Civil engineers will be meeting with the Libby City Council next week to discuss plans to replace the deteriorating Flower Creek Dam southwest of town. The concrete arch dam, completed in 1946, is owned by the city and holds the reservoir that supplies Libby with its drinking water. In 2009, the dam was inspected by […]

Tebow-mania is coming to Kalispell. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be in town March 7 for a fundraiser supporting Stillwater Christian School, the school announced on Tuesday. The former Heisman Trophy winner will share his story of faith and football at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Trade Center as the keynote speaker for an event […]

William Daley is leaving his post as White House chief of staff – one of the toughest and most influential posts in Washington – after only a year on the job. The change is particularly significant at the beginning of an election year for the president. The chief of staff serves as gatekeeper to the […]

MISSOULA – Eight people were in serious or critical condition Monday after the bus they were riding in crashed on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing two people and injuring the 32 others onboard. The victims of Sunday morning’s crash were a 60-year-old woman from Illinois and a 56-year-old man from Kalispell, the […]

Shelley Burton has brought back Friday Night Fights with eight bouts scheduled for Jan. 13 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds. The event will benefit Relay For Life and will feature a sanctioned professional fight between local boxer Jesse Uhde and Jesus Vallejo, the fifth ranked fighter in the Northwest. Fights start at 8 p.m. The […]

Police in Whitefish are investigating reports of semi-automatic gunfire believed responsible for two dead deer and damage to a pet store. Chief Bill Dial says officers responded to reports of gunfire at 4 a.m. Saturday, but did not find anyone with a gun. Someone found a deer shot to death in a yard at 7:45 […]

It’s time once again for the Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited monthly meeting. Please join us on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. as we follow long-time FVTU member and world traveler, “TIger Fish Tim” Joern as he chases large bonefish in Venezuela, gorgeous golden dorado in Argentina and toothy tiger fish in Tanzania. Come see […]

Thursday 12/5 7:21 a.m. An Evergreen student reportedly “forced” fellow students to look at pornography he had on his phone. 9:55 a.m. An intoxicated man in North Dakota reported that he left a trailer up the North Fork a few years ago. He suspects that it was stolen and he now wants it back. He […]

BILLINGS – Authorities expanded their search Monday for a high school teacher who’s missing from an oil boom town in northeast Montana, after recovering only a single running shoe since she failed to return from a weekend run. The search for algebra teacher Sherry Arnold, 43, focused on a 10-square-mile area north of the town […]

LIBBY – In the three years since Doug Roll was appointed mayor of Libby, it has been the little things that matter most to him: fixing the roads, improving the appearance of the downtown area and appointing the right people at the right time. But what is perhaps his proudest accomplishment is an artist rendering […]

COLUMBIA FALLS – The state Department of Revenue is seeking to revoke the liquor license of a northwestern Montana bar where a man drank heavily before causing a crash that killed a 19-year-old woman. The state filed a notice of revocation against the Blue Moon Nite Club in Columbia Falls in September, said Revenue Department […]

Now that the Montana Supreme Court’s recent decision to restore a century-old ban on corporate political spending is likely heading to the U.S. Supreme Court, at least one national legal expert believes the state ruling has a chance of being upheld, which could have far-ranging implications for campaign spending laws. In a 5-2 ruling on […]

MISSOULA – A University of Montana football player faces a charge of sexual intercourse without consent. The Missoulian reports that running back Beau Donaldson, 22, on Friday was booked into the Missoula County Detention Facility with a suggested bail of $100,000. It’s unclear if the arrest is part of the university’s investigation started Dec. 14 […]

LIBBY – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says a 75-year-old Troy man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide after he reported the death of a woman who police say appears to have died of a gunshot wound. Authorities say James Louis Bonifas was taken into custody Friday after he called police and told […]

In the search for outdoor activities during the unseasonably warm winter, check out Woodland Ice Center at Kalispell’s Woodland Park. The rink’s icy surface is chilled by 22 miles of plastic pipe that weaves its way beneath the 185-by-85 foot frozen playground. The facility is equipped with stadium lights, comfortable locker rooms and team benches. […]