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Updated 2 days, 12 hours ago

Junior instructors show how to roll with the waves

When the Montana Kayak Academy began in the fall of 2016, it was a volunteer organization that offered free instru…

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Whitefish couple helps Lakeside girl fund diabetic-alert dog

Courtney Rhoades thought she was just going to lunch with her mother last Friday. But when she arrived at Glacier Perks Coffee House in Lakeside, there was a couple waiting there especially for her.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Winter outlook: La Niña to boost snowfall

The National Weather Service in Missoula is expecting a weak La Niña to set in and cause above-average snowfall this winter in Montana.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Longtime Montana trucker to deliver Capitol Christmas Tree

In nearly five decades of driving trucks, Larry Spiekermeier has placed sixth in the National Truck Driving Championships, twice been named Motor Carriers of Montana’s “Driver of the Year,” and logged 1.6 million a…

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Judy Martz, first female governor of Montana, dies at 74

HELENA (AP) — Montana’s only female governor and lieutenant governor has died. Judy Martz, who had been battling pancreatic cancer, was 74.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Hunting season off to slow start

Hunting success rates in Northwest Montana through the second weekend of the general rifle season remain behind last year’s pace.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Proposed subdivision raises road safety, wetlands concerns

A 14-lot subdivision on 30 acres along Smith Lake Road west of Kalispell will be considered during a Flathead County Planning Board public hearing on Nov. 8.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
CFAC pays first refund to feds

Columbia Falls Aluminum Company has reimbursed the federal government for some of the costs of investigating its former Columbia Falls plant.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
a light in the dark

Behind the responders who handle crisis in the Flathead Valley stands a one-man support team holding things together as the shock sets in.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Kalispell man charged with sexual assault

A man accused of two counts of felony sexual assault and sexual intercourse without consent pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Flathead County District Court.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Kalispell council to talk traffic issues

The Kalispell City Council is scheduled to convene for a work session at 7 p.m. today to discuss traffic guidelines for the city.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Shaping the forest's future

A four-year-long revision of Flathead National Forest’s Land and Resource Management Plan is nearly finished.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Puerto Rico gov seeks to cancel contract

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Sunday demanded that the board of the island’s power company cancel the $300M contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the Montana co…

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Pie and positive vibes

There are no cranky people at Renee’s Rollin-N-Dough, owner Renee Tost points out, and there’s a reason for that.

Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 7 years, 8 months ago
Aussie native raises thoroughbreds near Fortine

I’m Shooting High and I Double Dare You are two of John Sneesby’s prize-winning thoroughbreds, but you won’t find him watching the races until after they’re over.