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Construction of new Flathead County jail celebrated with groundbreaking ceremony
Nearly 20 people involved with the project posed for the photo-op, including the three county commissioners, Sheri…
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 …
Glacier biologists hoping to determine wolverine population
Building on a study done in 2016, Glacier National Park biologists are hoping to learn more about one of the areas more reclusive inhabitants.
Whitefish Community Foundation expands Community Grant Program
Whitefish Community Foundation’s board of directors announces the expansion of the Community Grant Program.
Kalispell shelter makes space for displaced hotel guests
Samaritan House, a Kalispell homeless shelter, has made space available to accommodate displaced guests from the FairBridge Inn extended-stay hotel, Executive …
Kalispell man who sexually exploited child sent to prison
A Kalispell man who admitted to taking sexually explicit photographs of a child while boating on Ashley Lake west of Kalispell was sentenced Thursday in U.S. D…