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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 $…
Judge still weighing Glacier Loon project's impacts
Chain saws won’t sputter or roar on the Glacier Loon project until a federal judge concludes the U.S. Forest Service has met its obligations to fully assess the venture’s environmental impacts.
Grappling with grizzlies 'if and when'
Grizzly bears regularly make news in Montana and the powerful bruin’s circumstances grabbed headlines again this week.
Judge postpones ruling in dispute
The long-running dispute over a Creston-area water-bottling plant will continue for a few weeks longer after a district judge on Tuesday declined to order the plant’s shutdown, pending more information.
FVCC Festival of Flavors begins Oct. 5
Flathead Valley Community College’s 11th Annual Fall Festival of Flavors to support scholarships and student success returns to campus Oct. 5.
Local author gets letter back from president
A Hungry Horse woman recently received a letter from President Donald Trump and first lady Melania after she sent her book to the president’s office.
Judge restores energy lease on Montana land sacred to tribes
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge reinstated an oil and gas lease on land in northwestern Montana considered sacred to some tribes in the U.S. and Canada — a ruli…
Car raffle yields poignant moment for rural church
Stillwater Free Lutheran Church residents can’t help but feel there’s been some divine intervention in their quest to raise money for a new building to house t…
Bigfork to move ahead with trail expansion
The Community Foundation for a Better Bigfork voted Thursday to move forward with plans to expand the current Bigfork Nature Trails system following an update …
Governor: Forests in crisis require new approach
An ominous mix of climate change, insect infestation, drought, increasingly catastrophic wildfires and a history of fire suppression demand an unprecedented an…
Birds of prey - up close
Oohs and aahs were very audible at Montana Wild Wings’ Birds of Prey Festival at Lone Pine State Park recently.
MSU plans pest management tour stops in the Flathead
The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering a pest management tour for pesticide applicators at six locations across northwestern Montana from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4.
Land and Water Conservation Fund set to expire
The clock is ticking for the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, set to expire at the end of September.
Public health executive director stepping down
On a recent Friday at the Earl Bennett Building in downtown Kalispell, Jody White would rather not talk about herself. She is, as she says, a “behind-the-scene…
Volunteer firefighters are vital for rural areas, but their numbers are on the decline
Rural communities like those scattered across the Flathead have relied for decades on volunteer firefighters and paramedics, who train for hundreds of hours an…
Initiative would reject mines destined to be perpetual polluters
Backers of ballot Initiative 186 contend that any new hardrock mine unable to provide “clear and convincing evidence” that its reclamation would not require perpetual treatment of polluted water should not receive …