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Girl in intensive care after Middle Fork rafting accident
A girl from Columbus, Ohio nearly drowned in a rafting accident on the Middle Fork last week. A GoFundMe campaign …
Interior Department order hinders public land purchases
Conservation advocates say an order from the U.S. Department of the Interior will hamstring federal land-acquisition projects under the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which received full and permanent funding wh…
Kalispell community-needs public hearing Thursday
The city of Kalispell will hold a virtual public hearing to learn about community development needs at 1 p.m. on Nov. 19 via Zoom videoconference.
Affordable housing, COVID, dominate Kalispell council discussion
Recent hot-button topics such as COVID-19 restrictions and affordable housing continued to dominate the discussion at the Kalispell City Council’s Monday evening meeting, held virtually via Zoom videoconference.
Large forest project near Bigfork moves forward
Last week, the Flathead National Forest released a draft environmental assessment for a large forest management project near Bigfork that proposes a range of actions to provide recreation, timber management and fue…
Kalispell man pleads guilty to threatening judge
A Kalispell man accused of threatening a Flat...
Bullock expands mask mandate, tightens restrictions
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Tuesday he is expanding a statewide mask mandate and tightening restrictions on businesses and public gatherings as cases of CO…
Glacier Park visitation up 60% in October
Glacier National Park officials on Tuesday reported a 60% increase in visitation numbers for October over the previous year.
Interest high in FVCC nursing program despite pandemic
Small groups of nursing students gathered around specialized maikin “patients” inside the lab at Flathead Valley Community College last Thursday afternoon.
Whitefish man faces felony weapon charge over video game dispute
A Whitefish man involved in the 2015 robbery of an undercover agent during a controlled drug buy is behind bars again after authorities said he fired a gun dur…
Kalispell community-needs public hearing Thursday
The city of Kalispell will hold a virtual public hearing to learn about community development needs at 1 p.m., on Nov. 19 via Zoom videoconference.
Columbia Falls standout athlete now administrator in Whitefish
Becoming an administrator was not always on the forefront of Tyler Jones’ mind as he progressed through his teaching career.
Sportsman owner Mike Gwiazdon dies at 79
Longtime Flathead Valley business and community leader Mike Gwiazdon died Friday at age 79 following his battle with cancer.
New COVID testing platform at KRH boasts faster, more accurate results
Kalispell Regional Healthcare recently began offering advanced COVID-19 testing capabilities through new, high-end technology that is considered by health-care…
Former Glacier Park botanist cultivates the arts in Whitefish
You can take the girl out of the city, and in Jen Asebrook’s case, that girl will be just as happy in the wilds of Montana.
Weekly roundup: C-Falls mulls use for tax-increment revenue
The city of Columbia Falls will have about $441,000 in tax increment financing revenue to spend next year.