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Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago

Zinke asks Park Service director to move back reservation requirement in Glacier to 1 p.m.

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke on Wednesday asked the Park Service to back up the non-reservation entry to Glaci...

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Council approves townhomes on Fourth Avenue, supports paving N. Fork Road

The Columbia Falls City Council last week approved an amended planned unit development at 812 4th Ave West which will become all housing units, rather than a mix of housing and commercial space.

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
PHOTOS: Columbia Falls schools musicals

A series of photos by the Hungry Horse News showcasing Columbia Falls students on stage in a busy week of musical performances.

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Yesterdays: Columbia Falls grade school sees growth

An 11-classroom grade school as well as an auditorium-gym-assembly hall was going up next to the Columbia Falls High School as the town was seeing growth.

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
The Blotter: Disgruntled painter vandalizes building

Report of a disgruntled painter writing “pay the painter” all over a building on 1st Avenue after not receiving payment for work in a timely manner.

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Man who allegedly ran over trooper pleads not guilty

A man with seemingly nothing to lose, Jason Allen Miller reportedly told a female passenger in his truck that he was not going back to prison shortly before ...

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Wildland firefighters banquet is coming up

The public is invited to the third annual Flathead Wildland Firefighters Banquet to help support the many federal, state, local, contract, and volunteer firefighters that train and work to protect public and priv...

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Columbia Falls man accused by more youths of rape

Prosecutors say a third young boy has come forward with allegations that a youth hockey coach from Flathead County raped him by inserting an unknown object in his rectum, an incident they believe occurred at a Bu...

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
High school classrooms should soon see more fresh air

The School District 6 School Board last week voted to go with a new system that will greatly improve the ventilation in classrooms at the Columbia Falls High...

Updated 3 days, 7 hours ago
Council will take up Kapoor subdivision on April 17

The Columbia Falls City Council will take up a 180-unit subdivision proposed by a Florida developer at its April 18 meeting at 7 p.m. city manager Susan Nico...

Updated 3 days, 20 hours ago
Board sets deadline for decision on McDonald Creek home

The Flathead Conservation Board gave a San Diego couple until April 3 to either apply for a permit to remove a house built along the banks of McDonald Creek ...

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Nonprofit looking for goat yoga instructor, volunteers

Farming for the Future Academy is seeking a Goat Yoga instructor for summer programs.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Family finds themselves victims of mold

About four years ago Pastor Nick Picklesimer’s wife, Sarah, started getting sick with respiratory problems — she was having trouble breathing and whenever sh...

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
The Blotter: Girl attacked by dogs

A man was contacted by police after threatening a neighbor’s cat; claimed he was not really going to shoot the cat, but expressed frustration because his son was allergic and the cat was getting too close to his ...

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
Biking the Sun Road to open May 5

Glacier National Park Monday said it expects folks will be able to drive to Lake McDonald Lodge by 6 a.m. May 5, though the Going-to-the-Sun Road will be rou...