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Updated 12 hours, 26 minutes ago

Rally planned for support of national parks as GOP visits Glacier Wednesday

Local organizers are preparing a rally in support of Glacier and other national parks on Wednesday morning in West…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Unofficial city election results

Here's the unofficial Columbia Falls city election results. Top three gain seats.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
For Glacier’s iconic goats, snow proves solace from bugs

Research by scientists Forest P. Hayes and Joel Berger found that goats aren’t heading for the snow to cool off — they’re heading for the snow for relief from …

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
About 1,000 non-native rainbow trout removed from Gunsight Lake

The effort to restore native trout in Glacier National Park’s high country lakes continued this fall after biologists removed roughly 1,000 non-native rainbow …

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Owl talk coming up, so is Ladies Night...

Nature photographers, Veterans Day ceremony, make your own slippers, Ladies' Night, Support the Bob, women meet, bird talks

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Zinke cuts to Glacier resos pass House, but visitation up anyway

Glacier National Park visitation was up over last year through September, but if a Republican-controlled Congress has its way, funding for the iconic park coul…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Roy man killed in Halfmoon wreck

A Roy, Montana man was killed in a one-vehicle accident near Braig and Halfmoon Roads Nov. 1.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Police investigating bomb threats, but no bomb found

Kalispell Police Department responded to a report of a bomb threat at a grocery store in the east north area of town at 9 p.m. Saturday.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
The Blotter: Bomb threat

A bomb threat was called in at Smith’s on Nucleus Avenue after a manager received a phone call from a male demanding to be paid $1,000. The building was cleared.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Opinion: Lucky duck

A bald eagle snatched dinner right in front of us. By the time I got the camera out of the chest bag the eagle was half flying, half swimming with the duck thr…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Logging project proposed near Bob Marshall Wilderness

A proposed timber project on about 5,400 acres in the Swan Valley is under review by the Flathead National Forest.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Speech and debate making its mark early

The Columbia Falls speech and debate team looks to nab another state A title this season and already they’ve been showing their mettle at early meets.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Wildcats do well at Kalispell Kickoff tourney; third overall

The Columbia Falls speech and debate team took third overall and first among A schools at the Kalispell Kickoff tourney at Glacier High School over the weekend.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Green looks forward to coaching baseball team

A familiar face in Columbia Falls sports was recently named the new Columbia Falls High School baseball coach.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Avalanche speaker series coming up this week

Winter recreationists will gather in Whitefish on Nov. 11 for an afternoon of presentations from experts in avalanches and mountain experience at the annual No…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Drawings coming up for bison hunt on Blackfeet Reservation

Hunters can now enter for a guided guaranteed bison hunt on the Blackfeet Nation.