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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 $…
Busy airport poised for substantial expansion project
A three-year expansion plan for Glacier Park International Airport aimed at accommodating burgeoning visitation growth and meeting local flight demands will po…
Wildfire concerns might help reverse decline in timber sales
Timber harvests in Montana peaked during the late 1980s and have declined substantially since, a drop attributed in large part to a 70 percent to 80 percent reduction in harvests on national forest lands during the…
Woodworker tackles a restoration challenge
As a chopper pilot in Vietnam, his standing mission involved flying a profane, hard-drinking Lutheran minister to services scattered throughout the Mekong Delt…
Breast-cancer survivor finds 'communal bond' at retreat
Patti Singer has an eye for one color.
Couple sues Whitefish man accused of vehicular assault
A Georgia couple who were severely injured after being struck by a vehicle in Whitefish in July have filed suit against the man who is accused of negligent veh…
Great Fish campaign awards $2.4M
The Whitefish Community Foundation on Thursday distributed more than $2.4 million to 50 participating nonprofits in the fourth annual Great Fish Community Challenge.
New pavilion is student idea brought to reality
It may have taken a few years to set aside the money, but on Oct.12 Evergreen School District cut the ribbon on a new pavilion located by Evergreen Junior High…
Longtime Whitefish paraeducator earns award
Whitefish High School Special Education Paraeducator Velma Luke is the recipient of the Montana Down Syndrome Association Logan Charles Award for the passion, …
Report ranks UM top university in state
MISSOULA – The University of Montana is the highest-ranked institution of higher learning in the state, according to the 2019 World University Rankings.
Preserving Flathead River might someday require permit system
One older man who described himself as a fisherman said he first floated the North Fork in 1956. He shook his head.
Salon offers extensions as breast-cancer fundraiser
Pink hair isn’t just for the bold and artistic types this month. Dozens of women, men and children around the Flathead Valley are sporting neon streaks in supp…
Tests show concentrations of cyanide near CFAC landfills
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. officials released more data in a meeting Wednesday night that further pinpoints old landfills north of the plant as being the prim…
PHOTOS: Trump holds campaign rally in Missoula
President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Missoula on Thursday, Oct. 18.
Trump takes campaign to Missoula
MISSOULA — President Donald Trump suggested without evidence Thursday that Democrats or their allies are supporting a “caravan” of Central American migrants wh…
Whitefish boosters explore sports complex
Supporters of Bulldog athletics are exploring the possibility of constructing a new, privately-funded sports complex.