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Residents petition in opposition to losing field at Railroad Street

Several residents last week spoke out to the Columbia Falls City Council against a plan to convert a baseball fie…

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Scouts seeing success as they reach for the highest rank

Three Columbia Falls Scouts are have had academic and performance arts success lately. Boone Shanks, Merrick Fairchild and Lauren Rogers did well during the re…

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Ruder Elementary will welcome new principal

Ruder Elementary welcomes Allison Hawes as its new principal for the next school year. Hawes is currently the principal at Helena Flats School, a position she’…

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The birds are back: Migrating flocks settle at Freezout

You really can’t miss the birds.

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IJC will look at Kootenai River pollution from coal mines

The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups announced a proposal on recently to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways and harming fisheries on…

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Roads lawsuit brings split decision

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto March 12 recommended that two local environmental groups partially prevail in their claims against the Forest Service and…

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School district will float operational levies, too

Looking down the barrel of some significant operating deficits in both the elementary and high school budgets, the School District 6 Board unanimously approved…

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Bears awake early, local organization looks to head off conflicts

With bears reportedly coming out of hibernation around the state — nearly a month early — People and Carnivores Northwest Field Project Manager Ryan Wilbur mad…

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In Brief March 20

Easter egg hunt, free meals, Little Cats Tracks, Heritage Days, quilt show

Updated 1 week, 1 day ago
The Blotter: Kids back to breaking fences

Male juveniles were reported jumping from an SUV to damage a picket fence on Hilltop Road.

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PHOTOS & VIDEO: Grand March 2024

Columbia Falls High School hit the stage for Grand March at the Little Theater Saturday, March 16. Prom followed at Cedar Creek Lodge, theme was “Hollywood Nig…

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PHOTOS: Third Annual Cloverfest

Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce held its Third Annual Cloverfest in the Super 1 parking lot Saturday, March 16. Events included a 5K, Fun Run, Kids Carnival…

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Crew of USS Montana visits Montana Veterans Home

Crew members of the USS Montana, a nuclear submarine, paid a visit to the Flathead on Tuesday, including a stop at the Montana Veterans Home.

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
City will go ahead with affordable housing project

The Columbia Falls City Council last week decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Street on what is now a baseball field.

Updated 2 weeks ago
Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says

A Montana man pleaded guilty March 12 to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part…

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Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces, as climate change continues to warm th…