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PHOTOS: Flathead, Glacier class of 2026 graduation ceremonies
Photos from Flathead and Glacier high schools' graduation ceremonies held Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6.
Regional wildfire mitigation efforts OK'd for more than $2M
Efforts to mitigate wildland fires in Northwest Montana will be getting a $2 million shot in the arm.
Scottish native launches doula service
Scottish native launches doula service
Applications open for Farmers State Bank scholarships
Applications open for Farmers State Bank scholarships
Report highlights success of return to work program
Report highlights success of return to work program
Flathead Business Newsmakers
Flathead Business Newsmakers
Flathead Business Watercooler
Flathead Business Watercooler
Few but weighty new elk regs affect Region 1
Elk hunters sighting the northwestern reaches of Montana already tagged a brute ahead of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
Commission adopts new elk hunting regs, with amendments
Hunters will have new regulations for taking elk in the 2022-23 seasons, but the changes won’t be as dramatic as earlier proposed with an amended and unanimous…
Whitefish Winter Carnival festivities return with ‘80s Rewind’ theme
Get ready to be “totally rad” this weekend for the return of the Whitefish Winter Carnival.
DeBartolo donation earmarked for regional EMS consortium
Logan Health is taking the lead in creating a new nonprofit that aims to better connect the region’s emergency medical services.
Law roundup: Suspicious figures appear on runway
Law roundup: Suspicious figures appear on runway
Ed Kennedy, former Kalispell mayor, dies at age 83
Ed Kennedy, former Kalispell mayor, dies at age 83
State commission opts for citizen group on Church Slough wakes
The state Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday stalled its vote on a proposed yearlong wake ban for Church Slough in favor of developing a citizen’s group to…
Commission to review Church Slough no-wake petition
Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say boating speeds at Church Slough on the Flathead River just north of Flathead Lake remain a “social issue” of no great fu…
Kalispell and Columbia Falls schools receive grants for ‘cleaner’ buses
Kalispell and Columbia Falls school districts are recipients of clean school bus replacement grants awarded by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality …