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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…
The Blotter: Dead pizza in the road
There was a report of a whole pizza in the road on Highway 2.
Yesterdays: Belton Bridge pressed into service as entrance to Glacier Park
The arch of the old Belton Bridge withstood the flood at West Glacier and there were plans to put a new deck on it as it would serve as a main entrance to the …
Police Chief Clint Peters named interim Columbia Falls city manager
A familiar face in city government will run the day-to-day operations of Columbia Falls – at least for a little while.
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…
Junior high wraps up year with 8th grade awards
Kamry Young was named most outstanding eighth grader during the junior high’s year-end awards ceremony last week. She also was recognized in several other cate…
On Tenth Avenue, neighbors complain of speeders
The city will do a speed study on 10th Avenue West after neighbors claimed that some motorists have been blasting down the street as of late.
Food truck owner competing for Food Network show spot
The owner of a Columbia Falls-based food truck is competing in the Food Network show, “Favorite Chef.”
Yesterdays: After flood, focus was getting bridge rebuilt into Glacier Park
A young grizzly bear was trapped along the Going-to-the-Sun Road after he chased after visitors along the highway.
Powers beats Quist in primary
The City of Columbia Falls will undergo a government review and Debo Powers beat Guthrie Quist easily for the Democratic seat on the November ballot in House D…
Blotter: Couch survives shooting
Report of a drunk guy shooting through his couch and the wall of his own house. But officers did not see any spent rounds or holes in the wall when they investigated.
Montana Supreme Court upholds closing down of Whistlestop Retreat
The Montana Supreme Court has largely upheld a lower court’s decision that effectively shut down a resort on the shores of Lake Five in West Glacier.
City continuing search for city manager, also needs public works director
The City of Columbia Falls is in the second round of its search for a city manager.
Fiery wreck claims life
A person died in a fiery wreck near mile marker 164 on U.S. Highway 2 Saturday afternoon. Coram-West Glacier Fire chief Walter Tabb said the vehicle was a pickup truck that had gone off the highway into the trees.
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 …
Man given life sentence for running over state trooper
Life without parole was the sentence Flathead County District Judge Danni Coffman delivered to Jason Allen Miller Wednesday afternoon in the Lincoln County Cou…