Appeals court sides with corner-crossing hunters in Wyoming dispute

A federal three-judge panel has sided with a group of hunters who faced civil trespassing charges stemming from elk-hunting excursions into “checkerboard” land in Carbon County, Wyoming.

Kalispell City Hall kicks off land use plan education campaign with open house

City planners and poster boards were staked out at Bias Brewery in downtown Kalispell on Wednesday evening for the municipality’s first open house in its effort to draft a new land use plan.

This is what we stand to lose

With eyes wide open, the American people watch President Donald Trump and Elon Musk pillage the American Dream in real time. Under the guise of saving taxpayer money, the Trump-Musk administration’s attack on our public lands is misguided whitewash at best. I believe that their ultimate goal is to eliminate federal public lands. This gift, that we call public lands, was given to us and future generations by our predecessors and we have a duty to protect it.

Water isn’t free. Exempt well policy pretends it is

Last month, the senator from Martinsdale received harsh criticism from dozens of opponents on his bill to “revise exempt water rights laws.”

Letters to the editor March 20

Letters to the editor March 20

For DOGE, the buck stops at the White House

If you thought Ol Sleepy Joe Biden was napping away retirement from his Delaware home, you’d be sorely mistaken.

Probationary federal employees in Montana given temporary reprieve, Zinke says

Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke said Friday that Forest Service and National Park Service probationary workers fired earlier this year by the Trump administration will get their jobs back — at least for the time being.

Marlene Bartlett Haveman, 88

Marlene Bartlett Haveman

Ruis going full steam ahead on CFAC property

Developer Mick Ruis said he’s already been hosting potential businesses interested in developing at least part of the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. site.

Water’s for fightin’ but bill delivers compromise

In Montana, the following statement rings true now more than ever: “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting.”

Marvin Northcutt, 85

Marvin Northcutt

Navy veteran selected as Columbia Falls' next city manager

Columbia Falls has a new city manager. City Council recently selected retired Capt. Eric Hanks, a distinguished Navy veteran, to lead the city.

Legals for March, 14 2025

Jury finds Greenpeace at fault for protest damages, awards pipeline developer hundreds of millions

A Morton County, North Dakota jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline, finding that the environmental group incited illegal behavior by anti-pipeline protesters and defamed the company.

Proposal to rejigger marijuana tax revenue advances

Senate Bill 307 would strip allocations for wildlife habitat, trails and parks and put that money toward substance use disorder treatment and law enforcement.

Montana House passes another bill taking aim at asbestos claimants

On the final day before the mid-session break, the Montana House passed two measures affecting hundreds of wrongful death and personal injury claims lodged against BNSF Railway.

Whitefish Community Foundation awards $100,000 to Nate Chute Foundation

Whitefish Community Foundation’s multi-year Kids Fund Grant will help Nate Chute Foundation expand mental health curricula in local schools, including Happiness for 6th Graders and Happiness for 9th Graders, as well as support an annual youth summit to empower high school students to become mental health advocates in their schools.

UM Honorary doctorates go to ‘MeatEater’ hunter, former Nike exec

MISSOULA – Two of the University of Montana’s most successful alumni, Steven Rinella and Eric Sprunk, will receive honorary doctorates from their alma mater during UM Spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10.

Protesters in Kalispell hold town hall with mannequins in place of congressmen

Protesters lobbed questions at mannequins representing Montana’s Congressional delegation outside Congressman Ryan Zinke’s Kalispell office on Tuesday evening.

Law roundup: After hitting the sack, man told to hit the road

A modern-day Rip Van Winkle got a rude awakening after a passerby found him sleeping in bushes and called the Kalispell Police Department.