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Fern looking forward to Legislative session after long campaign
Incoming state Sen. Dave Fern is looking forward to the upcoming session. Fern represents Senate District 2, which…
Yesterdays: After flood, focus was getting bridge rebuilt into Glacier Park
A young grizzly bear was trapped along the Going-to-the-Sun Road after he chased after visitors along the highway.
Powers beats Quist in primary
The City of Columbia Falls will undergo a government review and Debo Powers beat Guthrie Quist easily for the Democratic seat on the November ballot in House D…
Blotter: Couch survives shooting
Report of a drunk guy shooting through his couch and the wall of his own house. But officers did not see any spent rounds or holes in the wall when they investigated.
Montana Supreme Court upholds closing down of Whistlestop Retreat
The Montana Supreme Court has largely upheld a lower court’s decision that effectively shut down a resort on the shores of Lake Five in West Glacier.
City continuing search for city manager, also needs public works director
The City of Columbia Falls is in the second round of its search for a city manager.
Fiery wreck claims life
A person died in a fiery wreck near mile marker 164 on U.S. Highway 2 Saturday afternoon. Coram-West Glacier Fire chief Walter Tabb said the vehicle was a pickup truck that had gone off the highway into the trees.
Glacier National Park plows a little more than halfway through the Big Drift
Glacier National Park plow crews made it a little over halfway through the Big Drift this week and started putting up hundreds of feet of removable guardrails …
Man given life sentence for running over state trooper
Life without parole was the sentence Flathead County District Judge Danni Coffman delivered to Jason Allen Miller Wednesday afternoon in the Lincoln County Cou…
Opinion: Christman recalls flood
The Great Flood of 1964 had a profound effect upon my life. In fact, in my stories of “Tales of a Misspent Youth,” the day of the flood became a directional p…
Sixty years ago, a massive flood struck Northwest Montana
Sixty years ago the waters rose and rose until they became the largest flood in Flathead County’s recorded history.
Community events: Concert series, summer camps, fire meeting all coming up
The Columbia Falls Lions Club Summer Concert Series will once again be at Marantette Park this summer. Here’s a lineup of the shows on tap:
Opinion: Ashby on ‘64 Flood at Many Glacier
I was wet, getting wetter by the minute, and would remain so for the next couple of weeks. It all started for me when I came down from my bunk at Swiftcurrent …
Opinion: Superintendent explains levy impacts
The past four months have been a whirlwind of communication efforts to ensure that everyone had the information they needed to make the best decision they could make for themselves during the May elections.
CFAC tours next Wednesday
The Columbia Falls Aluminum Company invites people to visit the proposed remediation area on tours from 1-3:30 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. June 12.
Court gives neighbors say in Glacier National Park inholder lawsuit
A group of West Glacier residents have been given intervenor status in a federal case involving a private home that many charge was built illegally on the bank…