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In Montana, conservative groups see chance to kill Medicaid expansion
Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion in hopes the state will aban…
Whitefish City Council approves contested airport hangar
Whitefish City Council on Monday approved a conditional use permit for a 5,400 square-foot hangar at the Whitefish airport despite public opposition.
Local dinosaur hunters bring bones back to the Flathead
Aamon Jaeger’s friends and family tried to dissuade him when he started buying land in Arizona, sight-unseen, off of eBay in the hopes of finding petrified woo…
Survey shows a drop in the area’s homeless population, but shelter leaders aren’t convinced
The region’s homeless population declined over the past year, according to a survey conducted over the winter months, but nonprofit leaders say they have seen …
Groups claim Glacier Park’s bull trout project violates federal law
Glacier National Park biologists have undertaken an effort to stock mountain whitefish, west slope cutthroat trout and bull trout to Gunsight Lake, a high alpi…
Warnings issued in Montana ahead of dangerous heat wave
A sizzling summer week looms for Western Montana as a "massive" ridge of high pressure takes hold of the Northern Rockies.
Ranger injured and armed person making threats dies at Yellowstone, park says
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — An armed person who was making unspecified threats at Yellowstone National Park died and a park ranger was hospitalized …
Body of missing boater recovered from Flathead Lake
A dive crew on Wednesday evening recovered the body of a Missoula man who drowned in Flathead Lake last week.
Trustee opening on Kalispell Public Schools board
Kalispell Public Schools school board of trustees is seeking a candidate to fill a vacancy in the high school district representing Marion, Olney-Bissell, Pleasant Valley, Smith Valley and West Valley.
Montana’s Headwaters Tech Hub gets $41M grant from feds
The U.S. Department of Commerce and Montana’s U.S. senators announced Tuesday that a technology consortium known as the Headwaters Tech Hub will receive a $41 million grant to help build out jobs within the optical…
At Happy's Inn, the American spirit is always on display
Every now and then, one of the largest flags in Montana needs a makeover.
Trout Creek angler hauls in record sucker
Montana has a new state record largescale sucker.
Spring deer, elk surveys show mixed results
HELENA – Biologists conducting spring deer and elk surveys found some areas with improved herd growth and some areas with lower recruitment due to poor habitat…
Federal judge stops Forest Services' plan for Flathead Forest over endangered species
Federal Judge Dana Christensen has stopped the Flathead National Forest from implementing its forest plan for the 2.4 million acres because the U.S. Forest Ser…
Montana State professor publishes paper on lessons learned from 2022 Yellowstone flood
Hugo Sindelar, an assistant professor in the School of Film and Photography in the College of Arts and Architecture, also filmed interviews with 18 people affe…
Peace torch run participates in Kalispell parade
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is an international team from six different countries on a four-month journey across the U.S. and Canada to share a mess…