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Kalispell Council reviews $189M budget proposal, weighs public safety and infrastructure spending
Kalispell City Council took its first look at the municipality’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget last week.
Kila man accused of abusing child takes Alford plea
Skylar Nathaniel Fincher, 24, pleaded guilty by way of an Alford plea, meaning he maintains his innocence but acknowledges a jury likely would convict him if t…
Major housing development proposed near Columbia Falls
A developer is proposing a major subdivision on farmland east of the Flathead River and just outside Columbia Falls.
Rollins man linked to Whitefish shooting back in jail
Wilson Dane Huyser, 33, is being held in the Flathead County Detention Center on a $150,000 bond after prosecutors amended the charges against him to include f…
Man accused of threatening bar staff, deputies pleads not guilty
Kyle Ross Burglund, 41, appeared in Flathead County District Court beside attorney Sean Hinchey for his June 23 arraignment, pleading not guilty to assault wit…
Flathead Lake over full pool mark
Flathead Lake was more than half a foot over its full pool mark Friday, and was projected to stay at that level through the weekend.
Overturn of Roe shifts Montana abortion debates to state courts
Montana’s elected officials reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which had made abortion legal nationwide for nearly 50 years.
Montana leaders react to Roe V. Wade decision
Montana’s federal and state elected officials offered mixed reactions Friday to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end constitutional pro…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overtu…
Trial date of man accused of raping teen pushed back
The trial date of a man accused of raping one girl and sexually assaulting two others at an underage Halloween party in Kalispell last year has been pushed back.
Montana’s namesake sub to be commissioned
The USS Montana is the second warship to bear the state’s name and is a Virginia-class, nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine.
Comments sought on timber harvest, trail expansion west of Whitefish
The Flathead Forest has released its Environmental Assessment for a forest project on more than 28,000 acres west of Whitefish that includes new trails at a po…
Black Ram project again underway
The Kootenai National Forest is moving ahead with the Black Ram Project more than three years after it was first announced.
Kalispell chamber survey shows most businesses feeling impact of economy
Nearly 80% of Kalispell businesses say they’ve experienced a negative effect from the current economic conditions, but just as many seem to have a positive outlook for the future of operations.
One of four bungling burglars pleads guilty
One of the four men arrested after breaking down the door of the wrong house in an allegedly pre-planned burglary entered a guilty plea in district court earli…
ImagineIF board accepts building for Bigfork branch
The ImagineIF Library Foundation has raised half of the $1.6 million needed to turn the Bethany Lutheran Church Ark Building in the new library, which will giv…