Rental agency owners are struggling to fill their fleets and replace retired vehicles; some hotel managers see higher demand while others see lower demand this year
Road closures in effect in areas Kalispell, Hungry Horse Reservoir and Stillwater State Forest regions as Flathead County officials monitor river levels
Plans include heritage surveys and other projects important to the federally-recognized tribe on lands it ceded to the U.S. in the 1800s
Authorities declared a state of emergency in Flathead County; sheriff issued pre-evacuation notices on Leisure Road in Kalispell and on Blankenship Road
Flathead County Sheriff urged "precautionary evacuations" of low-lying residential areas; evacuations in effect for some Kalispell and Columbia Falls regions
Craig Allen McCrea, 36, is connected to several fires in the Polson area, including the destructive Boulder 2700 fire on Finley Point last summer
Technology, manufacturing and film industry professionals shared their local insights and challenges at a statewide Montana “On the Rise” Economic Summit in Bozeman
Abortion providers in Northwest Montana say their patients are scared, panicked and confused as they prepare for nationwide access restrictions following the Supreme Court draft leak that would overturn Roe v. Wade
Winslow Nichols, 19, died Tuesday while climbing Mount Brown; the incident remains under investigation
Ryker Webb wandered from his home near Troy on June 3 and was found in a shed on June 5; more than a dozen agencies assisted with the search
Spring precipitation boosted high elevation snowpack while cool temperatures delayed melting and runoff throughout the state
A guide for the Flathead Valley’s guided services, including rafting, horseback riding, cycling and boat rentals
Navigate the lakes and rivers of the Flathead Valley and beyond in a kayak, canoe or on a paddleboard to beat the heat
A deceased male with multiple gunshot wounds was found on Thirsty Lake Road on Tuesday evening
Law enforcement on Monday arrested a 14-year-old juvenile with access to firearms after he allegedly threatened the Columbia Falls Junior High School
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The state party's "Honor Roll" endorsements align with the local GOP's picks, and put an exclamation point on Republican infighting that came to a head during the 2025 legislative session
This week's petition for an independent review panel comes as Indigenous leaders from Montana, Idaho and B.C. close ranks to resist a coal mine expansion proposal in the transboundary Elk-Kootenai river watershed until the decades-old pollution problem is resolved
The quarterly reports to the Federal Election Commission span the period from Jan. 1 to March 31. After a month of shakeups to the state’s federal races, the reports offer a first glimpse at where candidates may stand in the newly shaped primaries for the western congressional district and U.S. Senate.
