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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…
County hits pause button a second time on vote tabulators
The purchase of new vote tabulators for Flathead County elections has been tabled again by the county commissioners to enable further evaluation of the propose…
Latest Covid surge at Libby care facility leaves at least 10 dead
At least 10 Libby Care Center residents died due to complications related to Covid-19 after the coronavirus spread through the local nursing home last month.
Board hones pot rules; OKs big housing projects
Local marijuana legislation began to take shape this week when the Kalispell Planning Board recommended approval of a zoning text amendment regarding recreatio…
WWII soldier's medals presented to family in Kalispell
John T. Mulder had just graduated from Oregon State College when he joined the U.S. Army in 1942. A basketball player from the small town of Raymond, Washingto…
Patrol IDs North Dakota trooper who fatally shot Montana man
The North Dakota Highway Patrol on Wednesday identified the trooper who fatally shot a Montana man following a vehicle chase on Interstate 94 west of Mandan earlier this month.
US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws…
More than half of states have rolled back public health powers in pandemic
Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and loc…
Study finds Whitefish High School nearing capacity
The Whitefish High School building is nearing its student capacity level based on current enrollment figures, according to a draft facilities plan being develo…
Commissioners weigh in on congressional redistricting
The Flathead County commissioners have recommended to the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission that Flathead County be kept within a Western Montana congressional district.
Extended-stay hotel proposed in Whitefish
A second new hotel could be coming to Whitefish. Last month, Averill Hospitality unveiled plans to build a three-story boutique hotel at the northwest corner o…
Law roundup: Man advised 911 dispatch isn’t tech support
A man called 911 wanting to know how to plug his phone in. He hung up after being told to call tech support.
US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves
Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become t…
Judge fines public defenders office for unassigned cases
A Yellowstone County judge has held the director of Montana's Office of the Public Defender in contempt of court and fined the agency up to $10,000 for failing to immediately assign public defenders in criminal cas…
West Reserve upgrades come with $68M price tag
A cost summary of the full slate of recommended improvements on West Reserve Drive between Hutton Ranch and U.S. 2 estimates intersection improvements at $20.7…
Unsecured garbage in Whitefish a smorgasbord for bears
Following recent reports and sightings of 19 black bears getting into garbage and eating fruit in Whitefish, and the capture and relocation of a grizzly bear f…