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Kalispell Middle School teacher wins History Teacher of the Year Award
All the work tanning hides, building log cabins, panning for gold and garnets, grinding wheat and churning butter,…
Tester touts COVID relief during Kalispell visit
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester visited Kalispell on Tuesday to tout the benefits of the third COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed this month.
School board candidates remedy campaign sign complaint
How school board trustee candidates promote their campaigns came under scrutiny recently after a concerned citizen filed a complaint with the Montana Commissio…
Browning man admits murder, kidnapping on Blackfeet Reservation
Jason Avery Mattson, 30, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and to kidnapping...
Lincoln County officials gather in violation of open meeting law
Two Lincoln County commissioners, a mayor and members of a local board met over breakfast earlier this month to discuss the future of the Troy Area Dispatch District, in what open meeting law experts deem a violati…
State evidence lacking in Ranch for Kids case
The Lincoln County Attorney’s Office will not pursue charges against a former facility for troubled youth in Rexford after reviewing a state investigation into allegations of child abuse at the site.
Teen charged with robbery in Lakeside
A Kalispell teenager was jailed on an alleged robbery charge after an incident Sunday night in Lakeside.
House Education takes up tribal college funding ‘inequities’
House Education takes up tribal college funding ‘inequities’
Flathead rapist remains in confinement
A Western Montana man convicted of rape and who disappeared from a Sanders County campsite on Memorial Day 2020 is still doing time on his original conviction.
Local Girl Scout cookies sales include drive-thru event
It's Girl Scout cookie time
Whitefish Community Foundation awards $56,294 in grants
Whitefish Community Foundation grants announced
Finalists named for Flathead County administrator job
Four people vying to become Flathead County's next chief executive will have job interviews with the county commissioners in a public meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Vaccine clinics planned for veterans
The Montana VA Health Care System is hosting a two-day Moderna COVID-19 vaccination clinic for veterans in the Kalispell area on Tuesday, March 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Wednesday, March 31, from 8:30 a.…
Input sought on forest management project near Tally Lake
The Flathead Forest Service is seeking public comment on a forest management project near Tally Lake
State commission to decide on restricting motorized boats on Tepee Lake
A final decision on restricting motorized boats on Tepee Lake in the North Fork area is among the top agenda items the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission will …
Watch USS Montana submarine event live on Wednesday
Watch USS MT event live Wednesday