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Flathead County says it gets to appoint Planning Board members in lawsuit response
The conservation district filed a lawsuit against county commissioners and the Planning and Zoning Department afte…
Montana angler lands new state record largemouth bass
A largemouth bass pulled from Lake Elmo in Billings Heights Saturday is big enough...
Mack Days' $10k lake trout still stalks Flathead Lake
Three weeks are left in the 2021 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
$1M awarded to restore wetlands at Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Valley Connections, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has been awarded a $1 million North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant t…
Law roundup: Caller wants to know legality of horse droppings
Someone calling the Flathead County Sheriff's Office from Many Lakes Drive allegedly wanted to know if it was legal for horses to defecate on the street without the riders cleaning it up.
Woman involved in Dasen prostitution case freed from sex offender registration
A local woman involved in a prostitution case involving a high-profile Kalispell businessman will no longer have to register as a sex offender.
Biden delivers first address to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that "America is rising anew,"
Effort underway to support domestic violence victim charged with homicide
The Abbie Shelter in Kalispell has launched a no-holds-barred activism effort to have the state dismiss, with prejudice, a deliberate homicide charge that was …
Montana Legislature passes school bus safety bills
The legislation was inspired by Jordana Hubble, who has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury since November 2019, when she was hit by a vehicle while …
Mail-in ballots due May 4 for school elections
Registered voters living in school districts holding mail-ballot elections are reminded ballots are due Tuesday, May 4. Ballots may either be mailed or hand-delivered, but are due in a voter’s respective district b…
Parkline Trail hits budgeting snag
Parkline Trail hits budgeting snag
Coram man dies in U.S. 2 accident
A Coram man died in a traffic crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 2.
Flathead 911 center struggles with hiring, retention
Flathead County's 911 dispatch center struggled to hire and retain employees during the first quarter of 2021 as call volumes continued to surge, but the cente…
Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil…
Law roundup: Man's hunch about going to jail is correct
Someone called Kalispell Police Department to report a truck hitting a center divider and dispatchers could hear a man in the background asking them not to call 911 because he would go to jail if he got another tic…
Whitefish Community Foundation hosts Day of Giving May 4
Whitefish Community Foundation is hosting the 2021 Day of Giving & Unity event to help local nonprofits serving local communities.