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Flathead County Library continues negotiations on property for new Kalispell branch
The northwest corner of the Kalispell Center Mall property, adjacent to Fifth Avenue West and Parkline Trail, is e…
Candidate for Columbia Falls City Council Kathryn Price
Kathryn Price is a lifelong resident of Columbia Falls. Price, 52, graduated from Columbia Falls in 1989 and then went on to study business and accounting at F…
Polson High School student sets sights on Carnegie Hall
Polson High School junior Bethany Butler has wanted to sing in Carnegie Hall since she was 6 years old. “I love Carnegie Hall not only because everybody, like …
Ballots are due on Marion School bond issue
Voters are reminded that ballots are due Nov. 7 on Marion School District’s $8.2 million bond issue to expand and accommodate growth.
Western Montana timber company honored with forestry award
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte traveled to Plains last week to honor and bestow the annual Forest Products Award to a family-owned business based out of Libby.
Lawsuit challenges Montana Legislature’s new PSC map as unconstitutional gerrymander
Lawyers for Montana Conservation Voters and a group of Montanans from across the state filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the new Public Service Commission dis…
All but seven counties join revolt over school tax
According to information supplied this week by the Montana Association of Counties, 49 of Montana’s 56 counties have chosen to buck a directive from the admini…
FWP solicits public input on its plan for managing Montana’s 1,000-plus wolves
Montana has a new draft plan to guide its management of wolves, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced late last week. The proposal has implications for a …
Columbia Falls High School Speech and Debate takes first at season opener
Columbia Falls High School took first place and Whitefish High School, third, in Corvallis over the weekend in the first speech and debate tournament of the season for the local Class A teams.
Logan Health CEO flags rising health care costs as a top challenge
Finding efficiencies will be a key component to the success of the new Logan Health-Billings Clinic hospital system as the cost of health care rises and Montan…
Kalispell teen killed, six injured in suspected DUI crash
A teenage girl from Kalispell died early Sunday morning after the pickup she was a passenger in rolled on U.S. 2 near Kalispell.
Sheriff: Suspect in chase tried to run down deputy
Authorities are holding a Kalispell man on multiple pending charges, including attempted homicide, after he allegedly fled officers in a stolen vehicle on Mond…
Octogenarian storyteller puts words to paper in novels
John Hodge has always been a storyteller, but it wasn’t until he started trading correspondence with his granddaughter that the idea to write a novel began to …
New Horizons Band offers seniors a chance to feel the music
“Music is our common goal and music is therapeutic, emotionally and mentally. Band friends stick together for a lifetime — it’s just a special bond, people pla…
Kalispell Public Schools moves ahead with charter applications
Kalispell Public Schools trustees approved the submission of applications that would allow the district to create public charter schools Oct. 24, after about t…
FHS students inducted into National Honor Society
Thirty students were inducted into the Flathead High School National Honor Society.