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Sharp cold front to drop snow on Glacier Park
A winter weather advisory was issued for Glacier National Park beginning Wednesday night as a potent front out of …
Full length of Sun Road reopens
The Going-to-the-Sun Road reopened Monday between Apgar and Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, allowing travel by private vehicles along the scenic highway’s…
Some mixed-use zoning eyed for Eagle Valley Ranch
Kalispell City Council will convene a public hearing today to solicit input about a proposal to change the zoning on a portion of a site that would host the Eagle Valley Ranch development from suburban residential …
Whitefish considers zone change for housing project
In preparation for a proposed affordable housing development at 530 Edgewood Place, the Whitefish City Council will consider rezoning 2 acres from limited commercial to a high-density multifamily residential zoning…
Thompson Park gets playground upgrade
Kalispell’s Thompson Memorial Park has been a place where neighborhood kids have played and blown off steam for nearly a century.
Alleged meth dealer now a fugitive
A man who pleaded guilty to bringing a large amount of methamphetamine into the Flathead Valley two years ago is now a fugitive from justice.
Disability group to host candidate forum
Montana Disability Voices is hosting a public candidate forum with Montana legislative candidates Monday, Sept. 17, at the Gateway Community Center in Kalispell.
Progress continues on Flathead High School's new addition
Some of Flathead High School’s classrooms offer the best views of construction progress as an addition is built on the west side.
Montana State Bar meeting attracts legal leaders to Kalispell
A number of the United States’ heavy hitters in the legal profession will be in Kalispell next week as the city hosts the State Bar of Montana’s annual meeting Sept. 20-22.
Roadwork continues in Glacier National Park
While Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is closed from Apgar to Logan Pass to passenger vehicles because of the Howe Ridge Fire, a culvert construction project scheduled in October will result in anoth…
Counselor draws on personal experience
Brandon Spangler’s path to working as a counselor at the Flathead Vet Center was not an easy one, but it does make him uniquely qualified for his work in helpi…
Grizzly killed by train near West Glacier
A 2-year-old male grizzly captured near Bigfork in May and subsequently relocated to the east side of Hungry Horse Reservoir died after being hit by a train Monday near West Glacier.
Dam workers pulled pranks using cement vibrator
In 1951 Warren Little of Missoula was a 20-year-old college student trying to make money to cover his schooling.
Soil testing scheduled for site of new Somers Middle School
Geotechnical engineers will return to Somers Middle School next week to take additional soil samples of the site before new design plans are finalized. The goa…
Regional prescribed burns contingent on rain
Rain, with additional precipitation predicted in the near future — those are the meteorological conditions that would help set the stage for specialists with Flathead National Forest to launch regional prescribed f…
McVay flipped the switch to begin power generation
Pat McVay, 98, had a very noteworthy job when Hungry Horse Dam was finally ready for power generation. He was the worker who flipped the switch to start the fi…