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Trial underway in Bigfork double homicide
Prosecutors on Monday told jurors that they could link accused killer Derrick James Jackson to the gun used in the shooting death of his mother and her partner in Bigfork in 2022.
Flathead Valley contractor to pay $200K to customers he allegedly defrauded
Nathaniel Gevern Lewis, through his construction businesses NGL Construction and From the Ground Up Construction, took customers' payment and then failed to complete the work, said Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen on March 12.
Man suspected of murdering girlfriend before shooting at cops in Polson
The man arrested in Lake County for allegedly shooting at a Polson Police officer on Feb. 14 had earlier murdered his girlfriend, prosecutors allege.
Somers man dies in crash on Foys Canyon Road
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the motorist killed in a wreck on Foys Canyon Road over the weekend as 44-year-old Shaun Madrazo of Somers.

Search expands for woman missing from Hungry Horse Reservoir
Friends and family of a woman who vanished while paddleboarding on the Hungry Horse Reservoir last month are expanding a public outreach campaign in the hopes of finding the missing 33-year-old.

Bigfork man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
A Bigfork man arrested after allegedly killing a motorcyclist in an alcohol-fueled collision near Somers last year is facing 15 years in state prison.

Biker arrested for high-speed chase near Bigfork, drug possession pleads not guilty
A motorcyclist accused of leading Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed chase from Evergreen, to the outskirts of Bigfork and towards Lakeside pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of dangerous drugs on May 4.

Lakeside man brought up on felony charge for harassing deputy
Allegedly drunkenly threatening a Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputy outside of a Lakeside saloon last week earned James Scott Mende a pending felony charge.

Bigfork man sentenced for attacking police officer
A Bigfork man convicted of assaulting a Whitefish Police officer in 2021 received a partially suspended five-year sentence with the state Department of Corrections on Thursday.

Bigfork homicide case continued
The trial of accused Bigfork murderer Derrick James Jackson was ordered pushed back this week.