8:31 a.m. An Evergreen resident reported that his plow had been stolen. 9:54 a.m. Someone donated a jelly jar full of marijuana to a local thrift store. 10:55 a.m. A German Shepherd was seen running through a local wrecking yard. 11:09 a.m. A Bigfork resident reported that the quarrelsome neighbors stole the chain he uses […]
Missoula man who shot and killed a 17-year-old German exchange student found guilty
Markus Kaarma was found guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Diren Dede
Lake County Sheriff's Office releases name of pilot and passenger involved in Tuesday's crash
Despite murder trial, students still interested in coming to Montana
Lawmakers pass the fewer bills than the 'do-nothing Congress' of 1947
Announcement comes amid a series of new confidence-building measures between the longtime foes
App well tell visitors when iconic geysers are about to erupt
8:40 a.m. A minivan with a big red bow on the back and a Subaru were stolen from East Edgewood Drive in Whitefish. 8:48 a.m. A Columbia Falls woman reported that someone’s ram has been hanging around her yard for the past week. 9:09 a.m. A dog described as a sheep wearing eye liner ran […]
Whitefish man organizes vertical feet ski challenge to raise money for DREAM Adaptive
6:18 a.m. Someone confessed to nearly running down a man skateboarding down Highway 35 in Kalispell. 9:04 a.m. Two dogs successfully escaped from their home in Marion. 9:07 a.m. Three stray goats have been spending an excessive amount of time loitering on the back decks and front yards of homes on Ridgeway Court in Columbia […]
Sen. Jennifer Fielder and Rep. Ed Lieser squared off over whether to transfer public lands from federal to state control
Montana Innocence Project fights for new trial for man convicted of murder in 1997
Locals ask what will happen to community after EPA leaves
7:40 a.m. A man called from Batavia Lane reporting that he had somehow been thrown out of a vehicle. He did not need medical attention. 9:31 a.m. The manager of a storage unit business in Bigfork reported that quite a few of the units had been broken into. 10:55 a.m. Someone turned in a camera […]
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Faced with revised counting methodology that dramatically reduces the state’s estimated wolf population, commissioners approved a scaled-down quota of 300 wolves in Montana
The Democrat’s Monday pledge to remain in the race offered a final word on the dropout question, eliciting a mixed response from left-leaning voters in the Flathead as the divide clears a path for Republican Kurt Alme to hold onto Montana's open Senate seat.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease has served as the small town’s screening clinic for more than two decades, offering care during one of the largest public health disasters in U.S. history. After filing for bankruptcy and losing a federal grant to continue funding its services, the clinic will close permanently at the end of August.
