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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 …
Concrete business asks county for tax break
The Flathead County commissioners will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, to consider a tax break for Glacier Precast Concrete.
Man killed in accident at rock quarry
A Columbia Falls man died in a vehicle crash at a rock quarry near McGregor Lake west of Kalispell Friday night, according to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office.
'The Message' author Eugene Peterson dies
Longtime pastor and author Eugene Peterson of Lakeside, whose popular paraphrase of the Bible, “The Message,” brought him wide acclaim, died Monday at age 85.
Warm weather brings slow start to hunting season
Hunters took to the field Saturday and Sunday across Northwest Montana for the opening weekend of the general deer and elk season. Amid unseasonably warm tempe…
Kalispell council to discuss downtown plan, tricky intersection
The text of the Downtown Kalispell Urban Renewal Plan, described as a refined version of a downtown plan adopted last year, acknowledges that some people bristle when hearing the word “blight.”
Mounted patrol: upholsterer serves as a leader in Sheriff's Posse
A bronc-bustin’ Hawaiian leading the Flathead County Sheriff’s Posse?
Busy airport poised for substantial expansion project
A three-year expansion plan for Glacier Park International Airport aimed at accommodating burgeoning visitation growth and meeting local flight demands will po…
Wildfire concerns might help reverse decline in timber sales
Timber harvests in Montana peaked during the late 1980s and have declined substantially since, a drop attributed in large part to a 70 percent to 80 percent reduction in harvests on national forest lands during the…
Woodworker tackles a restoration challenge
As a chopper pilot in Vietnam, his standing mission involved flying a profane, hard-drinking Lutheran minister to services scattered throughout the Mekong Delt…
Breast-cancer survivor finds 'communal bond' at retreat
Patti Singer has an eye for one color.
Couple sues Whitefish man accused of vehicular assault
A Georgia couple who were severely injured after being struck by a vehicle in Whitefish in July have filed suit against the man who is accused of negligent veh…
Great Fish campaign awards $2.4M
The Whitefish Community Foundation on Thursday distributed more than $2.4 million to 50 participating nonprofits in the fourth annual Great Fish Community Challenge.
New pavilion is student idea brought to reality
It may have taken a few years to set aside the money, but on Oct.12 Evergreen School District cut the ribbon on a new pavilion located by Evergreen Junior High…
Longtime Whitefish paraeducator earns award
Whitefish High School Special Education Paraeducator Velma Luke is the recipient of the Montana Down Syndrome Association Logan Charles Award for the passion, …
Report ranks UM top university in state
MISSOULA – The University of Montana is the highest-ranked institution of higher learning in the state, according to the 2019 World University Rankings.