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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…
Forest Service set to issue special permits for services, events
The Flathead National Forest is requesting public input on the issuance of 23 temporary special use permits for the upcoming summer of 2024.
Community choir concert on tap
The Columbia Falls Community Choir has been hard at work preparing for their spring concert at the Columbia Falls High School Little Theater on Saturday, April…
Man admits guilt in slaughter of eagles
A Washington man admitted last week of conspiring to hunt and kill bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Indian Reservation and then selling them on the blac…
Police get kudos from council, public for service
The Columbia Falls Police Department got some thank-yous at last week’s city council meeting.
Yesterdays: Trap the tree
The Flathead National Forest was going to try a “trap the tree” program to battle spruce bark beetle.
The Blotter: Gunshots reported
A person reported hearing gunshots in the city. A man who got in a fight was worried he’d get hit back with a baton. Police broke it up.
Man commits suicide after shooting incident
A man apparently took his own life last Wednesday after a disturbance in Columbia Falls. According to a release from the Flathead County’s Sheriff’s Department, at 10:07 p.m. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a distu…
Scouts seeing success as they reach for the highest rank
Three Columbia Falls Scouts are have had academic and performance arts success lately. Boone Shanks, Merrick Fairchild and Lauren Rogers did well during the re…
Ruder Elementary will welcome new principal
Ruder Elementary welcomes Allison Hawes as its new principal for the next school year. Hawes is currently the principal at Helena Flats School, a position she’…
The birds are back: Migrating flocks settle at Freezout
You really can’t miss the birds.
IJC will look at Kootenai River pollution from coal mines
The U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups announced a proposal on recently to address pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that officials say has been contaminating waterways and harming fisheries on…
Roads lawsuit brings split decision
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto March 12 recommended that two local environmental groups partially prevail in their claims against the Forest Service and…
School district will float operational levies, too
Looking down the barrel of some significant operating deficits in both the elementary and high school budgets, the School District 6 Board unanimously approved…
Bears awake early, local organization looks to head off conflicts
With bears reportedly coming out of hibernation around the state — nearly a month early — People and Carnivores Northwest Field Project Manager Ryan Wilbur mad…
In Brief March 20
Easter egg hunt, free meals, Little Cats Tracks, Heritage Days, quilt show