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Tribal project farmers in Hot Springs protest fee increase amid diminishing water supply
Farmers in the Hot Springs area of Sanders County are protesting their third fee increase from the Flathead Indian…
County administrator's contract extended 1 more month
Mike Pence will stick around one more month as Flathead County's chief executive while his successor prepares for a cross-country move and settles into the job.
Kalispell man charged with vehicular assault
A Kalispell man is facing a felony charge after a violent, head-on crash earlier this year in which he was allegedly under the influence of heroin.
UM spring graduates announced
University of Montana local graduates announced
Lone Pine to host orienteering event Sunday
Lone Pine to host orienteering event Sunday
Montana Legislature wraps up with $12B, two-year budget
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Legislature wrapped up its 2021 session Thursday having passed a $12 billion two-year budget, set a framework for spending $2 billion…
Former Interior secretary Zinke eyes Montana's new US House seat
Ryan Zinke, the former Montana congressman who served as Interior secretary during the Trump administration before stepping down under a cloud of ethics invest…
Rep. Skees announces 2nd run for Public Service Commission
State Rep. Derek Skees announced Thursday he will run a second time for a seat on Montana's Public Service Commission, the five-member board that regulates wat…
Kalispell woman pleads not guilty in fatal crash
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Gianforte proposes amendments for worker vaccine bill
HELENA (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has proposed amendments to a bill that seeks to prevent discrimination based on vaccine status that appear to try to …
Montana angler lands new state record largemouth bass
A largemouth bass pulled from Lake Elmo in Billings Heights Saturday is big enough...
Mack Days' $10k lake trout still stalks Flathead Lake
Three weeks are left in the 2021 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
$1M awarded to restore wetlands at Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Valley Connections, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has been awarded a $1 million North American Wetlands Conservation Act grant t…
Woman involved in Dasen prostitution case freed from sex offender registration
A local woman involved in a prostitution case involving a high-profile Kalispell businessman will no longer have to register as a sex offender.
Effort underway to support domestic violence victim charged with homicide
The Abbie Shelter in Kalispell has launched a no-holds-barred activism effort to have the state dismiss, with prejudice, a deliberate homicide charge that was …
Montana Legislature passes school bus safety bills
The legislation was inspired by Jordana Hubble, who has been recovering from a traumatic brain injury since November 2019, when she was hit by a vehicle while …