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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…
Miles long diesel fuel spill being investigated near Glacier
State officials are investigating a fuel leak on a BNSF Railway train that occurred while it was running between Havre and West Glacier, taking it through Glac…
Board OK’s zone change for Boys and Girls Club
The Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board last week approved a zone change request for the Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country.
Columbia Falls teen a bareback World Champion
They say nice guys finish last but the opposite was the case in the Junior World Finals in Las Vegas last week. Azreal Lara, an easygoing, low-key teenager out…
Inholders file suit against Conservation District
The owners of a house along the banks of McDonald Creek in Glacier National Park have filed an amended complaint in Flathead County District Court challenging …
City takes first steps to implement SB382
A new state law that changes the way Columbia Falls will do land use planning in the future got a first close look last week.
Speech team wins Whitefish tourney; 7th in a row
The Columbia Falls Speech and Debate team stayed in the valley this weekend to compete in Whitefish at the Stumptown Classic.
Men indicted for illegally killing eagles on Flathead Reservation
Two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montana on Friday on allegations they illegally killed 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Indian Reservation, then illegally sold the eagl…
Free meal in Hungry Horse
We are looking forward to our “After Christmas and celebrate the New Year Party” on Thursday Dec. 28th at the Hungry Horse School at 5:30 p.m.
Free meals in Columbia Falls
Columbia Falls Community Kitchen will be serving free meals on Dec. 30 and 31 in the basement of St. Richard’s Catholic Church at 6 p.m.
Feds don’t fund North Fork Road paving study
Flathead County did not receive federal funding for an environmental analysis to look at paving a portion of the North Fork Road, county public works director …
City considering converting baseball field to housing
The City of Columbia Falls will look at possibly partnering with Habitat for Humanity and the Northwest Montana Community Land Trust on converting a parcel of …
Singers eye a Big Apple trip; a host of holiday concerts are on tap this week, next
The Columbia Falls High School Sonifers set out caroling on Wednesday, Dec. 6 in a longstanding choir tradition. However, the choir program is also seeking new…
Toys for Tots serving more kids than ever
The Flathead Valley Marine Corps Toys for Tots program had another successful campaign this year and will serve more families than ever.
Dead wolverine draws questions
With the listing of the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act and reports of one of the rare creatures being killed and skinned in the Beaverhead Deer Lod…
Floyd released on own recognizance pending trial
Judge Dan Wilson released on his own recognizance Thursday the man accused of running over his ex-wife in Martin City in June.