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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…
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…
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:
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…
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…
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.
The Blotter: A woman in her 50s bothering people
Jan. 17
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.
Yesterdays: Big fire in Martin City
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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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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Jan. 28
Speech and debate wins 15th straight state A title
The Bulldogs had more champions. But the Wildcats had more points.