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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, 2 hours ago

With warm, dry spring, Flathead Lake not expected to reach full pool

Citing unseasonably warm and dry weather this spring, Flathead Lake is not expected to reach full pool this summer…

Updated 4 months ago
Advanced reservations for Glacier National Park's west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, North Fork become available Feb. 13

Glacier National Park has released more details on a timed entry reservation system for the west entrance of the Going-to-the-Sun Road and the North Fork regio…

Updated 4 months ago
Private house in Glacier Park can remain, federal judge rules

A private home on the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park can remain, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Hiring freeze, 'resignation' offer could impact thousands of Park Service workers, including Glacier National Park

A federal hiring freeze and a letter that urges employees to consider resignation is already having implications in Glacier National Park and throughout the Pa…

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
District mulls high school bond

Columbia Falls School District 6 Superintendent Cory Dzwiogo urged the board last week to begin thinking about a possible bond to remodel the high school.

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Construction will limit access to Many Glacier in Glacier National Park this summer

Access into the Many Glacier Valley in Glacier National Park will be restricted this summer to about 120 groups a day, as the Park Service upgrades the infrast…

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
With CFAC decision, Ruis poised to buy property

The Environmental Protection Agency Friday released its record of decision for cleaning up the defunct Columbia Falls Aluminum Co plant, which paves the way f…

Updated 5 months ago
Grizzlies will stay on ESA, be managed as single population

All grizzly bears in the Lower 48 United States would be federally managed as a single population under a proposed U.S Fish and Wildlife Service rule released …

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Two killed in icy crash at Evaro

Two people were killed Friday, including a Columbia Falls teenager, when the vehicle they were in was struck by a semi-trailer that jackknifed and slid out of control down U.S. 93 at Evaro.

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
The spirit of Flathead radio for more than 60 years, G. George Ostrom dies

Radio personality and newsman. Author and longtime newspaper columnist. Adventurer and humorist. G. George Ostrom, the voice of the Flathead Valley for mor…

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
Firefighters battle house fire on Braig Road

Firefighters at this hour are on the scene of a house fire on Braig Road in rural Columbia Falls.

Updated 5 months, 1 week ago
County commissioners, in 2-1 vote, decline millions in workforce housing funds

Saying it’s not a fair use of taxpayer funds or to future homebuyers, Flathead County commissioners on Tuesday quashed implementing a state housing program her…

Updated 5 months, 3 weeks ago
The holiday season in Columbia Falls, in pictures

The Holiday season in Columbia Falls, in pictures.

Updated 5 months, 4 weeks ago
He shot a trophy buck. When he came back to retrieve it, thieves had stolen it

The joy an older Troy man experienced after bagging a 5x5 white-tailed buck Nov. 20 in the Lower Yaak was quickly dashed after it was stolen, along with some o…

Updated 6 months ago
Early morning power outage planned for Hungry Horse, Coram area

In the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 12, Flathead Electric Cooperative will take a planned power outage to repair the distribution electric system in the Hungry Horse-Coram area. The outage will begin at ap…

Updated 6 months ago
Man behind bars after shooting incident in Hungry Horse

A man currently faces a potential charge of attempted deliberate homicide after a shooting incident in Hungry Horse Sunday night.