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Home Instead provides comfort and security for seniors needing at-home care
Home Instead is a global network of independently owned franchises that started in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Kalispell Planning Board to consider request for additional apartments
The Kalispell Planning Board meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, 201 First Ave. E. The meeting can also be attended virtually via Zoom.
37-year-old accused of punching deputy during arrest
Cody Wayne Brown, 37, faces a felony charge of assault on a peace officer in Flathead County District Court following his June 3 arrest.
Worker faces felony charge for allegedly pulling gun during argument
Gerald Gonzales Garcia faces a single felony count of assault with a weapon in Flathead County District Court following the June 9 spat.
Kurt Steele steps down as Flathead Forest supervisor
Kurt Steele is leaving his position as supervisor of the Flathead National Forest for a post at the federal agency’s regional office in Missoula, U.S. Forest S…
Lawmakers override governor’s vetoes of state hospital reforms
Late Thursday night, the Montana Secretary of State announced that lawmakers scattered across Montana had officially overridden two high-profile vetoes from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, confirming policies aimed…
Whitefish Council continues to examine budget
Whitefish City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 418 E. Second St.
Bigfork’s Tess Megill earns back-to-back state rodeo titles
The Bigfork eighth-grader, who is homeschooled through Heritage Academy in Evergreen, just finished winning the junior pole bending event of the Montana High S…
Kalispell City Council to consider water rate hikes
Kalispell City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 201 First Ave. E.
Three Kalispell teachers named educators of the year
This is the first time the Kalispell Education Foundation has given out the award.
Legal questions raised about Montana's conflicting charter school bills
Gov. Greg Gianforte recently signed two bills into law that each set up their own particular charter school systems in the state, actively making Montana the 4…
Ambitious program looks to document the depths of Flathead Lake and beyond
What began as a cooperation between Kyren Zimmerman and the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center last summer to explore a few sites in the lake has turned into the …
Community briefs
Agency on Aging holds dementia simulations; Boy Scouts seek sailors; Summer camps; Code Girls United hosting summer camps
Nurses union raises concerns amid Logan Health integration effort
Logan Health officials say plans to integrate with Billings Clinic continue apace, but some employees are questioning the advantages of creating a new health c…
Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, has died in federal prison at 81
WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombi…
Gianforte touts Sprunger’s fentanyl bill in Kalispell
Gov. Greg Gianforte joined Kalispell Rep. Courtenay Sprunger in the Flathead County Courthouse on Friday to ceremonially sign two of the freshman lawmakers bil…