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Whitefish pursuing grant for railroad overpass on East Second Street
The Whitefish City Council gave Public Works Director Craig Workman the go ahead to apply for a grant to build a $…
Kalispell mall prepares for Santa's arrival
Last week Dr. Anthony Fauci said Santa Claus is immune to the COVID-19 virus, but the Kalispell Center Mall is taking a few extra precautions to ensure safety …
Christmas comes early for HEART program
This holiday season, 60 high school students connected with the HEART Program will be receiving a special gift.
Kalispell embarks on design standards for historic buildings
The city of Kalispell is taking a step back in time as city representatives get to work on the first draft of a set of design standards for historical buildings in the downtown area.
Retired Flathead District Judge Ted Lympus dies
The Honorable Ted O. Lympus, a former Flathead County Attorney and Flathead District Court judge for decades, died peacefully at home Thursday morning in Misso…
Board eyes retired health officer to fill position
The Flathead County Board of Health is hoping to fill the soon-to-be vacant public health officer position with Joe Russell, a longtime Flathead Valley residen…
Man charged with crashing into grocery store pleads not guilty
A Columbia Falls man accused of driving through a grocery store and running naked in an assisted-living home last month pleaded not guilty Thursday in Flathead…
Kalispell Regional preparing site for non-COVID patients
An alternative care site on the vacant third floor of Montana Children’s that had been prepared for a potential surge in COVID-19 patients is now being set up …
Toys for Tots coordinator confident despite COVID
Like Rudolph’s red nose lighting the way through a blizzard, Kelley Hamilton is leading Flathead County’s Toys for Tots program through the tumult of the COVID…
Sun Road could get makeover along Lake McDonald
The U.S. Department of the Interior has proposed rebuilding a 9.3-mile stretch of Going-to-the-Sun Road and replacing a bridge over McDonald Creek in Glacier N…
"Heroes of the Bob Marshall Wilderness" book signing Friday
Terry Lee McCoy and John Fraley were good friends and college students at the University of Montana...
Fairgrounds takes $535,000 hit due to COVID
Low turnout at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo and other effects of COVID-19 have cost Flathead County roughly $535,000 in revenue, nearly twice what the …
Montana could receive first vaccine doses by Dec. 15
HELENA (AP) — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday that the state could receive around 9,750 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by drug company Pfizer …
Wildlife advocates sue agency to protect Canada lynx
BILLINGS (AP) — Wildlife advocates sued the federal government Tuesday in a bid to force officials to do more to conserve Canada lynx, a snow-loving cat that h…
Bigfork man in jail following armed standoff
A Bigfork man is in jail after allegedly engaging in an armed standoff with law officers Tuesday night. Ronald Dean Clackler, 63, is facing pending charges of…
Whitefish Chamber leads Christmas 'shopping spree'
The Whitefish Chamber of Commerce’s “Christmas Tree Shopping Spree” will run through Dec. 11.