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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 5 days ago

RV destroyed in fire

Columbia Falls firefighters responded to an RV fire Thursday night about 8 p.m. The RV was in the driveway of Wind…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Crawford found guilty in Martin City shooting

A Flathead County District Court jury on Thursday evening found Del Orrin Crawford guilty of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of Whisper Sellars outsi…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fishing the North Fork of the Flathead from 2 p.m. to midnight is now illegal due to high water temperatures

After more than two weeks of unprecedented heat, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has announced “hoot owl” restrictions on the North Fork of the Flathead River.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Huckleberry picker shoots, kills attacking grizzly that had three cubs

A man was hospitalized after an encounter with a grizzly bear on Thursday evening approximately 2 miles north of Columbia Falls, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Par…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Firefighters pounce on fire at Columbia Falls High School

Firefighters quickly quelled a blaze at the Columbia Falls High School Monday night about 7 p.m.

Updated 2 months ago
Woman lucky to be alive after tree harpoons her car

Kaitlin Hagadone is counting her lucky stars. On July 1 the Columbia Falls woman was driving home alone from work down Half Moon Road when lightning struck a b…

Updated 2 months ago
Two drown in separate incidents in Glacier National Park; man's body trapped in Avalanche Gorge

Two people drowned in separate incidents Saturday in Glacier National Park. One victim drowned in Avalanche Gorge and the other in Lake McDonald.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Woman injured in fiery wreck on Glacier National Park's Going-to-the Sun Road

A car went off the Going-to-the-Sun Road Wednesday night about 5:40 p.m., struck a tree and caught on fire, Glacier National Park officials said.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Pennsylvania woman drowns in Virginia Creek below Virginia Falls in Glacier National Park

A 26-year-old woman drowned Sunday in Virginia Creek in Glacier National Park downstream from Virginia Falls.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road opens over Logan Pass to vehicles

Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open for vehicles up and over Logan Pass for the summer season.

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Hikers and bikers should be able to go to Logan Pass this weekend

Glacier National Park announced Friday that the full length of the Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to hikers and bikers when crews aren’t working.

Updated 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Tense moments in Mosquito Flats neighborhood as slope slumps, tipping huge trees over homes

There were some tense moments Tuesday night in the Mosquito Flats neighborhood after a steep slope slumped, tipping several large trees precariously over homes…

Updated 3 months ago
Lower North Fork Road will see dust treatment soon

The lower North Fork Road from just north of Glacier Rim to the Camas Creek entrance to Glacier National Park will see dust control measures this summer.

Updated 3 months ago
Glacier National Park plows a little more than halfway through the Big Drift

Glacier National Park plow crews made it a little over halfway through the Big Drift this week and started putting up hundreds of feet of removable guardrails …

Updated 3 months ago
A perennial problem: Campers stranded at Blankenship

Flathead National Forest spokeswoman Kira Powell said that now that the area is officially closed, the campers will have to leave — when they can.

Updated 3 months ago
A perennial problem: Campers stranded at Blankenship

Flathead National Forest spokeswoman Kira Powell said that now that the area is officially closed, the campers will have to leave — when they can.