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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “larg…
Glacier Park visitation up 2% in May
Glacier National Park reported a 2% increase in visitors during May, compared with May 2019 pre-pandemic numbers, and the highest year-to-date visitation throu…
Montana fire aircraft temporarily sidelined after crash
A Montana firefighting agency imposed a 48-hour stand-down of its aircraft after a helicopter crash landed and burned in heavy winds.
Glacier Park visitors share video of grizzly chasing black bear
Some recent visitors to Glacier National Park had the rare experience of watching a grizzly bear chase a black bear up a tree at St. Mary Lake.
Grizzlies, tourists on collision course in bear country
Plans for a historic number of visitors to national parks coupled with a peaking grizzly bear population have prompted leaders in the Interagency Grizzly Bear …
Transgender Montanans will need court order to change birth certificates
Kyndra Nevin recalls with dread having to ask a Montana judge to sign an order documenting that she'd had gender-confirmation surgery so she could change the g…
Kalispell nurses go back to the bargaining table
Two weeks after hundreds of hospital nurses walked off the job in Kalispell for three days over what they say are unfair labor practices, inadequate staffing a…
Bigfork baseball land deal falls through
Bigfork Youth Baseball’s field of dreams will have to remain a dream for now as the site of the proposed sports complex was unexpectedly sold to a different bu…
Law Roundup: Don't have to go home, but can't stay here
Patrons who were told to go home by a business owner allegedly retaliated by breaking the windshield wiper on the owner’s vehicle and were arguing with people in the parking lot trying to start fights. The owner wa…
State takes aim on scents, lures in battle with CWD
The state Fish & Wildlife Commission will vote on three items regarding CWD and urine-based scents and lures at next Thursday’s meeting.
Kila man faces charge of sexually assaulting child
A Kila man is accused of sexually assaulting a young boy in his home nearly two years ago.
Lost Prairie skydiving 'king' Fred Sand dies
Fred Sand, who ran the Skydive Lost Prairie drop zone for 42 years and mentored hundreds of skydivers, died Monday at his home.
County to hold last COVID vaccine clinic on June 22
The Flathead City-County Health Department is closing out its community immunization clinics at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.
Heat wave grips US West amid fear of a new, hotter normal
An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such ex…
Gianforte donates salary to facility treating drug addiction
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Wednesday that he will contribute his salary from the first quarter of 2021 to a Hardin facility treating substance abuse…
Bus gets stuck in Flathead River at Blankenship
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office is working with state and federal officials on possible charges stemming from an incident Tuesday where a man got a bus st…