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Multi-vehicle accident at River Road, Highway 2
There's a multi-vehicle accident at Highway 2 and River Road at this hour.
River Alliance offering free safety event
The Flathead Rivers Alliance announces a free May 29 Spring River Safety Workshop for the public to kick-off the 2024 float season — bringing in leading expert…
Columbia Falls singers, musicians do well at festival
Superior ensembles: Percussion ensemble; Columbians; Jazz Combo; flute quartet (Daylen Brunson, Kjasa Mohr, Eleanor Smiley and Merrell Cooley); clarinet trio (Claire Bates, Eric Miner and Tiptin Tourville); Greyson…
At Kiowa Junction, a new mercantile has opened
On Mother’s Day Kiowa Junction, the historic intersection of the Looking Glass Highway and Highway 89 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was something it hasn…
Memorial Day, other events on tap
Columbia Falls Freedom Post 72 is holding its annual Veterans Day Walk to Honor our fallen heroes. They will walk from the Nite Owl parking lot to the Flathead River, to honor the buried at sea, and then back to ou…
Yesterdays: It’s a good pattern for a safe runoff ... a few weeks later, the Flood of '64
“It’s a good pattern for a safe runoff,” the story said. A few weeks later, the Flathead River would reach historic flood levels.
Should city review government structure?
On the June primary ballot, Columbia Falls voters are being asked to decide if they want a government review to examine the structure of city government.
The Blotter: Person living on roof?
A call came in and a child could be heard yelling, “I don’t want to go to jail.” No one went to jail and the kid went out to the car to calm down. Police were investigating a check scam that used the school distric…
At end of June, city will lose its ‘doughnut’
The doughnut will soon be no more. The Columbia Falls City Council recently learned that by the end of June, the city will no longer have extraterritorial plan…
Community Market in bigger, better location; starts Thursday
The Columbia Falls Community Market kicks off this Thursday (May 16) at its new larger and more specious location adjacent to St. Richard Catholic Church.
Quilts for a Cause
A host of Columbia Falls-made quilts and other amenities will help folks in less fortunate and often war-torn countries in the coming weeks. Our Savior’s Luth…
Planning Commission OK’s public participation plan
Following a public hearing Thursday night, the Columbia Falls Planning Commission approved a public participation plan for future planning projects in the city.
Yesterdays: Lodge at St. Mary nearly completed
Columbia Falls two new wells were producing 1,600 gallons of water a minute without a drawdown. Carpenters working on the Anaconda Aluminum Co. plant were cons…
Former salon now The Hub
A local businesswoman has opened a new gathering place for rent. The Hub at First Avenue East in Columbia Falls is a great place to have a birthday party, a sm…
16 years later, couple informed their Columbia Heights home is on a toxic site. EPA considering making it a formal Superfund site
When the Sterling family bought their home in Columbia Heights in 2008 they figured they had a little bit of paradise.
St. John lends personal touch to health care
Family nurse practitioner Angela St. John has a personal touch for sure. While you may get stuck in a phone tree just trying to make a medical appointment at m…