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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 …
Students dive into fish science
More than 100 third-grade students from the Flathead Valley learned about nature, fish, wildlife and the environment at the Fish Fun Fair Event held recently a…
Local agencies prepare for rapid response plan to invasive mussels
An alliance of local organizations came together at the North Flathead Yacht Club on Somers Bay Thursday morning as part of a three-day, multi-agency rapid res…
Man charged in fatal DUI pleads not guilty
A man accused of negligent homicide in a DUI crash more than three years ago pleaded not guilty Thursday in the Flathead County District Court.
Mailbox thefts on the rise in Bigfork area
Thefts from mailboxes in the Flathead Valley have been on the rise for the past month, particularly in the Bigfork area.
Quentin Vitt: 'I wasn't afraid of anything'
Quentin Vitt keeps a stern face as he talks about his time in the military. And he doesn’t smile much when he talks about his beautiful, sprawling property off…
Heartbreak of suicide often comes without warning
Dale Sandson still remembers the exact time he received a phone call from the Sheriff’s Office about his son William.
Water-main break damages Stumptown Art studio
Nonprofit asks for help as Great Fish Challenge ends today
Kalispell Regional's expanded ER, a yearslong effort, reflects a growing valley
For all the chaos that can fill an emergency room, Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s emergency department appeared crisp and airy on a recent Wednesday morni…
Weather contains Glacier fire growth
Cooler, wetter weather forecast for the upcoming weekend may pump the brakes on the 2018 fire season, creating what meteorologists refer to as a “season slowing event.”
No evidence of bear attack near Eureka
Law enforcement authorities, including Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, responded to a report of a possible bear attack near Eureka on Monday morning but did not find any evidence of an attack or identify any inju…
State mulls U.S. 93 upgrades near Somers
The Montana Department of Transportation is seeking public comments on a proposal to study improvement options on a segment of U.S. 93 near Somers.
Aftermath of dam construction led to economic downturn
Marshall Gingery moved to the Flathead Valley the year the Hungry Horse Dam was completed in 1953 because his father worked for the National Park Service and had just been transferred to Glacier after a stint at Ro…
Man arrested in Fresh Life burglary
A transient man is lodged in the Flathead County Jail after police said he burglarized a Kalispell church last week.
Billings farm boy 'decided to take a chance'
Elmer Bastrom of Whitefish was a farm boy from the Billings area when he decided he wanted to move to the Flathead Valley to work on Hungry Horse Dam.
The perils of building a dam had life-or-death consequences
When Paul Cannaday found himself swimming in concrete during the building of Hungry Horse Dam, it wasn’t the hairiest situation he had faced in his young life.