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Home Instead provides comfort and security for seniors needing at-home care
Home Instead is a global network of independently owned franchises that started in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Program aims to limit septic pollution in Lake, Flathead counties
Property owners who live near bodies of water in Lake and Flathead counties can get reimbursed up to $200 to help cover the cost of maintaining their septic sy…
Montana’s tech industry hits record $2.9B in revenue
Montana’s high-tech companies overcame and even benefited from the dynamics of a pandemic economy in 2020, generating more than $2.9 billion in revenues and gr…
Locally restored rare woodworking machine headed to Smithsonian affiliated museum
For nearly 40 years it sat collecting dust in a field outside of Chester on Montana’s Hi-Line.
Virus strains from India, Brazil reach Montana
The coronavirus variants linked to deadly waves of infection in India and Brazil have been spotted in several Montana counties, but the message from Flathead C…
Browning man admits kidnapping, strangling woman
A Browning man accused of kidnapping a woman and strangling her in two separate assaults in 2020 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation admitted to charges Thursday.
North Valley Hospital adds surgical suite for C-sections
North Valley Hospital in Whitefish is undergoing its first major expansion in nearly six years as the construction of a fifth surgical suite gets underway.
Kalispell council reviews 'capital-heavy' budget
After four hours of work sessions spread across two days, this week the city of Kalispell’s $104 million annual budget cleared the first hurdle to getting appr…
Rangers rescue two bikers after avalanche on Sun Road
Glacier National Park rangers rescued two bicyclists who were trapped by an avalanche Thursday night on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Neither was injured.
Big airport expansion project to begin
Construction to start on GPIA expansion this summer
Kalispell meth trafficker sentenced to three years in prison
A Kalispell man who admitted to conspiring with others to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine for distribution was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison and three years of supervised release.
Domestic dispute ends in felony gun charge
A Flathead Valley man who fired a gun dozens of times during a dispute with his wife was arrested on a felony gun charge this week.
Glacier's Sun Road opens to Avalanche
Visitors to Glacier National Park can now access the Avalanche parking area on the west side of Going-to-the-Sun Road. The scenic highway opened to the popular…
County OKs name change from Lost Coon to Lost Loon Lake
The Flathead County commissioners last week gave their OK to change the name of a lake located near Whitefish that contains a racial slur.
Planning Board endorses rezoning requests
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday forwarded positive recommendations to the county commissioners on two controversial rezoning requests that received public hearings in April.
Libby, Missoula, CSKT awarded grants for cleanup projects
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to the Libby School District, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the c…