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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.
Logan Health gives out Healthy Classroom grants to educators
The Healthy Classrooms grant provides funding to local schools to aid in the creation or improvement of student-centered and staff-related healthy living initiatives.
Food bank receives donation dedicated toward building food security
North Valley Food Bank recently received a $25,000 gift from First Interstate Bank and the First Interstate BancSystem Foundation as part of their second-annua…
Gianforte vetoes mobile homes park bill, CPS reform, among other legislation
Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a bill that would have given protections for mobile home park residents, like requiring park owners give 60 days notice before taking action like increasing rent.
Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of abortion ban; hearing next week
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a new ban on the type of abortion most commonly used after 15 weeks of ge…
Montana bans TikTok. But can the state enforce the law?
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed into law a first-of-its kind bill that makes it illegal for TikTok to operate in the state, setting up a potent…
Fairgrounds changes camping rules due to trash left on grounds
More than $10,000 was spent during the week of May 7 to remove trash and other items that were not claimed, according to a release from the county.
Flathead legislators saw session as a success
Local lawmakers returning home after the 68th Legislative Session are describing it as a success, specifically in regard to improving infrastructure, investing…
Kolton Turner wins Spring Mack Days event
Kalispell’s Kolton Turner finished at the top of the heap at the Spring Mack Days fishing tournament on Flathead Lake.
Supreme Court upholds zoning variance for Swiss Apartments
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a district court ruling that allows for a nine-unit apartment complex to be rebuilt in Columbia Falls.
Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok
Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday when the state's Republican governor signed a measure that's more sweeping tha…
Alberta fires send ‘wall of smoke’ into Montana
Air quality deteriorated across much of Montana on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada infiltrated the region overnight.
Flathead man facing felony charge held box cutter to his throat, court docs say
Authorities have identified a Flathead Valley man already facing a felony stalking charge as the person who held a blade to his throat inside the Flathead Coun…
Bigfork student wins top writing awards
Bigfork High School student Wyatt Barnes is the 2023 Authors of the Flathead student writing competition winner for his poem “My Eyes Belong to Me.”
Glacier Park seeking public comment on trout preservation project in Gunsight Lake
Glacier National Park officials are seeking public comment for a westslope cutthroat and bull trout preservation project at Gunsight Lake.
Suspected fentanyl dealer pleads not guilty
Jessica Elaine Boyd-Criado, 27, appeared in Flathead County District Court before Judge Dan Wilson on May 11 for her arraignment on the felony charge.