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Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May
Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “larg…
Winter Carnival names Prime, Duchess
The Whitefish Winter Carnival officially got underway Saturday with the crowning of the first round of royalty, the Duchess of Lake and Prime Minister, at the …
Former racetrack eyed for housing project
The owners of the former Raceway Park have returned with a proposal that could turn the property into housing.
Woman accused of cancer fraud scheme pleads not guilty
A Flathead Valley woman is denying charges that she stole tens of thousands of dollars from donors in an alleged cancer fraud scheme.
Trego man pleads guilty to mitigated deliberate homicide
A Trego man accused of killing his adult son last year pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to a single count of mitigated deliberate homicide.
Merry Maker kicks off Whitefish Winter Carnival
The Whitefish Winter Carnival LXIII gets under way starting today, Jan. 8, with the festive, bawdy adults-only Merry Maker party at 6 p.m. at the Whitefish Moo…
Man sent to prison for crashing into home, killing Kalispell man
An Arizona man who was drunk when he drove into a Kalispell home and killed a man will spend time in state prison. Thomas Owen Lefevre, 20, was sentenced in F…
Judge again tosses permit for Creston water-bottling plant
A Flathead County District Court Judge has ruled that the state unlawfully granted a permit for a water-bottling plant in the Creston area.
CSKT Tribal Council elects McDonald as chairman
The Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes held its quarterly meeting Friday at the Tribes’ headquarters in Pablo, with the selection of new Council leadership high on the agenda.
Winter storm causes road, school closures
Heavy snow battered Northwest Montana on Thursday night into Friday, causing precarious driving conditions, and some road and school closures.
Local school districts get slice of $1M in tax credits
Within minutes, $1 million in tax credits were claimed by Montana public schools as part of an updated donation program intended to provide supplemental fundin…
Director hire could cost ImagineIF state accreditation
The ImagineIF Library Board of Trustees on Thursday voted to offer its director position to a candidate that if hired will likely mean the library system would…
Glacier's 2021 visitation 2nd highest ever
November visitation to Glacier National Park was down just over 10% from this time last year, according to statistics released by the National Park Service on …
County to use online platform for Covid contact tracing
The Flathead City-County Health Department is shifting to an online platform to contact Covid-19 positive individuals in anticipation of rising cases due to th…
Columbia Falls man accused of child sex abuse
A Columbia Falls man accused of raping numerous children at his home is set to be released from jail after posting bail on Wednesday.
Officials ID driver killed in U.S. 2 crash
Officials have identified the Columbia Falls resident who died Tuesday in a single vehicle crash on U.S. 2 near Conn Road.