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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…
Health care workers brace for consequences of vaccine mandate
As of Monday, there are mainly three types of health care workers in Montana. Those with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, those with an exemption becau…
State plan aims to reduce haze on federal land
The Department of Environmental Quality is now accepting public comment on a new statewide plan to reduce haze through 2028.
Man charged after job site brawl
A man was sent to the hospital last week after he lost consciousness when his face was shoved into toxic wet concrete during a job site fight, court documents …
Kalispell doctor prescribes nutritional focus in new book
Kalispell doctor prescribes nutritional focus in new book
Speech and debate students advance to nationals
Flathead, Glacier and Columbia Falls speech and debate students advance to nationals following the Western District Qualifying Tournament Friday and Saturday.
Kalispell man sent to prison for transporting stolen guns, meth
A Kalispell man who admitted transporting firearms and ammunition stolen from a storage unit to Idaho, and to trafficking methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 11…
Senate bill looks to alleviate park crowding, gateway stresses
A congressional bill sponsored by Montana Sen. Steve Daines aims to bolster so-called gateway communities overrun with burgeoning tourism at federal lands by t…
Eureka co-op to bring fiber to West Valley
Eureka co-op to bring fiber to West Valley
‘Healing adventures’ bring together therapeutic services
‘Healing adventures’ bring together therapeutic services
Hilton Garden Inn under new ownership
Hilton Garden Inn under new ownership
County challenges loss of state certification for ImagineIF
Flathead County Commissioners are challenging a decision to remove state certification for the ImagineIF Libraries and seeking to regain state funding that goe…
Montana ACLU files records request regarding library board
The ACLU of Montana has filed a public records request it says is related to recent efforts by ImagineIF Library Board trustees to remove books from library shelves.
Guides and outfitters lament murky minimum wage rule
A newly-enacted executive order requiring an increased minimum wage for federal contract workers has left local businesses scrambling as they try to determine …
Filing deadline approaching for school trustee candidates
The deadline to file as a school board trustee candidate is approaching.
Business sense — Local students shine at state DECA Conference
Young entrepreneurs and business-minded students from Flathead, Glacier, Whitefish and Polson high schools had a successful showing at the Montana DECA Conference.