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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15

Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.

Updated 5 years ago
Forest Service projects waiting in the wings

U.S. Forest Service officials are continuing work on a slate of projects designed to increase local timber harvests in the coming years.

Updated 5 years ago
Pandemic creates new challenges for animal shelters

PABLO — A small, gray-striped cat stared at Maranda as she unlocked the door to the Mission Valley Animal Shelter one day in late February

Updated 5 years ago
School board elections: Smith Valley

School elections are May 4 with contested trustee races in several school districts.

Updated 5 years ago
School board elections: Swan River

School elections are May 4 with contested trustee races in several school districts.

Updated 5 years ago
School board elections: Helena Flats

School elections are May 4 with contested trustee races in several school districts.

Updated 5 years ago
School board elections: Deer Park

School elections are May 4 with contested trustee races in several school districts.

Updated 5 years ago
Gianforte signs bill giving elected officials power over health boards

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that subjects emergency decisions by local health boards and health officers to approval by elected officials.

Updated 5 years ago
Man charged with assaulting Kalispell officer

A man with a history of domestic violence and resisting arrest is lodged in the Flathead County Detention Center after a recent incident in Kalispell.

Updated 5 years ago
Park officials release details for spring operations

Glacier National Park officials release details for spring operations

Updated 5 years ago
Officials OK North Fork forest project

Forest officials recently OK'd a large project on the Hungry Horse-Glacier View District that spans thousands of acres from Red Meadow Creek to the Candadian B…

Updated 5 years ago
Authorities ID man killed in motorcycle crash

Authorities have identified a Kalispell man who died in a motorcycle crash last week just west of Kalispell.

Updated 5 years ago
Council considers offer to buy fourth Old School Station lot

Yet another Old School Station lot could soon be off the market.

Updated 5 years ago
Whitefish council mulls fireworks restrictions, parking program

The Whitefish City Council will hold public hearings Monday on a proposal to tighten fireworks restrictions as well as a pilot program that would offer $20-a-m…

Updated 5 years ago
Columbia Falls woman preps for second Appalachian Trail trek

Shayla Paradeis was at a breaking point.

Updated 5 years ago
Former meth users interviewed for state report

Nearly 100 former meth users were interviewed for a Department of Justice report that remains unpublished