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Breaking News

For the latest breaking news, see below. We'll share breaking news stories as we have them so you're kept up to date at all times.

Updated 6 days, 6 hours ago

Glacier National Park plows at Logan Pass

Glacier National Park plows have made it to Logan Pass and are working near the Big Drift and the pass parking are…

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Man arrested without incident after high speed chase

A man wanted on a felony warrant out of Lincoln County led Montana Highway Patrol troopers on a long distance high speed chase Friday afternoon, but gave up pe…

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Glacier National Park will require reservations at all major entrances this summer

Glacier National Park will require reservations at all of its major entrances during the summer of 2023, the park officially announced Friday.

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
City-County planning board OK's Tamarack Meadows subdivision

The Columbia Falls City-County planning board Tuesday night approved a 103-lot subdivision on 47 acres called Tamarack Meadows at the north end of Meadow Lake …

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Man dies in house fire north of Polebridge

Columbia Falls and Blankenship firefighters responded to a fatal house fire up the North Fork Saturday morning.

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Oberling could get suspended sentence in plea deal

Prosecutors will recommend a renowned local artist receive a suspended five-year sentence with the state Department of Corrections for wiring his then-partner’…

Updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Oberling pleads guilty in electrocution case

Locally renowned landscape painter Nicholas Oberling pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment Monday, testifying that he ran a live wire into his significant ot…

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Dollar General plans store in Columbia Falls

A Dollar General Store could be coming to Columbia Falls.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Glacier says it hasn't made a final decision on Two Medicine, Many Glacier reservations

Glacier National Park said Friday it has not made a final decision on whether to implement a reservation system for the Two Medicine and Many Glacier valleys.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Glacier Park will require reservations for Two Medicine, Many Glacier valleys next summer

Glacier National Park will require reservations for Many Glacier and the Two Medicine valleys in the summer of 2023. That’s in addition to the reservation requ…

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Court resets wolf quotas, for now

On Tuesday a state District Court in Lewis and Clark County issued a temporary restraining order impacting some of Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulati…

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Another arctic blast Thursday into Friday

Another arctic blast is expected to sweep across the region Thursday into Friday.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Final election results: Republicans rule the roost

Republicans maintained firm control in the Montana midterm elections.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Election results so far...

Statewide election results as of Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5:35 a.m. Precincts fully reported 442 of 663 (66%)

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
Bitterly cold by early next week

More snow. Some rain. Then mid-winter like cold and even more snow.

Updated 2 years, 6 months ago
First valley snow expected Tuesday into Wednesday

Snow is expected to reach the valley floors Tuesday night into Wednesday, the National Weather Service is predicting.