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MDT to start Highway 2 road construction south of Columbia Falls next week

The Montana Department of Transportation and LHC Inc. will begin work to rehabilitate approximately 4 miles of U.S…

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
Council OK’s TIF projects

The Columbia Falls City Council Jan. 21 approved several projects for tax increment finance district funding in 2020. The projects include:

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
For slaves, quilts likely held codes to freedom

It’s estimated more 100,000 slaves traveled from the south north to freedom from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War on what’s called the Underground Railro…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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
Corrections

In a story on the school bond in last week’s edition, it should have said the initial projection for an annual tax increase on a $200,000 home was $200 a year, not a month.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
The Blotter: A woman in her 50s bothering people

Jan. 17

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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
Yesterdays: Big fire in Martin City

70 years ago

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SWAT team returns to Hungry Horse

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team and other law enforcement personnel searched a home in Hungry Horse on River Drive late Wednesday afternoon.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Lauria Racing and Repair has new shop in Columbia Heights

Lauria Racing and Repair in Columbia Heights emphasizes personal service for your car and truck repair needs, notes owner RJ Lauria.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Weigh in on the future of West Glacier

The Glacier Park Gateway Project will have an open house at 6 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Flathead Valley Community College Arts and Technology Building.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Many local folks say Senate should have called witnesses in President Trump trial

Folks weighed in on President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial last week. When asked whether the Senate should allow witnesses or not, most folks said the legi…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
School District 6 OK's Wick contract

The School District 6 Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new superintendent contract after negotiations with David Wick Monday evening.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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Jan. 28

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Speech and debate wins 15th straight state A title

The Bulldogs had more champions. But the Wildcats had more points.