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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 …
Restorative justice pilot aims to help youth
For the past two years, a Kalispell collective of public school, restorative justice, law enforcement and juvenile probation representatives have been contributing their areas of expertise to come up with a compreh…
University Roadshow making stops in Northwest Montana
The Montana University System Research Roadshow arrives in Western Montana Oct. 24-26 with stops in Missoula, Polson, Kalispell and Libby.
Kalispell schools aim to integrate support for behavior issues
Kalispell Public Schools is taking a comprehensive approach to behavior interventions and supports throughout grade levels and buildings in an effort to bring them in line with academics.
Changes considered for tricky junction
Today, 18th Street’s layout between its crossing of Airport Road and 1st Avenue West resembles a dogleg. The road doesn’t shoot straight through from U.S. 93.
Final Wild and Scenic Rivers plan meeting is Wednesday
Among designated Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States, the three forks of the Flathead River offer especially remarkable wildness, scenery and recreatio…
Kalispell power outage impacts 8,200 homes
Nearly 8,200 Flathead Electric Co-op members in the greater Kalispell area lost power for a couple hours Monday morning.
Fire damages historic Kalispell building that houses printing firm
By LYNNETTE HINTZE
Lucky to be alive
A roughly 500-pound grizzly bear galloped toward Bob Legasa early Saturday morning.
Whitefish council tackles looming utility upgrades
With roughly $42 million in water and sewer upgrades bearing down on the city of Whitefish over the next several years, the Whitefish City Council will pore over those topics at a work session on Monday, Oct. 15.
Council likely to hear more about Rose Crossing
Two things germane to the future of Rose Crossing seem destined to happen during tonight’s meeting of the Kalispell City Council.
Plastic surgeon shares insight
Reconstructive surgery is often part of the recovery process
Trump plans Missoula rally in swing through western states
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will campaign in three western states over the next week, going to the mat in a bid to maintain or possibly increase the Republican m…
State's longest, highest span connects communities
The Koocanusa Bridge has been referred to as a “bridge that really doesn’t go anywhere” by some, but it hardly seems an apt description for Montana’s longest a…
Bundy's Whitefish visit met with protests
Public land advocates and a group supporting its tranfer to private ownership spoke their minds at two separate events Saturday in Whitefish.
They came, they saw, they spent
The old saying is you can’t eat the scenery. But it looks like plenty of businesses are making a living off it in Flathead County, according to the latest repo…