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Updated 14 hours, 57 minutes ago

Yesterdays: With AAC plant online, 400 residents were living in trailers

With the construction of the Anaconda Aluminum Co. plant, many employees were living in trailers. The newspaper es…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Arrests made in alleged Hungry Horse burglary ring

The leader of a burglary ring that targeted vacant seasonal homes in the Flathead Valley and caused nearly $1 million in losses was arrested on Tuesday, author…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Foreign exchange students bleeding blue

It’s hard to move across the country, let alone across nations, but that’s exactly what two courageous exchange students did this year. Bruno Feijoo Vazquez an…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Forestry expo this week

The Family Forestry Expo is an annual, weeklong event that offers hands-on exposure to the role forests play in our everyday lives. This year the Family Forest…

Updated 2 weeks ago
Sedaris coming to Kalispell

The Wachholz College Center is proud to welcome renowned author and humorist David Sedaris for an evening of unforgettable storytelling on Nov. 12. Sedaris bri…

Updated 2 weeks ago
After a years long hiatus, Key Club back at high school

The Key Club has been revived at Columbia Falls High School by several students and advisor Jessica Moultray.

Updated 2 weeks ago
Foundation grants help Columbia Falls

The Whitefish Community Foundation held its annual Community Grant Awards on April 29 and presented $477,750 in grants and special awards to 52 nonprofit organizations representing projects and programs in Bigfork,…

Updated 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Hikers and bikers can go as far the Loop in Glacier National Park this weekend

Folks hiking and biking the Going-to-the-Sun Road can go as far as the Loop on the west side and Jackson Glacier Overlook on the east side this weekend.

Updated 3 weeks ago
The Blotter: The kids smell like drugs after visiting grandpa

A baby had a fall and was throwing up with a head injury. A patron was refusing to leave a bar. A person threatened to beat up another person. Report of a missing youth. He was found under a dresser.

Updated 3 weeks ago
With federal cuts, groups look to fill gaps

Local trails and conservation organizations say they hope to fill in some of the gaps created by federal cuts to the National Forest crews this summer.

Updated 3 weeks ago
Community Band and Choir concert coming up

On May 7, the Flathead Valley Community Band and the Columbia Falls Community Choir will present their “Music is in the Air” concert beginning at 7:30 pm in th…

Updated 3 weeks ago
Yesterdays:10 pounds of fish the limit

Glacier National Park announced new fishing regulations that mirrored state regulations at the time, which said a person could keep 10 pounds and one fish not …

Updated 3 weeks ago
Tree trimming on Highway 2

This spring, Flathead Electric Cooperative will perform tree trimming and other vegetation management work on Highway 2, mile markers 154-174, between West Glacier and Pinnacle. Work will take place Monday, May 5 t…

Updated 3 weeks ago
Arbor Day celebration Saturday

To celebrate Arbor Day join the city of Columbia Falls with area natural resource managers and local students to plant trees in Hoerner Park.

Updated 3 weeks ago
Arbor Day celebration Saturday

To celebrate Arbor Day join the city of Columbia Falls with area natural resource managers and local students to plant trees in Hoerner Park.

Updated 3 weeks ago
Bobby’s law signed by Governor

Gov. Greg Gianforte put Bobby’s Law on the books Friday, increasing statewide penalties for drunk driving.