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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15
Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.
FVCC Senior Institute registration begins
Flathead Valley Community College’s Senior Institute returns for another year of credit class offerings to community members 65 and up.
Whitefish Winter Carnival crowns King and Queen
Whitefish residents Dave Grady and Linda Engh-Grady will reign as the Whitefish Winter Carnival King Ullr LXVII and Queen of Snows. They were crowned during a …
Northwest Montana History Museum awarded grant to update exhibit
As stated in the museum's application for the $23,300 grant, submitted in fall 2025, which detailed plans to renovate the longstanding On a Passing Frontier exhibit, one of seven permanent galleries in the museum:
Headlines: Stolen car crash injures teen, ex-judge sentenced, and a fight against invasive goldfish
Girl in hospital after alleged stolen car crashed into her, Polson attorney to serve three years probation for drug use, Flathead Sheriff’s Office gets new und…
Sanders County jail to get new body scanner with state grant money
Sanders County commissioners accepted a $141,500 grant from the Montana Opioid Abatement program last week for a new body scanner in the county jail.
Complaints filed with Postal Service over flurry of mail found along highway
Officials are investigating a post office in Marion after receiving multiple complaints regarding lost or damaged mail and reports of letters and packages scat…
Zoning amendment near Whitefish fails to get support of Flathead County Planning Board
The city of Whitefish has requested denial of the application, stating it violated the adopted 2007 Whitefish Growth Policy’s suburban land use designation.
Kalispell man arrested after allegedly beating grandmother with her cane
Joseph Patrick Ford, 46, faces a felony charge of assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor count of partner or family member assault, first offense, in Flathead…
Suspect in felony assault case picks up drug possession charge
Steven Lee Myers, 34, was originally facing a felony count of aggravated assault for the alleged Fourth of July ramming in the parking lot of a gas station and fast food restaurant along U.S. 2 in Evergreen.
Habitat for Humanity pitches plan to build townhomes in Whitefish
The Whitefish City Council meeting last week began with the swearing in of reelected Councilors Ben Davis, Giuseppe Caltabiano and Andy Feury, and was followed…
For Foster, it’s been a rewarding career at Glacier National Park
The complete remodeling of the Many Glacier Hotel. The rebuilding of the Going-to-the-Sun Road; numerous water and infrastructure projects and two notable toil…
Girl in hospital after driver of alleged stolen vehicle collides with her car in Columbia Heights
There was a serious accident in Columbia Heights Friday night after the driver of an alleged stolen vehicle collided with another vehicle at the intersection o…
Mountain Brook School under consideration for National Register of Historic Places
The Mountain Brook School, located on Foothill Road east of Creston, was constructed in 1922.
Logan Health primary care providers approve unionization
A solid majority of Logan Health primary care providers voted Thursday to unionize.
Fog grounds flights at Glacier Park International Airport
Aircraft were unable to land at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell on Wednesday because of thick fog.