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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.
Prosecutors: Man threatened to kill bar staff, sheriff’s deputies
A man awaiting sentencing on a felony driving under the influence charge is back behind bars after allegedly threatening to kill the employees of a local bar a…
Publisher pulls articles attacking Whitefish Credit Union
While Pastor Jordan David Hall’s legal problems with a series of stories he wrote about a transgender Native American lobbyist may have ended last month with a…
Can Gardiner survive its latest disaster?
Its proximity to the northern entrance to the country’s oldest and arguably grandest national park fuels Gardiner’s tourism-based economy. With a year-round po…
Gianforte tours Flathead flooding; more evacuation notices issued
Gov. Greg Gianforte pledged Monday to back local officials and emergency responders with whatever resources they need as another bout of heavy rain swelled are…
Kalispell Council holds hearing on additions to Eagle Valley Ranch
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in City Hall, 201 First Avenue East.
0620 Restaurant inspections
Flathead City-County Health Department inspection results from July 9 to July 15.
Getts looks to guide Whitefish’s efforts on affordable housing
As the new affordable housing coordinator and long range planner for the City of Whitefish, Marissa Getts will be looking to guide the community through the im…
Whitefish Council considers garbage rate increase for bear-resistant containers
Whitefish City Council on Monday will consider increasing the garbage collection rate by about $6.50 per month for residences as a result of requiring the use …
Can prison-farmed pheasants save hunting?
In the spring of 2021, the Montana Legislature passed a bill that authorized FWP to use $1 million worth of state and federal revenue for a pheasant-stocking program that could ultimately release up to 50,000 pen-r…
Art exhibit returns Winold Reiss portraits to the Blackfeet Reservation
Through a collaboration between the Blackfeet Nation, Museum of the Plains Indian, the BNSF Foundation and the Glacier National Park Conservancy, an exhibit of…
Downtown business group looks at ways to aid Kalispell’s homeless
Merchants in downtown Kalispell are witnessing a rise in homelessness over the past nine months. Although homelessness has yet to manifest in a way that hurts …
Fallout from historic flooding already devastating tourism in park’s gateway communities
The phone for Park Hotel Yellowstone in Gardiner has been ringing around the clock with guests canceling summer reservations after historic flooding led to the…
Riders in the Storm
If you are a baseball player born and raised in the Pelican State, you’ve seen some weather. Not like this.
PHOTOS: Kalispell Kreamery holds its Milk & Cookies 2022 event
Kalispell Kreamery held it's Milk & Cookies 2022 event at their dairy farm on Lost Creek Drive in Kalispell on Saturday, June 18.
Area river levels projected to decline beginning next week
The Flathead River is expected to drop below flood stage by next weekend, according to the latest projection from the National Weather Service.