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City will go ahead with affordable housing project
The Columbia Falls City Council last week decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Stree…
Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says
A Montana man pleaded guilty March 12 to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part…
Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds
A study by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces, as climate change continues to warm th…
Glacier Park awarded funding for Blackfeet bison, other projects
Glacier National Park announced last week it will receive $1.5 million in funding to support the Blackfeet Tribe’s initiative to restore free ranging bison her…
Columbia Falls Cloverfest this weekend
The annual Columbia Falls Cloverfest is March 16 in the parking lot of Super 1 Foods off Highway 2.
City OK’s changes to water billing
Ordinance 829 to amend Title 13 of the city’s water and sewer utility account provisions unanimously passed on first reading after public comment at the city council meeting March 4.
Yesterdays: Blackfeet Indian Writing Company
The Blackfeet Indian Writing Company was making an average of 600,000 pencils, markers and pens a day.
Foundation boosts food pantry at high school
The Whitefish Community Foundation donated $7,700 to support and expand the food pantry at the Columbia Falls High School.
In Brief March 13
Prom, Heritage Days, Meet ranger, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Little Cat Tracks
The Pie Lady: Jean Flynn’s pop-up pie stand pays vintage shops a visit
PIE HERE NOW announces a sandwich board on Nucleus Avenue, the boldness of the proclamation softened by a picture of a smiling blond girl holding a bushel of w…
All-State, All-Conference announced
The all-state and all-conference basketball selections have been announced.
Kehr named All-Frontier
A Columbia Falls native was recently announced to the All-Frontier basketball team.
Lambrecht resigns as CEO of Logan Health
Logan Health-Billings Clinic CEO Craig Lambrecht resigned Monday, making way for new co-leadership roles atop the state’s largest hospital system.
Mountainfilm Tour to benefit Bob Marshall Foundation
The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is hitting the road, bringing their annual film festival to five different cities around the Bob Marshall Wilderness Com…
Family of women killed in Martin City frustrated by pace of county prosecutors
“I try to avoid Columbia Falls now. Because I see [Floyd], and every time I see him I see the back of his truck,” Chris Gilham said.