A recap of the most newsworthy accomplishments involving local athletes

The most newsworthy events in Northwest Montana over the past 12 months

Tanya Jernigan welcomes mother to Montana after winning Home for the Holidays contest

Sub-zero temperatures covered nearly all of Montana Tuesday morning

Montana went into trial claiming Wyoming had shorted Montana farmers about 10,000 acre-feet of water

Pickup truck failed to follow a detour and struck a patrol car

The number of law enforcement officers killed by firearms jumped by 56 percent this year

Kalispell Chamber last week released the results of a member survey of issues poised to surface during the upcoming state Legislature

After a slow recovery, the local economy is quickly regaining steam as one of the fastest growing in the state

Montana workers earning minimum wage will get a 15 cents-an-hour raise this week

Zinke's communications staff says he'll be the first Navy SEAL to serve in the U.S. House

Two snowmobilers died after falling through the ice on Seeley Lake

Robert C. Myers banned from all national forests and national parks for four years

Five men were trying to cross the lake on snowmobiles when three fell through the ice

As of July 1, Montana's estimated population was 1,023,579