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Updated 3 days, 19 hours ago

State warns of new disease carrying tick species in Montana

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services officials are alerting the public about the recent identifi…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Standoff suspect in trouble since age 12

A Hungry Horse man who was arrested after a lengthy standoff with Flathead County law officers Tuesday evening has a criminal past that dates back to when he b…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Martin City man found dead in Kalispell

The body of a Martin City man was found near the railroad tracks in Kalispell Wednesday afternoon.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
North Valley Hospital plans $900,000 Nucleus Avenue expansion

North Valley Hospital announced Jan. 28 it will soon be building a new physical therapy facility on Nucleus Avenue in Columbia Falls.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
After Hungry Horse standoff, SWAT team takes man into custody

A man who fled from the police and barricaded himself into an unoccupied residence in Hungry Horse on Jan. 28 was later arrested after a standoff with law enfo…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Eye on the Prize

The Columbia Falls speech and debate team will look to take its 15th straight state title this weekend. While they won the Western A divisional crown last week…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Man who stabbed his father to death sentenced to state hospital

A Whitefish man who stabbed his father to death during a dispute more than a year ago was sentenced to 40 years, with 20 suspended, in the Montana State Hospit…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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Judge calls defendant's actions 'depraved garbage'

A Whitefish man who attacked the mother of his children with a stun gun as she tried to call police on him from her Columbia Falls home was sentenced to 10 yea…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Residents weigh in on resort tax at lively hearing

City leaders heard the pros and cons from the public on a proposed 3% resort tax at a public hearing last week.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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SWAT team takes man into custody in Hungry Horse

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Department has taken a man into custody after a standoff in Hungry Horse Tuesday evening.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
School project should have lighter tax burden

The school bond recently passed by voters isn’t expected to cost local taxpayers as much as originally thought.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Man charged in DUI death of C-Falls girl pleads guilty

The man who drove his pickup truck into an Evergreen home, killing a Columbia Falls High School student who was asleep inside, changed his plea to guilty to fe…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
'It's the greatest job in the world,' Hagen reflects on career

After more than 34 years of fires, wrecks and just plain old helping folks out in need, Columbia Falls Fire Chief Rick Hagen is hanging up his turnout gear.