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Senior Spotlight: Columbia Falls cross country star changes pace with journalistic ambitions
He joined Hungry Horse News in February 2025 through his school’s Work-Based Learning Program, where he photograph…
County Republican committee endorses primary challengers to Brockman, Sprunger
The Flathead County Republican Central Committee has endorsed the primary opponents of two GOP lawmakers seeking reelection to the state Legislature after both…
Flathead Electric Co-op awards about $30K in Roundup for Safety grants in March
Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety Board awarded $29,818 in grant funds supporting nine community safety projects March 14.
Columbia Falls moves ahead with affordable housing project
The Columbia Falls City Council earlier this month decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Street on what is now a baseball field.
Voters to decide fate of Lincoln County Library system
Voters in Lincoln County will decide the fate of its three libraries in June.
Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed
After two months of litigation and consideration, the Montana Supreme Court on Monday overruled the state attorney general’s January finding that a constitutio…
State school board approves alternative teacher licensure program
Montana is changing requirements around teacher licensure in order to fill vacancies in the state.
Record-low snowpack worries researches at University of Montana
MISSOULA – Snowpack this winter continues to be at an all-time low across several river basins in western Montana, indicating that this year could see water sh…
Argument over music preceded standoff, court docs say
“Ask me to turn down the music again,” Nathaniel Everett Wood, 31, told his significant other with the gun pointed at her head just after midnight March 17, ac…
Kalispell voters approve public safety levy
Kalispell voters on Tuesday approved a public safety levy that will raise an estimated $4.6 million in its first year for emergency services.
The importance of inclusion — Pair raise awareness on improving the mental health of students with disabilities for state event
Twenty-seven Flathead High School HOSA — Future Health Professionals students are preparing for the state competition April 2-4.
Kalispell shooting suspect given suspended sentence
A 23-year-old arrested for allegedly shooting and wounding another man in a Kalispell hotel last year received a suspended sentence earlier this month.
Supreme Court clears way for override poll of vetoed marijuana funds bill
The Montana Supreme Court on Friday afternoon denied the State of Montana’s request to pause a lower court decision ordering the governor and secretary of stat…
Montana Supreme Court rules with New York Post in Whitefish venture capitalist’s defamation case
The Montana Supreme Court last week determined that the broad privilege New York law affords journalists to report on public affairs supersedes Montana law in …
Lending an ear for 20 years
Laurel Ewing, a law clerk at the Flathead County Attorney’s Office, is the first person visitors meet when they enter the building in the shadow of the histori…
Whitefish considers recreation and trail agreements
Whitefish City Council on Monday is being asked to approve three separate agreements pertaining to recreation in and outside of the city.