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Flathead Valley Community College holds 58th annual commencement May 15
Commencement will take place in Wachholz College Center.
Community leader finds dream job
As if it were staged, a man at ImagineIF Library in Columbia Falls presents volunteer Naomi Morrison with a gift bag as she walks through the entrance, thankin…
Health Board presses EPA for investigation results Newly released documents shed light on inquiry into payments of attorney fees
Libby City-County Board of Health has given the Environmental Protection Agency a Dec. 1 deadline for telling it the outcome of an investigation into the impro…
Kalispell council seeks input on downtown renewal plan
Kalispell officials and businesspeople envision a downtown enlivened by the Kalispell Trail, a multi-use trail scheduled to replace railroad tracks in the years ahead.
Free Thanksgiving meals served throughout Flathead
The following free community dinners are being offered Thanksgiving Day and will feature both good food and fellowship.
Evergreen subdivision gets Planning Board approval
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday voted to recommend approval of a proposed 109-lot residential subdivision off West Evergreen Drive near Evergreen Junior High School.
Evergreen ready to embrace trails for safety, regional benefits
A key vision for the role trails can play in Evergreen focuses on children getting to school unscathed in a town with a dearth of sidewalks and scarcity of bik…
Trout Creek man arrested in shooting case
A team effort by Northwest Montana law enforcement agencies led to the arrest Friday of a suspect in a Trout Creek shooting.
Energy Keepers provides Flathead Lake level update
The tribal-owned corporation managing the former Kerr Dam hydroelectric project provided an update Friday about the seasonal drawdown of Flathead Lake.
Transient pleads not guilty in car theft case
A Flathead County transient recently pleaded not guilty in Flathead District Court to a felony charge dealing with a stolen vehicle that had a child in it.
California man gets 10 years for trafficking meth to Kalispell
A man who admitted bringing methamphetamine to Kalispell for distribution was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday.
Blodnick named Kalispell Chamber's Great Chief
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s top recognition honor — the Great Chief Award — was presented to retired Glacier Bancorp President Michael “Mick” Blodnick …
Businessman drives effort to provide tires for those in need
Have you ever had an idea that is perfect for the season at hand? Or would have been perfect, if you had thought of it three months prior so you could have a b…
Teen suspect sought in Ronan shooting
Lake County law enforcement officials are seeking a 16-year-old boy in connection with a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in Ronan.
Suspect in Libby stabbing charged with attempted murder
Michael Borchardt Robertson, 24, of Yakima, Washington has been charged with attempted deliberate homicide for allegedly stabbing Doug Crum of Libby last Sunday afternoon.
One grizzly killed by train; two others die of natural causes
A male grizzly bear cub died last week after a collision with a BNSF Railway train on the tracks near Columbia Falls.