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New owner begins renovating former Outlaw Inn, details plan for extended-stay rentals
Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis has begun renovating the former Outlaw Inn after its previous owner left the bu…
State distribution plan details vaccine rollout
As Montana rounds into the new year, state and local officials are focused on transitioning into the next phase of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Pl…
2020 Reflections: Local health-care industry sees 'new path forward' in new year
For Flathead County’s health-care industry and those on its frontlines, 2020 has been one for the books, filled not only with stretches fatigue and frustration…
Outdoors briefs: Glacier Nordic Center open
The Glacier Nordic Center at the Whitefish Lake Golf Course has opened for skiing...
State GOP vice chair says she's neutral on water compact
A letter released Monday and purportedly signed by 18 Montana state lawmakers blasted a fellow Republican, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, for backing a historic water-rights settlement with the Confederated Salish and Koo…
Arrest made in Lake County man’s death
A Stevensville man is behind bars and charged with deliberate homicide in the Christmas shooting death of a Lake County man.
'Be a Friend of the 'Fish': Local actors play role in COVID safety campaign
WHITEFISH — Local artists have been working hard to battle the COVID-19 pandemic through their own medium — an informational video aimed at safety and awareness.
Bigfork woman sentenced for negligent vehicular assault
A Bigfork woman was sentenced to a prison term for her role in a 2019 traffic crash that severely injured three people.
2020 Reflections: ‘The joy of school’ persists through pandemic
Education is often engineered to provide structure and familiarity in students’ lives, but going to school in 2020 was anything but routine.
Polson students take second in Stock Market Game
Polson High School played the stock market and won second place in a game about “investing wisely.”
New school academy combines online and outdoor education
A new academy that combines online and outdoor learning in a one-room schoolhouse concept starts Jan. 11.
Court records reveal troubled marriage in deliberate homicide case
A court document filed earlier this year by a woman who allegedly died by the hands of her husband Dec. 15 reveals more information about the couple’s tumultuo…
Senate GOP blocks swift vote on Trump's $2K checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the ch…
Fate of Trump's $2,000 checks now rests with GOP-led Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks now rests with the Senate after the House voted overwhelmingly to meet the pr…
Hunters restricted from some former Weyerhaeuser lands
With the local real estate market booming, Southern Pine Plantations, the company that purchased 630,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser timberlands in Montana, has begun selling off parcels.
Lake Five resort case will go to bench trial
A lawsuit filed last spring by Friends of Lake Five Inc. against Flathead County will go to a bench trial after each party’s motions for summary judgement were…