Thursday 4/26 9:19 a.m. A Hungry Horse resident’s door was kicked in while he was out of town. 9:59 a.m. Reportedly, a wayfaring miniature appaloosa wandered into a Columbia Falls woman’s yard. 10:01 a.m. A Hungry Horse resident reported that someone ripped the door off a building and stole it. Additionally, insulation and wire are […]

The herd of bighorn sheep near Thompson Falls continues to decline at alarming rates, according to recent surveys by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. FWP Biologist Bruce Sterling counted only 52 sheep on his annual flight this spring, compared to 270 counted in 2008, according to a news release sent out Tuesday. The surveys reflect […]

Anglers keep lugging in lake trout on Flathead Lake. Another 2,899 were caught over the seventh weekend of Spring Mack Days, hiking the total to 21,963. Entering the final weeks of the event, the $10,000 tagged lake trout remains shifty along with five $5,000 catches, 10 fish worth $1,000 and a ton more worth between […]

The caribou that was rescued in Montana last week has recovered and been released into the wild this past weekend, according to British Columbia wildlife officials. Montana FWP biologists rescued the female caribou in upper Pinkham Creek after finding the injured animal succumbed to apparent tick paralysis. The caribou was transferred to British Columbia wildlife […]

After consistently trailing in polls, Democratic Sen. Jon Tester surged ahead of his Republican challenger, Rep. Denny Rehberg, in the most recent Public Policy Polling survey released today. Rehberg maintained a 2-point lead over Tester in PPP’s first three polls on Montana’s high-profile U.S. Senate race, but Tester now leads Rehberg by a margin of […]

The local “Bad Dogs” team won the championship at the 26th annual Big Wheels wheelchair basketball tournament after recently defeating the Kalispell Firefighters Association, 24 to 20. The “Bad Dogs” team included Matt Sather, Josh Sather, George Young, Terry Henderson, Kayman Henderson and Captain Marie Moddrell. In this year’s tournament, over 75 players competed in […]

Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright and Deputy Superintendent Kym Hall will appear at two community meetings and share updates about the upcoming summer inside the park, including information about programs and Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation. The park officials will also discuss spring plowing, aquatic invasive species management, the Lake McDonald cabin management plan, and the […]

Breathing only through a straw, grade school students carrying heavy backpacks tried running up and down flights of stairs at St. Matthew’s School recently. That’s almost what it’s like for the group of Montanans currently hiking the world’s tallest mountain. From inside St. Matthew’s, students are following a Mount Everest expedition involving a geology professor […]

HELENA — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a civil lawsuit against author Greg Mortenson, calling claims “flimsy and speculative” that the humanitarian and his publisher lied in his best-selling “Three Cups of Tea” and “Stones Into Schools” to boost book sales. The lawsuit by four people who bought Mortenson’s books claimed that they were […]

Click the image or use the arrows to see more photos of the Glacier Park Boat Company crew work on the DeSmet. FISH CREEK – Ribbons of cedar curl up and fly off of Tyrel Johnson’s wood planer as he shapes the plank destined to keep the DeSmet, an 84-year-old wooden boat, afloat on Lake […]

Wildlife officials captured a young male grizzly bear Friday in a residential area north of Columbia Falls, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The 4-year-old bear was caught in a trap set for a much larger grizzly that was getting into garbage in the area. The young male was relocated Saturday in the Whale […]

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg said people were giving high-fives in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday after news broke that the U.S. Department of Labor was withdrawing proposed regulations that would have restricted what young laborers could do on farms and in other agricultural settings. “This is one of the instances where the good guys won,” […]

Wednesday 4/25 8:07 a.m. “Half printed” money was discovered by someone who was rummaging around at the Creston landfill. 9:52 a.m. A man on Mission Trail has reportedly compiled a list of people who habitually drive too fast. 10:13 a.m. Fishing line and power bait were reported stolen from an Evergreen store. 11:56 a.m. A […]

Nothing satisfies my hunger more than Asian food. And when I am looking to get my fix the combination of salty, sweet and spicy is usually what I am after. Usually I turn to either pork or chicken when deciding what to have as the main protein but recently, instead of the usual, I decided […]

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office says a property owner south of Kalispell expanding a pond dug up skeletal remains while excavating. Sheriff Chuck Curry said that deputies collected the human skull and other bones found Friday. He says the state medical examiner’s office has concluded the bones belong to a Native American and that local […]