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Flathead County says it gets to appoint Planning Board members in lawsuit response
The conservation district filed a lawsuit against county commissioners and the Planning and Zoning Department afte…
Nonprofit taps into healing power of horses
For more than five years, Valor Equine Therapy Service Inc., a nonprofit based in Columbia Falls, has used the healing power of horses to help active duty memb…
Kalispell Police Department hires new officers
The Kalispell Police Department recently welcomed two new officers into the department — Chad Sweigart and Brady Gray.
State confirms grizzly was involved in Sunday attack
State wildlife officials confirmed Tuesday that the bear involved in an attack on a hunter Sunday morning northwest of Columbia Falls was a grizzly.
Interior: Drilling would be inappropriate
BILLINGS — The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal court ruling that would allow oil and gas drilling on land considered sacred to Native American t…
Flathead has decisive win in Missoula
Flathead High School repeated another first-place finish with Glacier High School taking second at the Missoula Garden City Invitational speech and debate tournament on Nov. 9-10.
Bigfork restaurant offers free Thanksgiving dinner
The Pocketstone Cafe in Bigfork will host its eighth annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner this year on Thanksgiving Day. Free to all who come, the Pocketstone …
Local man describes Sunday's bear attack
The bear snarled and slobbered as it tore first into Anders Broste’s right arm, breaking the radius and dislocating the arm, before focusing on Broste’s left a…
Homeless shelters prep for winter
With winter around the corner, Kalispell shelters are preparing for the harsh weather that often cues dozens of homeless locals to come knocking.
Flathead firefighters to battle deadly California fires
BILLINGS (AP) — Seventy-three Montana firefighters are traveling to California to help battle the deadly wildfires there.
Kalispell council gears up for legislative session
If each legislative session in Helena were akin to a three-month football game, then the players and spectators alike would be thinking now about lively offensive strategies and formidable defenses.
Love of books drives longtime West Valley librarian
On the way to West Valley School library students get a glimpse of the treasure trove inside through hallway windows. Inside, open books with colorful covers s…
Whitefish man in stable condition after bear attack
A 36-year-old Whitefish man is in stable condition after being attacked by a bear while hunting.
Scrappy veteran went through boot camp twice
Nearly 40 years separate Re' Richards, 57, from the new recruits tackling Marine Corps boot camp today. Given the chance, though, she'd be down in the mud and …
Eureka veteran draws on inner strength honed in Corps
Standing 5 feet tall at 20 years old, Heather Greenwood stepped off the bus and rooted her feet in the yellow footprints where generations of recruits stood be…
Kalispell native's book about Vietnam seeks to promote healing
Stan Bain volunteered for dangerous duty repeatedly during his time in Vietnam. The Kalispell native twice joined nighttime ambush operations that targeted Vie…