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Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules
A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day, concluding the move would …
Woman in Yaak trapped under vehicle, dies
A woman died after becoming trapped under a vehicle at a private residence in Yaak early Sunday morning.
VA officer warns of scheme
A local Veterans Services official is cautioning veterans and their families that for-profit companies cropping up across the country are charging hefty prices…
Projects spruce up Kalispell schools
With the exception of exterior work such as siding and landscaping, the majority of construction is finished at Elrod, Russell and Peterson elementary schools …
Welcome home 495th returns from deployment to Afghanistan
The 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion is home again. Sixty-seven soldiers arrived at the Glacier Jet Center late Saturday night to cheers and tears, a…
Whitefish eyes upgrades to City Beach parking, sewer station
Improvements at Whitefish Lake City Beach are in the works, with the Whitefish City Council on track to approve more than $368,000 in parking-lot and life-station improvements at tonight’s meeting.
Kalispell on track to OK infrastructure improvements
The Kalispell City Council agenda at tonight’s regular meeting focuses on infrastructure projects for 2019.
Music festival founder has long career in event production
Johnny Shockey is doing something that most music fans can only dream of — bringing together some of his favorite nationally known singers and bands to play fo…
Lake stewards compare notes, talk climate change
Limnologist Jim Elser teased the water quality crowd assembled Thursday at The Lodge at Whitefish Lake by playfully declaring that Flathead Lake is the region’…
Local recycling company starts plastics pilot program
Valley Recycling recently launched a plastics pilot program, making it the second resource in Flathead County to offer various recycling services — a rarity af…
Back-stage crew an integral part of Children's Theatre production
While the stars of the Bigfork Playhouse Children’s Theatre draw their audiences’ attention to the stage, a team of kids dressed in black works in the shadows,…
Math brings local preschool families together
Peterson Elementary preschoolers counted colorful beads in an attempted 3-1-4 pattern to make bracelets, hopped along numbered construction paper lily pads, ro…
Fresh Life's downtown Kalispell upgrades completed
The Kalispell campus of Fresh Life Church reopened to the public on March 2 after a year and a half of renovation expansion of its downtown buildings.
Montana trooper's shooting leads to overnight manhunt
MISSOULA (AP) — A Montana Highway Patrol trooper who was investigating an earlier shooting was himself shot and critically injured early Friday after finding t…
Roundabout touted as 'safest choice'
About 150 Flathead County residents filtered in and out of a conference room at the Hampton Inn in Kalispell on Wednesday to share their thoughts regarding a n…
American Legion still focused on veterans, Americanism
In the wake of World War I, the Flathead Valley was like most places in America during those long winter months that followed the signing of the armistice on N…