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Kalispell Council seeks $25M grant for roundabouts, crosswalk upgrades along Main Street
Kalispell City Council on Monday voted unanimously to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safety on Main …
Back-to-school August 2022
The start of the 2022-23 school year begins next week for many districts in the valley. One of the big changes this year is that school meals will no longer …
Study says Whitefish needs 1,000 more homes by 2030
The refresh comes after the original assessment released in 2016 showed a need to add about 980 residences by 2020.
Results from the 2022 Northwest Montana Fair
Results from the Northwest Montana Fair
Jamaican jerk chicken takes best fair food prize
Fire + Ice beat out 21 other contenders to take the blue ribbon.
Officials monitoring wildfires across region
Wildfires around Northwest Montana continue to add smoke to area skies as blazes continue to burn from the Canadian border to the Mission Valley.
Part of a foot, in a shoe, spotted in Yellowstone hot spring
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating after a park employee spotted part of a foot, in a shoe, floating in a hot spring in the southern part of the park, offic…
Montana child care providers to receive $18 million in federal grants
The state of Montana has approved $18 million in grants from federal funds for 31 child care providers, health care organizations, community groups and local governments in an effort to expand child care services, …
Man who allegedly fled law enforcement arraigned in district court
Buckaroo Bennie Gardner, 43, appeared in Flathead County District Court before Judge Robert Allison on Aug. 11 for his arraignment in two separate cases.
Man arrested for assaulting relatives, driving drunk pleads not guilty to multiple charges
Donald Douglas Houtonen, 35, was arraigned before Judge Heidi Ulbricht in Flathead County District Court on Aug. 11.
Alleged auto thief pleads not guilty in district court
Barah Wood, 22, of Kalispell appeared before Judge Heidi Ulbricht for his arraignment on Aug. 11.
Kalispell man brought up on felony incest charge
Jeremy Michael Hoskin, 47, faces a single count of incest in Flathead County District Court. His arraignment on the felony charge is scheduled for Aug. 18.
Bringing home the bacon at the Northwest Montana Fair
No squealin’, just dealins’ at the Northwest Montana Fair in Kalispell where youth from across the region flocked Wednesday to show off their prize pigs and sh…
Garceau Fire west of Polson grows beyond 1,500 acres
A new wildfire that sprung up in the Polson area Tuesday has grown to roughly 1,554 acres.
Court: BIA owes damages for officer impregnating woman
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs can be held responsible for damages awarded to a Montana woman who became pregnant after an on-duty BIA officer used the threat of criminal charges to coerce h…
Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West
CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West's most spectacular predators — t…