General News
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A new chapter: Byrds sell liquor license to local investors, planning future restaurant
Melanie and O’Brien Byrd have sold the liquor and wine business they’ve owned for 21 years to a Flathead Valley gr…
Man dies in tree well accident on Big Mountain
Gilman and his friends reportedly had planned to ski the out-of-bounds terrain and meet at the base of Chair 5 on the East Rim. CPR was performed at the scene and Gilman was transported to North Valley Hospital’s B…
Lake monitoring volunteers sought
Love to spend time on lakes? Interested in water quality? The Northwest Montana Lakes Network is looking for lake property owners and/or homeowners, recreation…
Coronavirus deaths jump to 81 total in county
The Flathead City-County Health Department has confirmed seven additional Covid-19 related deaths of individuals in Flathead County. The deaths occurred over the course of the past month, and five of the deaths are…
Governor signs bill making it easier to carry guns
HELENA — Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a major ‘constitutional carry’ bill Thursday that will let Montanans carry concealed firearms in public settings including banks and bars without a permit, in addition to limitin…
Free the Seeds event coming up soon
Free the Seeds welcomes donations of seeds saved by local gardeners to be shared with other growers at the seed swap.
The Blotter:
A woman’s boots were stolen, but she got them back.
51 years a firefighter
Joe Testa joined the Delaware Air National Guard more than 50 years ago, joining the crash crew, where they trained to put out aircraft fires in the event one …
Yesterdays: Woman drives into Plum Creek pond
DaLone Best lost control of her car on 12th Avenue West in Columbia Falls and plunged into a pond at the Plum Creek mill. She rolled down the window of her Dod…
Pint by pint, she’s donated about 10 gallons of blood
Just over a gallon of blood swirls through the veins of the average human adult, and over the last two decades Columbia Falls resident Patti Dorlarque has, pin…
How many roads is too many roads?
A lawsuit that could determine the future of road management on the Flathead National Forest is coming to a head in federal court.
The Blotter: Stolen property found in pawn shop
A man found some of his stolen property in a pawn shop.
After storm, local vet lends helping hand to cemetery
Sgt. Brady Wassam of the Army National Guard cleaned up storm debris at Montana Veterans' Home Cemetery last week.
Gianforte visits vaccination clinic, lifts mask mandate
Gov. Greg Gianforte met with healthcare workers at the Flathead County vaccine clinic Friday morning as they began administering nearly 1,000 additional COVID-…
Fish art contest
Artists in grades K-12 are invited to submit entries to a Montana State-Fish Art contest.
Last week saw coldest temps of the winter season
The region saw the coldest temperatures of the year last week.