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Girl in intensive care after Middle Fork rafting accident
A girl from Columbus, Ohio nearly drowned in a rafting accident on the Middle Fork last week. A GoFundMe campaign …
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…
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…