The Frontier Institute, Montana GOP and other plaintiffs say I-194 violates the First Amendment, while the initiative’s backers say they are confident in its legal footing
By Mariah Thomas
Mathew David Dye, 50, was pronounced dead at St. Patrick Hospital after a medical emergency at the Missoula County Detention Center
By Maggie Dresser
Since 2007, Swan Valley Bear Resources has worked with landowners and agencies to reduce human-bear conflicts, starting with the number one attractant: garbage
By Kay Bjork
A family's multi-generational hold on a Flathead Lake bluff meets an architect who grew up with the same water in her blood
By Tristan Scott
In 'The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere,' Missoula author Nicholas Triolo delivers a meditation on movement — and what circling back can teach us
By Maggie DohertyThe former U.S. attorney bested both an independent and Democratic challenger Tuesday night, winning with 49% of the vote statewide
The discovery is not reason to panic yet, officials say, as recent monitoring has not found further evidence of aquatic invasive species
Lessons on planning for charitable giving without fear
The Discover Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner and fundraiser takes place Nov. 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn
FVCC’s largest scholarship fundraiser takes place on Oct. 30 at Wachholz College Center on its Kalispell campus. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.
Whitefish's 2-1 victory over their crosstown rival on Saturday at Smith Fields helped the Bulldogs secure their first state title in three years.
They join more than 30 artists who will perform in the Flathead Valley from July 16-18. Tickets go on sale Nov. 6.
Surveying this year’s tax measures on ballots across the country and what they could mean for Montana
During these next seven days existing anxiety can morph into hopelessness, frustration, even anger,
The Surface Transportation Board should reject it
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Absentee ballots went out Oct. 9, and Election Day is Nov. 3. Flathead Valley voters will weigh an open U.S. Senate seat, an open western congressional seat, a state Supreme Court contest, three ballot measures and a full slate of legislative and county races. Here’s what to know.
Economic headwinds have triggered a shift in spending trends as visitors seek low-budget trips while weather, the airport runway rehabilitation project and Glacier Park’s new entry system have caused fluctuating visitation patterns
Federal wildlife officials and hunting groups say wolves in the Northern Rockies have recovered; conservation groups say the agency ignored historic range where wolves no longer live
A six-part series on notorious Flathead Valley militia leader David Burgert, who vanished into the wilderness after a shootout with sheriff's deputies in 2011
