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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15

Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Zinke wins Montana's western district U.S. House seat

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican Ryan Zinke has prevailed over his Democratic challenger in the race for a newly-drawn Montana U.S. House district.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Man accused of threatening another with a gun pleads not guilty

A local man accused of threatening another man with a gun at an area bar in October pleaded not guilty to felony assault with a weapon in Flathead County Distr…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Suspect in assault case pleads not guilty

A Kalispell man who allegedly leveled a shotgun at his girlfriend in October in an attempt to scare her pleaded not guilty to a felony assault with a weapon ch…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Jane Karas honored with chamber’s highest honor

A number of awards were handed out at the chamber’s annual Grand Event Wednesday night at the Wachholz College Center.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Longtime director of Humane Society retires

Lori Heatherington, executive director of the Humane Society of Northwest Montana, has announced that she is retiring from the organization she has served for …

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Contemporary and classic designs win Kalispell architecture awards

The awards as selected by the Kalispell Architectural Review Committee are designed to acknowledge quality development while encouraging originality and innova…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Holmquist earns third term as county commissioner

Republican Pam Holmquist will retain her seat on the Flathead County Commission.

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Uphill skier caught climbing on new chairlift

Excitement for the new Snow Ghost Express chairlift at Whitefish Mountain Resort is so great that some people apparently can’t keep their mitts – and boots – o…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Republicans likely to enjoy supermajority in the Montana State Legislature

Republicans are on track to secure a historic supermajority in the Montana Legislature, winning a minimum of 98 legislative seats, which no political party has…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Local and statewide election results

The latest local and statewide election results

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Montana’s LR-131 on the verge of failure

Montana’s LR-131 was teetering on the verge of failure Wednesday morning after early ballot returns showed the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act garnering more opposition than support in Tuesday’s general el…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Judge in Montana orders arrest of neo-Nazi website founder

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a neo-Nazi website publisher accused of ignoring a $14 million judgment against him for orchestrating an ant…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Brown concedes state Supreme Court race to Gustafson

Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Ingrid Gustafson is poised to serve a second term on Montana’s highest court after winning her race for re-election against att…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Rosendale wins reelection; Zinke-Tranel race too close to call

Montana Republican Matt Rosendale won a second term in the U.S. House on Tuesday as he fended off a pair of challengers in the race for a newly drawn district …

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
GOP sweeps Lake County statehouse seats

Lake County voters on Tuesday favored all Republicans in contested statehouse races.