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A new chapter: Byrds sell liquor license to local investors, planning future restaurant

Melanie and O’Brien Byrd have sold the liquor and wine business they’ve owned for 21 years to a Flathead Valley gr…

Updated 5 years ago
Council approves four-plex planned for sloped lot

The Columbia Falls City Council last week approved a planned unit development project that would bring four townhouses to Seventh Street East.

Updated 5 years ago
Columbia Falls man pleads guilty in drive-by shooting

A second man involved in a drive-by shooting in Kalispell last year pleaded guilty to the offense last week in Flathead County District Court.

Updated 5 years ago
Forest Service releases Frozen Moose project assessment

The Flathead National Forest Hungry Horse-Glacier View District on Monday released an environmental assessment for a large-scale North Fork fuels reduction, ti…

Updated 5 years ago
Columbia Falls man pleads not guilty to Silver Bullet stabbing

A Columbia Falls man accused of stabbing another man outside a bar pleaded not guilty last week in Flathead District Court.

Updated 5 years ago
73-year-old C-Falls man sentenced in meth case

A 73-year-old Columbia Falls man who pleaded guilty to selling methamphetamine was sentenced last week in Flathead District Court.

Updated 5 years ago
Group looks at regs for employee housing

A committee of business leaders and residents in West Glacier will take another look at designing new regulations to allow for seasonal employee housing under the Canyon Land Use Regulatory system.

Updated 5 years ago
Yosemite has a reservation system. Here’s how it works

Yosemite National Park has also instituted a day use pass to enter its park with a vehicle this summer due to coronavirus. How does it work?

Updated 5 years ago
At home at Bob’s General Store

For 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year, Bob Johnson takes his place behind the counter of Bob’s General Store.

Updated 5 years ago
New book follows the life of bowhunter Paul Schafer

By any measure, Paul Schafer was a master bowhunter. He took water buffalo and lions in Africa, numerous trophy bighorn sheep, brown bears in Alaska, numerous …

Updated 5 years ago
The Blotter: Scorned lover turns to fire

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Updated 5 years ago
Veteran Glacier scientist retires after long career

For three decades, U.S. Geological Survey Scientist Dan Fagre has been willing to talk about climate change to anyone willing to listen. Over the years he’s be…

Updated 5 years ago
Glacier chalets opening to guests

Folks who want to stay in Glacier National Park’s Granite Park chalet may still have an opportunity to do so this summer. A check of the chalet’s website still…

Updated 5 years ago
Killer in Olney homicides made previous threats

The Whitefish man accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife, daughter and another man near Olney early Tuesday morning had told the woman he would kill her this summer, court filings state.

Updated 5 years ago
Yesterdays: Slowing down at the Goat Lick

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