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Company faces fine after muddy water spill into creek
Schellinger Construction has been issued a $15,000 fine for accidentally sending muddy water into Garnier Creek on…
Daines says Farm Bill helps timber
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is looking to help stimulate Montana’s timber industry with several proposed amendments to the Senate Farm Bill. The bill, which passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee (on which Daine…
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County will see $840,000 more in PILT payments
Flathead County will receive $3.4 million this year from the federal government under a long-running program that compensates local governments for nontaxable federal land.
Forysth denied parole
By SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER
At Many Glacier, a food-conditioned grizzly eats trout off a table; hard sided camping only now
Glacier National Park announced today that the Many Glacier campground would go to hard-sided camping only after a grizzly bear jumped up on a picnic table the…
Fire season outlook calls for warmer, drier, summer; though July and August rains a big factor
If past seasons are any indication of future events, the Northern Rockies have a 50-50 chance of an active fire season in 2018.
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Montana historian John Fraley has recently retired from the Montana Fish and Game Department and is coming out with another of his captivating books about settling the last real wilderness section of the lower 48 s…
Head-on wrecks and thunderstorms
What a neat week. Sunny and warm until Thursday with only mosquitoes and fast drivers with rafts to cuss at. Things started to change on Wednesday with a horrible head-on crash late in the afternoon.
Twins take bronze at Ed Gallo Tournament
The Glacier Twins showed off at their own Ed Gallo Tournament with an 18-2 blowout over the Olympia Raptors on Sunday.
Ten Lakes: A look at the Wilderness Study Area
Montanans have long debated public lands and its use.
Another rough trip to Lake Francis
“Well, that’s my token appearance at Lake Francis for this year,” said my fishing partner Joe as we pulled out of the parking lot, heading back to the Flathead Valley.
Grizzly committee looking for consistency in food storage orders
As the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee wrestled with a conservation plan during their summer meeting in Polson last week, they also contemplated how to deal…
Bed tax audit raises concerns
Summer is upon us and traffic is indicating what most already know — it’s going to be another great tourism season in northwest Montana. Recent headlines show that many cities are trying to mitigate the crush and d…
C-Falls Swim team takes second at Bitterroot Invitational, fifth in Shelby
The Columbia Falls swim team has already been in action three times this summer, swimming at meets in Shelby, Hamilton and Chester.
Logan Pass opens for the season
The Going-to-the-Sun Road over Logan Pass opened for the season on Saturday. The opener was less than dramatic, however.