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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 $…
Wyoming smokejumper critically injured in New Mexico
Officials in Montana have released the name of a wildland firefighter who was critically injured while fighting a fire on private land in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pipeline breach spills crude oil on Crow Reservation
A breached oil pipeline has spilled an undetermined volume of crude on the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana after possibly leaking for months before it was discovered, a tribal official said Wednesda…
Rare fish found in 2 northwestern Montana lakes
Fisheries biologists made a surprising discovery in a pair of northwestern Montana lakes, and the information is shedding light on the distribution of a rare n…
Armed standoff ends after suspect hit by gunfire, police say
Law enforcement officers exchanged gunfire with a woman during an armed standoff in Columbia Falls on Wednesday.
Killer of 9 in California had talked of workplace attacks
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — An employee who gunned down nine people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about…
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats set to return to Big Mountain Ranch
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are scheduled to return to the Flathead Valley this summer.
Montana man ordered to pay restitution for arson-for-hire
A south-central Montana man who pleaded no contest to hiring someone to burn down his house for the insurance money so he could pay a debt to the federal government in a drug case has been ordered to pay restitutio…
Kalispell kicks off Parkline Trail construction
Despite gloomy weather Monday evening, Kalispell's future looked bright at a ceremony celebrating the start of construction on the Parkline Trail.
New wolf killing laws prompt push to revive protections
Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican law…
Law roundup: Florida woman fired from job blames Kalispell woman
A Florida woman called the Kalispell Police Department alleging her son’s ex-girlfriend, who she had co-signed an apartment for when they were together, posted a comment the woman had sent onto social media, which …
Data: Half of Montana inmates reject COVID-19 vaccine
The Montana Department of Corrections has reported about half of the people in custody are choosing not to get vaccinated for COVID-19, despite being held in c…
County takes step toward Evergreen sidewalk project
The Flathead County commissioners have taken a first step toward a long-awaited sidewalk project in Evergreen, where community leaders say children need safer …
Former police chief charged with distributing child porn
The former police chief in East Helena made an initial appearance in federal court Tuesday on a complaint alleging he distributed child pornography via Facebook Messenger.
Billings police investigate assault on tribal councilwoman
Police are actively searching for two people of interest in the assault of Northern Cheyenne Tribal Councilwoman Silver Little Eagle and another unidentified 31-year-old male but have not made any arrests or filed …
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses.