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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.
ImagineIF trustee recognized with special award
ImagineIF trustee wins MLA’s Jane Lopp Trustee of the Year Award
New funding to curb wildfires pushed in Congress
WASHINGTON — As wildfires across the United States grow in size, intensity and duration each summer, members of Congress from the West are pushing for massive…
Lawsuit against Libby clinic centers on lung scans
Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung …
County jail guard fired after alleged assault
A former detention officer at the Flathead County Detention Center was fired after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend.
Gianforte approves limiting sex change on birth certificates
HELENA (AP) — Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday requiring a person to have gender reassignment surgery before changing the sex marker on their birth certificate, despite outcry from opponents who say it targ…
Health officials: the time to get vaccinated is now
Flathead County Health officials say the time to get vaccinated is now.
Zinke confirms he's running for Montana's U.S. House seat
BILLINGS (AP) — Former congressman and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday that he's running for Montana's newly awarded U.S. House seat.
Gianforte to sign bill invalidating local mask rules
After sending it back to the Legislature with several proposed amendments, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is poised to sign a bill that would invalidate mask requ…
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…