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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,…
Canadian coal mine fined $60 million for polluting waters upstream of Lake Koocanusa
Canadian mining company fined $60 million for polluting waters upstream of Lake Koocanusa
New Whitefish food bank director brings international experience
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia prompted Sophie Albert to take a pause from teaching and get involved in humanitarian work.
Historic Glacier Park boat painstakingly restored
One of the Glacier Park Boat Company’s craft saw a complete overhaul in the past year, more than 3,000 hours of work under the skilled hands of the company’s c…
Artists look to community amid market downturn
Artists look to community amid market downturn
Bill would prohibit accessory dwelling regs in Montana
A bipartisan bill just introduced in the Montana Senate would prohibit cities and counties from adopting regulations that stand in the way of new accessory dwelling units — small cottages or apartments that share p…
Kalispell meth trafficker sentenced to 10 years in prison
A Kalispell man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine he received from a California source was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and to five years of s…
Blue Moon matriarch dies
Charlotte Sapa, the matriarch of the Blue Moon Nite Club for nearly 50 years, has died just a few weeks after her husband, Dick, passed away.
Proposed bill puts utility customers on hook for $267M
A bill that seeks to keep coal-fired energy generation in play by significantly revising the Public Service Commission’s role in regulating utilities has raise…
Man accused in bear spray assault takes plea, then freed
A man accused of assaulting a girl and allegedly using bear spray on a family of four — including a baby — during an incident last fall is free after pleading …
Daines proposes bill to delist Yellowstone grizzlies
Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines Thursday announced he will introduce a bill in Congress that would delist the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecos…
Teakettle Quilt Guild to host show in new location
Annual quilt show has new location
Former Kalispell police chief seeks more monitoring of domestic abusers
House Bill 449 would, in many cases, increase the likelihood that a domestic violence suspect is monitored using a GPS bracelet while out of jail and awaiting …
Driver enters Alford plea in Jordana Hubble crash case
A Fortine woman accused of striking a little girl while driving on U.S. 93 near Whitefish more than one year ago entered an Alford plea in relation to the offe…
Lake monitoring, research persevered despite pandemic
Lake monitoring program and research 2020 high points for bio station
Watercraft inspection stations open for 2021 season
Watercraft inspection stations open for 2021 season across Montana