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Sharp cold front to drop snow on Glacier Park
A winter weather advisory was issued for Glacier National Park beginning Wednesday night as a potent front out of …
Trooper Palmer to return to Missoula
More than two months after being shot and severely injured in a shootout in Missoula, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer will return home to Missoula o…
Council to revise forest action plan
Montana’s wildfire season stretches longer and burns more severely than in decades past.
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Flathead Audubon will be sponsoring a birding field trip Saturday, May 25, from 7 a.m. until noon in Glacier National Park with wildlife biologist Steve Gniadek.
New management for Marina Cay Resort in Bigfork
Whitefish Marine owner Garth Wells is extending his business south to Flathead Lake as the new leaseholder for Marina Cay Resort in Bigfork.
Student wins state art contest
Quinn Berkram, a fifth-grader in Amy Grigoletti’s class at Edgerton Elementary in Kalispell, is the 2019 statewide winner of the Montana Bringing Our Missing C…
Preserving the past Grant will help Ninepipes Museum assess and conserve collection
Bud Cheff Jr.’s penchant for collecting artifacts began when he was a boy.
Creston farmer dedicates time, money to helping others
Aboard his all-terrain vehicle, Larry Passmore, 89, zipped across the fields near his Creston home, maneuvering about the garden with practiced dexterity as he…
Whitefish proposes water conservation regulations
The Whitefish City Council tonight will consider approving new water conservation restrictions for city water users that include an outdoor watering prohibition between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Annexation of 240 acres up for vote by council
The Kalispell City Council will vote on two growth-policy amendments and accompanying zone changes at its meeting tonight.
Whitefish imposes regs for 5G wireless facilities
Whitefish is implementing regulations around small 5G cell wireless facilities that could end up being installed primarily in the public right-of-way.
Postpartum group aims to broaden support
On the third Monday of every month, a group of women gather in the chapel at Kalispell Regional Medical Center to discuss their struggles with perinatal mood a…
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The Glacier Institute has recently purchased the former Whitefish Credit Union building at 320 Nucleus Ave. in Columbia Falls.
Farm-sitter finds her niche in local ag community
While the farmer’s away, the cows can play, eat and rest easy in the experienced hands of a farm sitter.
Whitefish Lake Watershed Project receives international honor
A collaborative effort in recent years whose participants included state and federal agencies, conservation groups, timber and energy companies and a public la…
North Valley Birth Center has new director
The Birth Center at North Valley Hospital in Whitefish welcomed a new director earlier this week who brings with her years of experience as a labor and deliver…