General News
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Whitefish pursuing grant for railroad overpass on East Second Street
The Whitefish City Council gave Public Works Director Craig Workman the go ahead to apply for a grant to build a $…
Family working to build Scandinavian sailboat in Lakeside
When 13-year-old Somers Middle School student Jake Moline began telling his parents two years ago that he wanted to build a Norwegian-style sailboat, they didn…
Child care shortage tied to Flathead economic challenges
A typical work day for Whitney Aschenwald starts with a drive north from Bigfork to Kalispell, where she drops off each of her two young children at separate d…
Whitefish moves toward curbside recycling program
The Whitefish City Council is moving forward with a plan to collect recyclable materials directly from homes.
Judge to decide fate of Flathead National Forest plan
The fate of a long-term management plan for the Flathead National Forest is in the hands of a federal judge after attorneys for environmental groups and the go…
Law roundup: Man asked to spread message peacefully
The Kalispell Police Department responded to a report of a man with a ponytail walking up and down a street screaming. Officers counseled him on his behavior, advising him not to scream at people and to "spread his…
More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried on the site of what was once Canada's largest Indigenous residential school —…
Developer's plans include restaurant atop old silos in Kalispell
A Flathead Valley developer plans to transform a property in Kalispell occupied by defunct grain silos into a mixed-use residential and commercial area featuri…
Law roundup: Bar patrons can't handle closing time
A woman went behind a bar, threatened to hit a bartender and then refused to leave the establishment. Once someone called the Kalispell Police Department, the woman left with four other females — "all intoxicated."
Wallaroo at large after grizzly kills llama near Whitefish
A bear, believed to be a grizzly mother with a yearling in tow, broke into a property owner's barn Thursday night in the Haskill Basin area north of Whitefish,…
Judge temporarily blocks new Montana campus carry law
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked a new law allowing firearms to be carried on public university campuses in Montana.
Veterans group marks National Poppy Day in C-Falls
Columbia Falls shoppers were greeted with a familiar sight on Friday — National Poppy Day — as members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 72 were on hand at…
Bear injures hiker in Yellowstone National Park
A bear attacked and injured a hiker in Yellowstone National Park Friday morning, marking the first incident of a bear injuring a person in the park this year, …
Ronan man killed in head-on crash south of Pablo
A woman driver speeding away from a Lake County sheriff's deputy on U.S. 93 crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision that killed a Ronan man early Friday, officials said.
2 named as suspects in girl's death on Crow Reservation
Two women who were sentenced in tribal court and jailed on misdemeanor charges in the case of a young girl whose body was found on the Crow Indian Reservation have been named as suspects in the child's death.
Evergreen Rural Fire District has two board openings
The Evergreen Rural Fire District is seeking to fill two vacancies on its governing board.