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Fern looking forward to Legislative session after long campaign
Incoming state Sen. Dave Fern is looking forward to the upcoming session. Fern represents Senate District 2, which…
Lions Club announces two cool concerts
The Columbia Falls Lions Club will host two concerts this summer at Marantette Park.
Gavel passed to new Rotary Club leader
Leadership of the Rotary Club of Columbia Falls was handed off to President Cliff Seiler from former president and new Vice President Roger Hopkins at a recent…
Glacier seeks volunteers to count nighttime pollinators
The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center (CCRLC) and Glacier National Park invite volunteers to the first Nocturnal Pollinator BioBlitz and a celebration of National Moth Week.
Many Glacier Campground will likely be closed in 2025
Glacier National Park is proposing to close the Swiftcurrent developed area in Many Glacier from the fall of 2024 until the spring of 2026 in order to upgrade the parking area, rehabilitate the roadway and replace …
Free meals at church
Columbia Falls Community Kitchen will be serving delicious, free meals in the basement of St. Richard’s Catholic Church on July 30 and 31 at 6 p.m.
Fatal on Highway 2
A Kalispell man was killed in a one-vehicle rollover in Columbia Heights Sunday night.
Yesterdays: 1963 Flathead sets record of timber harvest
The first structural steel for the new Anaconda Aluminum Co. plant had arrived.
The Blotter: TikTok trend breaks fences
Report of guns or fireworks going off inside a home on 11th Avenue.
Ninth Circuit rules against environmental groups, in part
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last month upheld the Flathead National Forest’s 2018 Forest plan as it pertains to grizzly bears and bull trout.
Feds won’t draw down Reservoir to fill Flathead Lake
A regional water management team on Friday opted not to alleviate Flathead Lake’s low water level by increasing flows out of Hungry Horse Reservoir.
For the first time years, Glacier will allow boats on east side, with inspection
In partnership with the Blackfeet Tribe, Glacier National Park announced that Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) inspection stations will open on July 20 to provid…
Planning Board rejects Kapoor zone change
The Flathead County Planning Board last week rejected a zone change request by Florida company Location Ventures on 12.4 acres east of Columbia Falls along Hig…
Human remains found up North Fork
Human remains were found in the wilds north of Polebridge near Tepee Lake on July 12, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department said in a release.
Bob Volunteers sought
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is actively seeking volunteers for a slate of trail maintenance projects in the latter part of the field season.
Women meet
Columbia Falls Women’s Connection will host a luncheon on Wednesday, July 19 at 11:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church located at 827 9th St West in Columbia Falls.