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Flathead Food Truck Festival returns with more ways to try new menus
June 20, 2024 midnight

Flathead Food Truck Festival returns with more ways to try new menus

The food truck festival is June 21 from 3 to 9 p.m. and June 22 from noon to 9 p.m.

July 5, 2024 midnight

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.

July 2, 2024 midnight

Montana GOP, Busse file campaign finance complaints

The Montana GOP said the Democratic candidate for governor is illegally spending money on his wife’s communications company — but Democrat Ryan Busse, challenging the Republican incumbent, alleges Gov. Greg Gianforte improperly funneled $1 million to his campaign manager’s companies.

CASA volunteers sworn in
June 21, 2024 midnight

CASA volunteers sworn in

Each will work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate/ Guardian ad Litem for abused and neglected children in the Flathead County foster care system.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell: US inflation is slowing again, though it isn't yet time to cut rates
July 2, 2024 8:50 a.m.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell: US inflation is slowing again, though it isn't yet time to cut rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States is slowing again after higher readings earlier this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, while adding that more such evidence would be needed before the Fed would cut interest rates.

Biden administration old growth forest proposal doesn't ban logging, but still angers industry
June 20, 2024 1 p.m.

Biden administration old growth forest proposal doesn't ban logging, but still angers industry

The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press.

Kalispell author hopes to inspire perseverance through her stories
July 1, 2024 midnight

Kalispell author hopes to inspire perseverance through her stories

Author Lorrie Grosfield and Hallie, the turtle, the main character in her new children’s book, have something in common — both are devoted mothers.

June 9, 2024 midnight

US hiring and wage growth picked up last month in sign of sustained economic health

America's employers added a strong 272,000 jobs in May, accelerating from April and a sign that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring despite persistently high interest rates.

June 27, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor June 27

Letters to the editor June 27

June 9, 2024 midnight

AA Lakers split doubleheader with Bozeman

BOZEMAN — Luke Nikunen pitched a complete game and drove in a pair of runs as the Kalispell AA Lakers defeated Bozeman 7-6 Saturday.

July 4, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor July 4

Letters to the editor July 4

Warnings issued in Montana ahead of dangerous heat wave
July 4, 2024 2 p.m.

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.

June 8, 2024 midnight

Experimental student testing model slated for statewide rollout

This spring marked a departure from the usual end-of-year testing regime at Missoula’s Hellgate Elementary School District. Gone were the back-to-back weeks of summative assessments students and teachers had grown accustomed to. Instead, the nine months leading up to this week’s final hours of instruction had been sprinkled with scaled-down tests designed to incrementally gauge students’ competence in math and reading.

County commissioners approve lower wage increase for employees
June 12, 2024 midnight

County commissioners approve lower wage increase for employees

Flathead County commissioners on Tuesday approved an increase in wages for elected officials, which in turn increases county employee wages at a matching rate of 3.2%.

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts after French market jumps on election results
July 1, 2024 midnight

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts after French market jumps on election results

The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading as it kicked off a shortened, four-day week that includes the Fourth of July holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 33 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher.

June 20, 2024 midnight

Law roundup: Drunk woman pulls into driveway trying to avoid DUI

A drunk driver allegedly pulled into a stranger’s driveway, telling the resident who came outside asking her what she was doing that she was trying to avoid being pulled over by a Columbia Falls Police Department cruiser reportedly following her.

July 2, 2024 midnight

Letters to the editor July 2

Letters to the editor July 2

Marlis Dorothy Neisinger, 81
June 16, 2024 midnight

Marlis Dorothy Neisinger, 81

Marlis Dorothy Neisinger, 81, of Kalispell peacefully passed away of natural causes Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Hidden Meadow Memory Care.

Humphrey’s leadership leaves lasting mark on UM, statewide health care
June 19, 2024 midnight

Humphrey’s leadership leaves lasting mark on UM, statewide health care

As University of Montana’s College of Health Dean Reed Humphrey wraps up his decades-long run at the helm of UM’s fastest-growing college, he can finally take a step back and reflect on the 10 years of growth, innovation and impact that defines his time leading the college.

Lake County petitions White House to remedy Flathead Lake's water woes
June 20, 2024 midnight

Lake County petitions White House to remedy Flathead Lake's water woes

Lake County commissioners sent a letter to President Joe Biden June 6, asking him to intercede “on behalf of two counties and affected U.S. citizens visiting this area” and to make compensation for “depredations” by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, mostly pertaining to the low water level in Flathead Lake last summer.