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Helena Lewis and Clark national Forest closes campgrounds, rental cabins and day use areas
The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest announced it is closing its campgrounds, day use sites and rental cab...
Flathead National Forest also closes campgrounds, cabins
The Flathead National Forest has also closed its developed campgrounds and rental cabins due to the CODID-19 outbreak.
Flathead National Forest allowing personal use firewood gathering without permit until June 1
The Forest Service announced Wednesday that personal firewood cutting will be free to the general public from April 1 through June 1 on the Flathead National...
Columbia Falls woman stuck in Peru for now as border is closed
A Columbia Falls woman has been stuck in Peru after the country closed its borders due the coronavirus and she couldn’t get out. Brooke Sample was working as...
Volunteers making gowns for hospital
Volunteers are sewing isolation gowns for North Valley Hospital. An isolation gown is typically a disposable paper gown that healthcare staff like doctors and nurses wear when attending to a contagious patient, s...
The Blotter: Woman tries to drill her ex, literally
Tuesday, March 17
City council briefed on coronavirus at meeting
Flathead City-County Health Department Deputy Health Officer Kerry Nuckles last week briefed Columbia Falls City Council on the latest county policies concerning the coronavirus.
Yesterdays: Fighter jet crashes into Flathead Lake
70 years ago
Christian group recruiting youths
Young Life Montana, a state chapter of the international ecumenical Christian youth ministry Young Life, is looking to expand its reach to Columbia Falls.
Students also keeping up on the news as they read local, national sites
Fifth-grade Ruder Elementary teacher Sherri Nissen was inspired to get her students reading the news.
Schools preparing to teach students remotely, lunch service continues
Columbia Falls School District 6 is preparing to have teachers give lessons over the Internet where it’s possible, Superintendent Steve Bradshaw said Monday.
A look at Columbia Falls area coronavirus closures, delays
Here’s a look at what’s currently closed or canceled in the area due to the coronavirus as of presstime:
Academic endowment gets a boost from Class of ‘63
The first class to graduate from the current Columbia Falls High School after having walked it’s halls for all four years is paying it forward to future gene...
Coronavirus update: Schools closed until March 27
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Sunday afternoon that Montana K-12 schools would be closed March 16 (Monday) through March 27 in an attempt to slow the ...
Ian Tippet, longtime Glacier Park figure, dies
Ian Tippet, the man who brought musicals and Hootenannies to Glacier National Park for decades, died of natural causes Monday, March 9 in Arizona. He was 88.