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Updated 5 hours, 18 minutes ago

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 …

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Libby mobile-home park purchased by residents

The homeowners who live in Hartmanns Trailer Court in Libby have bought the community from the previous owners. The community now known as Libby Creek Community is a new resident-owned community that has formed a n…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
2 yearling grizzlies euthanized; another bear relocated

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff captured and euthanized two yearling grizzly bears north of Polebridge on Sunday.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Kalispell seniors knitting up a storm for annual giveaway

Any doubt about the knitting prowess of the Kalispell Senior Center disappears when you see the inventory table.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Braveheart ministry aims to recruit second chaplain

Braveheart Chaplain Ministry has served Flathead County for a decade and it’s getting ready for its first dinner, dance and auction Friday, Nov. 9 at Canvas Church in Kalispell.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Tickets mandatory for Trump Jr. visit

Donald Trump Jr. and former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle will stop in Kalispell this Saturday on their eight-stop bus tour through Montana campaigni…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Bigfork asks residents to help shape village's future

A group of independent volunteers gathered about 60 Bigfork residents and organization representatives for a town-hall meeting at Bigfork High School Oct. 13 to begin a community-wide conversation about the village…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Felon with long rap sheet may be released from prison

A former Whitefish area resident with a lengthy criminal record in Flathead County could be released from state prison before the end of the year.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Republicans big winners in FHS mock election

When the polls closed Wednesday afternoon for Flathead High School’s midterm mock election, Republican candidates came out on top across the board.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Prescribed burns underway at Blacktail Mountain

The Flathead National Forest advised Wednesday that the Swan Lake District is conducting prescribed burns on several units in the Blacktail Mountain area.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Election office picks up postage tab when necessary

Flathead County’s election office taps a “postage due account” to cover the difference whenever an absentee ballot shows up with insufficient postage.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Lead testing considered for Kalispell schools' drinking water

As the issue of lead in drinking water in schools has bubbled to the top of concerns in school districts around the nation, Kalispell Public Schools is now considering testing the water in its buildings following a…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
MSU poll: Senate race in dead heat

BOZEMAN – A poll of Montana voters conducted jointly by Montana State University political scientists and the Montana Television Network indicates that the Sen…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Veteran shot by police sues city, county

A Kalispell war veteran who was shot by Kalispell Police Department officers inside his home more than two years ago recently sued the city of Kalispell and Flathead County, along with Kalispell Police Officers Cha…

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Timber tour highlights local wood-products facilities

Tours of Weyerhaeuser and F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber’s facilities on Thursday, Oct. 25, will highlight Forest Products Week in the Flathead Valley.

Updated 7 years, 6 months ago
Kalispell's urban forestry awards honor tree-planting efforts

Kalispell resident Patricia Johnson was inside her Fourth Avenue home enduring treatment for breast cancer four years ago when she had an idea on how to improv…