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Kalispell City Council to vote on federal grant for pedestrian safety upgrades
Kalispell City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to pursue a federal grant to improve pedestrian safet…
Fallon plans to apply volunteer, financial experience to county spot
Jack Fallon is looking to parlay his decades of community involvement into a seat on the Flathead County Commission. The 68-year-old has served on the Evergr…
Housing and commercial development goes to Kalispell planning board
A youth center, hotel, gas station, restaurant and housing are among the uses in a development proposed for roughly 40 acres on the north end of Kalispell. The property located at the corner of Church Drive and U.…
Ronan-raised UM theater grad fashions future in costume design
MISSOULA – University of Montana graduating senior Morgan Brooks’ budding career in the theater started in a rather unconventional way – through 4-H.
Kayaker dies after falling into Yaak River
A 50-year-old Idaho man died after falling out of his kayak on the Yaak River near Troy on Sunday.
Kalispell’s proposed budget impacted by inflation
The City of Kalispell’s preliminary budget looks to manage inflationary pressures by dipping into reserve funds but also calls for an increase in total expendi…
Library foundation’s new executive director ready for challenges ahead
New ImagineIF Library Foundation Executive Director Adam Tunnell is eager to help facilitate the needs of the library system and its patrons.
‘Rock snot’ algae blooms hurting Kootenai River fishery
On an overcast day in mid-June last year, Jim Dunnigan, dam mitigation coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, stood on a concrete embankment overloo…
Flathead backyard poultry producers helping fight the spread of avian flu
Flathead's backyard poultry producers are taking precautions to help stop the spread of a new strain of avian flu that is decimating flocks around the country.
Railroaders quit after BNSF institutes ‘draconian’ attendance policy
Brady Wassam knew what to expect when he took a job on the railroad. Wassam, 30, of Columbia Falls, came from a family of railroaders who have spent years movi…
Prosecutors: Kalispell woman helped launder money from fraud schemes
Theresa Anne Chabot, 57, faces charges of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, conspiracy to commit money laundering, 17 counts of money laundering promotion and 11 counts of money laundering spendi…
Glacier Park's Camas Road, Quarter Circle Bridge Road open to vehicles
Glacier National Park has opened the Camas Road and the Quarter Circle Bridge Road to motor vehicles.
Kalispell FFA wins state championship
The Kalispell FFA chapter earned the state championship title for their overall performance in recent career development event competitions.
Panel to focus on Native American missing, slain cases
Nearly 40 law enforcement officials, tribal leaders, social workers and survivors of violence have been named to a federal commission tasked with helping impro…
Man accused of raping, sexually assaulting teen girls out on bail
William James Pillans, 25, was released from the Flathead County Detention Center on May 5. His attorney, Maury Solomon, earlier in the day successfully petiti…
In abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of its brain and skull and would l…