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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 …
FVCC holds pinning ceremony for 16 nursing graduates
Flathead Valley Community College will honor its current class of 16 Registered Nursing program graduates during a traditional pinning ceremony Friday, May 17, at 2 p.m. in the large community room inside the Arts …
Airport to welcome new flights in style
Glacier Park International Airport staff plan on welcoming the first incoming flights from recently-added direct routes in style, with an elaborate water arch as the aircraft taxi to the gates, according to a press…
Local woman vies for Ultimate Extreme Huntress
Angie Tennison parked her pickup at a Forest Service gated road with plans for a solo archery hunt. She watched with dismay as another truck pulled up and stop…
Glacier wildlife photographer shares latest video footage
Renowned local photographer Sumio Harada will show some of his recent footage of wildlife in Glacier National Park at the Montana House on Saturday, May 25.
Registration open for 'Kid's College'
Registration is open for Flathead Valley Community College’s “Kid’s College.” The classes are aimed at keeping children and teens engaged in meaningful learning throughout the summer through a variety of week-long …
Fire believed to have started in kitchen area
A group of St. Matthew’s School seventh-graders gathered Monday morning outside of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church to recite the rosary. The day before a fire ha…
Basement fire damages historic St. Matthew's Church
Bill Hensleigh was inside the historic St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in downtown Kalispell a little after 5 p.m. on Sunday, praying as he walked past stained g…
Kila farmers find their niche raising emus
Don Collins is a fourth-generation Montanan who has always had a knack for sidestepping activities often associated with residents in Big Sky country.
Montana safe for online dating, report says
Online dating can be intimidating and those first-date anxieties many people experience, such as gauging how much of your personal life to dust off in conversa…
Baby photographer captures infants' first images
Swaddled newborns tend to doze through their first photo session at Kalispell Regional Medical Center, oblivious to the camera capturing the first images of th…
Mental-health clinic eyes nonprofit shift to access resources
In February, the patient waiting list at Sweetgrass Psychological Services in Whitefish hit 150 people, which is a crisis figure that founder Sara Boilen said equates to about a three-year wait time.
Stakeholders support redesignation of busy road
Stakeholders throughout Flathead County have signed resolutions of support to redesignate West Reserve Drive from a state urban route to a state primary route,…
Feast Whitefish begins today with Distiller's Fest
The fourth annual Feast Whitefish starts today, offering a full week of food and drink events, highlighting the best the Whitefish dining scene has to offer.
Sister of Mercy who served in Kalispell celebrate Jubilees
Four Sisters of Mercy who once served in Kalispell are celebrating Jubilees this year.
Interim Kootenai supervisor promotes forest resiliency
Kootenai National Forest’s temporary supervisor is on track to sell roughly 78 million board feet of timber this season, with plans to salvage burned timber fr…