Crews respond to fire complex on Spotted Bear

A dry lightning storm July 29 lit up as many as 17 new wildfires on the Flathead National Forest.

Drought earns Flathead, Lincoln counties natural disaster area designation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated Flathead and Lincoln counties primary natural disaster areas Monday.

Law roundup: Woman points bat at people in parking lot

A woman wearing a black tank top and glasses was allegedly waving a bat around, pointing it at people and charging toward them in a parking lot.

Victims say Montana's lax DUI laws keep justice forever out of reach

Montana is above the national average for alcohol impaired driving deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state has one of the highest fatality rates in the nation for drunk driving deaths. Around 66% of all fatalities on the road were the result of impaired driving in 2020, a number that has increased.

Show N’ Shine best of show returns with another car show debut

Show N’ Shine is one of the largest car shows in the state, according to the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce.

Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country keeping up with growing demand for services

The Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country is working to continue expanding and keep costs low to ensure more children can attend programs, the organization’s Vice President Pam Koller says.

Conservation of common loon remains a priority

Easily recognizable by their many wails and calls, loons are large birds when compared to ducks. They only lay two eggs at a time, leaving the nest when disturbed, sometimes so quickly that their feet knock eggs into the water.

Robert Lewis Cartwright, 91

Robert Lewis Cartwright

Leo Brandt, 94

Leo Brandt

Kalispell Moose Lodge serves the community

The national fraternal organization was founded in 1888 in Louisville, Kentucky and now boasts over 1,500 lodges and a million members across the United States, Canada and Great Britain, according to its website.

Officials seek info on wildfires outside of Libby

Several wildfires sparked by fireworks on the Jennings Haul Road this month has authorities seeking the public’s help in tracking down the people who caused them.

Robert McLeod 87

Robert Norman McLeod, 87, of Bozeman, passed away surrounded by family on Friday, July 21, 2023.

William 'Will' Dopp, 48

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Will Dopp, 48, who passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Legals for July, 30 2023

Committee recommends denial of Bigfork subdivision

The Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee voted to recommend the denial of three requests by Longbow Land Partners, Inc. pertaining to the planned North Shore Woods housing development project during its July meeting Thursday.

Harold Herington, 90

Harold Herington

County considers Lower Valley property again for septage plant

Flathead County is reconsidering a previously rejected Lower Valley property as the potential location for a regional septage treatment facility.

Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company's inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and injured 49 others in 2021, federal investigators said Thursday in a final report.

Legals for July, 28 2023

Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems

Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in northern Montana.