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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 …
Montana shootings leave 1 dead, trooper and 2 others wounded
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana Highway Patrol trooper who was investigating a shooting that killed one person and injured two others was himself shot and cri…
Warming trend to trigger valley melting
Break out your spring muck boots, because it’s about to get real sloppy in Northwest Montana.
Kalispell Regional earns 5-star rating
Kalispell Regional Medical Center recently became one of three hospitals in the state to receive a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for overall hospital quality — a designation a…
Neo-Nazi website founder says he fears returning to U.S.
The operator of a leading neo-Nazi website claims it’s too dangerous for him to travel to the U.S. to be questioned under oath for a lawsuit accusing him of te…
Man pleads not guilty to Coram homicide
During his arraignment Thursday morning, Martin J. Chandler pleaded not guilty to charges of felony deliberate homicide and felony use of a firearm following a…
No rod and reel required
Melvin Flansaas caught this 25 pound lake trout while ice fishing on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park on March 8.
Local training aims to help curb veteran suicides
Doug Gilbertson, treasurer for the Veterans Coalition of Northwest Montana, carefully unveiled a bright white banner bearing the organization’s simple, yet weighted motto: Face to Face, Shoulder to Shoulder, Back t…
Nate Chute: Boardercross event marks 20 years
The Nate Chute Banked Slalom and Boardercross races will celebrate 20 years at Whitefish Mountain Resort this weekend.
Flathead Basin Commission survives and evolves
The Flathead Basin Commission lives on after the gutting of its budget in 2017, the firing in 2018 of its executive director and the emergence of two organizat…
Mexico citizen arrested in Glacier sentenced
A Mexico citizen arrested in Glacier National Park was sentenced Monday to six months in prison and to two years of supervised release for conviction of being in the United States illegally, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme…
Flathead, Montana see big increase in young voters
Voter turnout rates among Montana’s youth have swelled in recent years, from nearly 18 percent in 2014 to just over 42 percent last year in 2018, according to …
Voters approve Evergreen Fire levy
The Evergreen Fire District cited facts and figures designed to demonstrate the need for taxpayer support of a district facing the challenges of escalating dem…
Ruder school locked down over Snap Chat threat
Ruder Elementary School in Columbia Falls underwent a “soft lockdown” from approximately 2:15 p.m. until school let out at 3:25 p.m. without incident on Tuesday, according to Columbia Falls School District Superint…
First grizzly bear sighting this year in Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park has recorded its first grizzly bear sighting of the year as bears start to come out of hiberna…
Flathead Valley unemployment rate increases in January
Flathead County’s unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7 percent in January, an increase from 5.2 percent in December, the Montana Department of Labor said Monday.