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Kalispell Middle School teacher wins History Teacher of the Year Award
All the work tanning hides, building log cabins, panning for gold and garnets, grinding wheat and churning butter,…
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.
Logan Health seeks dismissal of class action lawsuit
Attorneys for Logan Health want a class action lawsuit brought by victims of its November data breach dismissed, arguing the plaintiffs could not prove the hac…
A ray of hope for the post office in Coram
Things are looking up for the post office in Coram.
Mistrial declared in case of Troy log furniture maker
A mistrial was declared in the matter of a Troy man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from people all over the country after taking orders from them for…
White House declares flood disaster in Montana
The White House on Thursday declared a major disaster in Montana in response to severe flooding in the southern part of the state, availing state and local governments of direct federal assistance, cost sharing and…
Governor’s Office confirms Italy trip
The Governor’s Office confirmed Friday that Gov. Greg Gianforte and his wife, Susan Gianforte, were in Italy after Newsy broke the story on Thursday.
Developer proposes 8-story parking garage with housing
Kalispell City Council is showing interest in a concept to add housing to a downtown parking structure, pushing the proposed building to roughly eight stories …
Middle school team takes second in national Youth Design Challenge
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s biomimicry! A team of Kalispell Middle School seventh-graders took second place in the middle school category of the Biomimic…