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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “larg…
Somers Beach alternative calls for 'unobtrusive' camping
After hearing concerns from residents, state officials emphasized at a public meeting last week that the overnight accommodations proposed for Somers Beach Sta…
PHOTOS: Barstool Ski Races at Cabin Fever Days
Scenes from the Barstool Ski Races at the 44th Cabin Fever Days in Martin City on Saturday, Feb. 11. The events at Cabin Fever Days serve as a fundraiser to he…
Local teens to represent Montana at Congressional App Challenge
A Kalispell Code Girls United team will represent Montana at the nationwide Congressional App Challenge for an app they designed to combat human trafficking.
Downtown business group supports park measures
Property and business owners represented a large portion of the residents complaining about the presence of homeless people and providing reports to the city o…
‘User fee’ bill would harm Montana nonprofits with already-slim margins, opponents say
More than a dozen nonprofit organization officials told a Republican lawmaker last week her bill was a tax masquerading as a fee that targets some of Montana’s…
Ag students receive Wilderness First Aid certification
Twenty-one natural resources students at the H.E. Robinson Ag Center recently received Wilderness First Aid certification.
Whitefish lakes conference taking submissions
The conference runs Oct. 18-20 with the theme conference being “Montana Lakes at Risk; Challenges and Opportunities.”
Resort tax revision would allow funding of workforce housing
A bill that would revise Montana’s resort tax laws by increasing the population cap and allowing for a percentage of the tax to go toward workforce housing was…
County planning board again rejects KM Ranch proposal
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday again gave a negative recommendation for a proposal that could lead to a residential development along KM Ranch…
Bill aimed at drag shows gets hearing in House Judiciary Committee
Critics lambasted a bill aimed at restricting drag shows during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday as rife with possible unintended consequences whil…
Suspect in Kalispell hotel shooting charged with assault with a weapon
Prosecutors filed two counts of felony assault with a weapon Thursday against the man arrested in connection with a shooting in a U.S. 2 hotel in Kalispell ear…
Whitefish murder suspect pleads not guilty
The man charged with the shooting death of a neighbor in a Whitefish extended-stay hotel pleaded not guilty to one count of deliberate homicide in Flathead Cou…
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks outlines efforts to protect westslope cutthroat trout
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for public comments on proposed state efforts to protect native westslope cutthroat trout in the Flathead Basin’s tr…
Economic outlook conference talks "in-migration"
The seminar’s keynote speaker, economist Bryce Ward, discussed the trends driving the increase in Montana’s popularity — often attributed to the hit television show “Yellowstone” — and what the state’s future might…
Compact settlement delivers $157 million to CSKT
The Department of the Interior last week released nearly $580 million to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims.