Volunteers from the Flathead Count Search and Rescue, North Valley Search and Rescue, Flathead Nordic Backcountry Patrol and ALERT pose for a group photo on Blacktail Mountain in 2010. (Courtesy of Deb Sullivan)
October 10, 2025
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October 12, 2025 midnight
Flathead County Search and Rescue celebrates 75 years and countless missions
In 1947, then Flathead County Sheriff Dick Walsh gathered a group of ragtag volunteers and created the Flathead Rescue and Life Saving Association.