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New owner begins renovating former Outlaw Inn, details plan for extended-stay rentals
Columbia Falls developer Mick Ruis has begun renovating the former Outlaw Inn after its previous owner left the bu…
Family mourns loss of Cattle Baron Supper Club
January 14 was a sad day in Babb and the Blackfeet Nation as the landmark Cattle Baron Supper Club burned to the ground.
Increase in boat launch fees for Whitefish City Beach considered
Whitefish is looking to increase the fees charged to launch boats at City Beach.
Lakeside resident serves community as first responder
Mike Sterry has flown with American Airlines for 35 years. Though he’s called Somers his home nearly that entire time, all his flights depart from Dallas, Texa…
Former Glacier wrestler details alleged assault in new suit against Kalispell Public Schools
The Glacier High School wrestling program is at the center of another lawsuit linked to allegations of sexual assault and hazing in 2022.
Coming home: Family reclaims historic Kalispell home
Built in 1905 by Arthur Hollensteiner, the house had become foundational to the family and was the host to Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
A Christmas night rescue: How search crews found a lost snowboarder off Whitefish Mountain Resort
It was the early evening of Christmas Day when Julie Balch received a call from the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office that a snowboarder had gone missing at Whi…
FVCC Senior Institute registration begins
Flathead Valley Community College’s Senior Institute returns for another year of credit class offerings to community members 65 and up.
Whitefish Winter Carnival crowns King and Queen
Whitefish residents Dave Grady and Linda Engh-Grady will reign as the Whitefish Winter Carnival King Ullr LXVII and Queen of Snows. They were crowned during a …
Northwest Montana History Museum awarded grant to update exhibit
As stated in the museum's application for the $23,300 grant, submitted in fall 2025, which detailed plans to renovate the longstanding On a Passing Frontier exhibit, one of seven permanent galleries in the museum:
Headlines: Stolen car crash injures teen, ex-judge sentenced, and a fight against invasive goldfish
Girl in hospital after alleged stolen car crashed into her, Polson attorney to serve three years probation for drug use, Flathead Sheriff’s Office gets new und…
Sanders County jail to get new body scanner with state grant money
Sanders County commissioners accepted a $141,500 grant from the Montana Opioid Abatement program last week for a new body scanner in the county jail.
Complaints filed with Postal Service over flurry of mail found along highway
Officials are investigating a post office in Marion after receiving multiple complaints regarding lost or damaged mail and reports of letters and packages scat…
Zoning amendment near Whitefish fails to get support of Flathead County Planning Board
The city of Whitefish has requested denial of the application, stating it violated the adopted 2007 Whitefish Growth Policy’s suburban land use designation.
Kalispell man arrested after allegedly beating grandmother with her cane
Joseph Patrick Ford, 46, faces a felony charge of assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor count of partner or family member assault, first offense, in Flathead…
Suspect in felony assault case picks up drug possession charge
Steven Lee Myers, 34, was originally facing a felony count of aggravated assault for the alleged Fourth of July ramming in the parking lot of a gas station and fast food restaurant along U.S. 2 in Evergreen.