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Girl in intensive care after Middle Fork rafting accident
A girl from Columbus, Ohio nearly drowned in a rafting accident on the Middle Fork last week. A GoFundMe campaign …
WTC receives National Endowment for the Arts grant for performances
The Whitefish Theatre Company has been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America award from the National Endowment of the Arts to support two live performances by the vibrant Mediterranean band Seffarine.
ImagineIF trustees hold special meeting on library security concerns
The meeting on Monday takes place in the downstairs conference room of the Kalispell library at 3:30 p.m.
Board of Public Ed offers support of financial literacy, civics requirement
The Montana Board of Public Education has given their vocal support for a proposal to add financial literacy and civics to graduation requirements for Montana …
Bill to ban care for transgender minors gets heated hearing
The bill by Republican Sen. John Fuller threatens health care providers with the loss of their licenses for a year if they use puberty blockers, hormones or su…
Sprunger seeks tax credit for adoptive families
Legislation that would create an adoption tax credit for Montana residents passed unanimously through the House Taxation Committee on Thursday.
County denies zone change to accommodate illegal fence
Jason and Raquela Garza were looking for a zone change for their property at 415 Lake Hills Lane in Kalispell to allow for the already erected fence that viola…
Multiple investigations underway after allegations of hazing at Glacier High School
Amid accusations of sexual assault inflicted on members of Glacier High School’s wrestling team as part of hazing rituals, Kalispell Police and Kalispell Publi…
How to spend a $2.5 billion surplus? Lawmakers have no shortage of ideas.
As lawmakers negotiate Montana’s next state budget this winter, the Republican-controlled Capitol has a once-in-a-generation windfall to spend — the state’s $2.5 billion surplus.
Commissioners unwavering in message to stop enabling 'homeless lifestyle'
The letter also attributes growth in the number of homeless people in the Flathead Valley to an increase in services here aimed at assisting those individuals.
Glacier reservations available starting Feb. 1
The first block of reservations to access Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork during the 2023 summer season will become available …
Sen. Cuffe seeks to combine conservation commissions
A bill that would create a Western Montana Conservation Commission — repealing the Flathead Basin Commission and the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission — h…
Legislation aims to shore up rural VA staffing
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, last week introduced legislation intended to bolster recruitment and retention of clinicians, particularly those in rural area…
Glacier visitation declines in 2022
Glacier National Park saw its lowest number of visitors since 2015 last year, not counting the pandemic year of 2020.
Montana PBS to air historical smokejumper film ‘Higgins Ridge’
Smokejumpers who survived a “gobbler” of a wildfire in 1961 will recount their harrowing experience in an upcoming film on Montana PBS. “Higgins Ridge,” named for location of the fire in Idaho’s Selway Bitterroot …
Artist accused of wiring partner’s shower given suspended sentence
Local artist and convicted felon Nicholas H. Oberling painted himself as the victim at his Wednesday sentencing in Flathead County District Court, even as his …