vehicle was involved in a crash on a snowy highway in southwestern Montana, the Montana Highway Patrol said Thursday.
Glacier's 2021 visitation 2nd highest ever
November visitation to Glacier National Park was down just over 10% from this time last year, according to statistics released by the National Park Service on …
County to use online platform for Covid contact tracing
The Flathead City-County Health Department is shifting to an online platform to contact Covid-19 positive individuals in anticipation of rising cases due to th…
Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a sin…
Columbia Falls man accused of child sex abuse
A Columbia Falls man accused of raping numerous children at his home is set to be released from jail after posting bail on Wednesday.