BNSF, other large railroads tell federal officials that if deadline for Positive Train Control installation not extended they would curtail service at the end of the year

FWP says 28-year-old Matthew Alwine pleaded guilty to failing to obtain landowner permission while hunting game animals

Airspace will be used by B-1 bombers from Ellsworth in South Dakota and B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota

Road closed near Montana, Wyoming state line

A field hearing is being held in Billings today

Small community on the Kootenai celebrates 100th anniversary of its incorporation

6:55 a.m. A man was seen walking backwards down Highway 2 East. 9:04 a.m. A Columbia Falls man called in looking for his runaway Australian shepherd. 3:22 p.m. A man arrived on his property on East Cottonwood Drive to find his garage doors open. He didn’t think anything was missing. 3:49 p.m. A man in […]

Candidates will be interviewed in Kalispell on Oct. 5

Jason DeShazer was convicted of vehicular homicide in 2007

Judge will hear argument to appeal Kalispell woman’s murder conviction in Portland, Ore. on Nov. 3

New entrance fees to go into effect in November, a year after National Park Service proposed change

8:41 a.m. A Columbia Falls man has photographic evidence that the neighborhood stray dogs are, without at doubt, highly destructive animals. 9:14 a.m. A resident on Sweet Grass Lane found that someone had smashed the window out of his truck at some point during the night. 10:04 a.m. A Bigfork resident arrived home to find […]

9:27 a.m. A black lab was at large on Conrad Drive. 10:23 a.m. Another black dog was spotted trying to play with people in a parking lot in Columbia Falls. It ran off before it could be caught. 10:39 a.m. A woman on Willow Glen was reunited with her runaway black lab. 11:18 a.m. Someone […]

There will also be a photo booth, climbing wall and many booths and vendors

Officials say additional infrastructure will attract businesses to a 110-acre site north of town