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Updated 7 hours, 32 minutes ago

Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules

A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would …

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
3 injured in Lakeside crash

A two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on U.S. 93 south of Lakeside sent three people to the hospital.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Officer rams vehicle to end chase through Kalispell

A Kalispell woman is in the Flathead County Jail after a high-speed chase through Kalispell early Tuesday morning involving several county Sheriff’s Office vehicles.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Request for bypass funding gains support

Kalispell and Flathead County officials, along with the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce, are throwing their support behind a state effort to pursue federal fundi…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
PHOTO GALLERY: Trump holds rally in Great Falls

President Donald Trump speaks to a capacity crowd at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls on Thursday, July 5. More than 1,000 people who wanted to attend the…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Accident blocks traffic on Glacier Park's Sun Road

Vehicle traffic attempting to enter Glacier National Park at the West Entrance was turned around for a few hours Thursday afternoon due to a vehicle accident o…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Taco John's returns to former Kalispell location

Taco John’s is moving back into its old location on Main Street in Kalispell.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Grizzly captured south of Condon euthanized

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently released information about two dead grizzly bears, including one that was euthanized after it had become conditioned to human food sources.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Eagle Transit makes route changes in Kalispell

Flathead Council Agency on Aging is adjusting the Eagle Transit bus service with the goal of improving service. Representatives from the agency presented the changes to the Kalispell City Council on Monday.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Thousands rally around Trump in Great Falls

The lines started forming before noon Thursday, hours before President Donald Trump’s scheduled 4 p.m. arrival at Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls. As the tem…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Submerged van pulled from Flathead River

A recent effort by a Columbia Falls man to launch a boat on the Flathead River at Berne Memorial Park didn’t turn out too well after his van ended up sinking.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Teens airlifted from Jewel Basin

Two Wisconsin teens were airlifted from the Jewel Basin Hiking Area in the Swan Range on Tuesday afternoon after getting wet and cold in inclement weather cond…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
2 injured in rollover while testing pickup for Fourth parade

Two Kalispell men were taken to the hospital after the Ford F-250 pickup they were traveling in crashed on Montana 35 late Tuesday afternoon near Creston.

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Veterans march 60K to support public lands

First light was still hours away when a troop of four Iraq and Afghanistan veterans struck out from Polebridge at 3 a.m. on Monday on a 60-kilometer ruck march…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Evergreen firefighter defends her use of social media

Social media posts by an Evergreen Fire Rescue member led to a discussion on the posts and their possible effect on the department at Monday’s board meeting in…

Updated 7 years, 10 months ago
Powerlifters compete in Special Olympics USA Games

The barbell was loaded with four plates on each side, creating a setup so large it was almost comical.