3:41 a.m. A golf ball shattered a window.  7:59 a.m. A man was utilizing a park pond as a toilet.  12:18 p.m. While dealing with another theft, law enforcement caught two teenagers stealing hot wheels and Lego sets.  2:14 p.m. A car with a “trust in God” bumper sticker kept running red lights and stop […]

The utility is asking the Public Service Commission for a “new regulatory mechanism” to recover gas plant construction costs.

Northwest Montana is home to many old homesteads and heritage apple orchards, and some dedicated enthusiasts spend their days tracking down and cultivating the best of the crop

Andrew Rush led the St. Ignatius Bulldogs to a dominating victory at the Class B State Cross Country Championships

4:13 a.m. Someone drove their car through a fence and into a yard, then left it there.  9:47 a.m. A man and his puppy were taking a nap underneath a Buzz Lightyear blanket.   10:31 a.m. A man was chasing some geese on foot, but after failing to catch them got in his car and […]

Diver and videographer Kyren Zimmerman is working with the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center to discover and document the history that lies underneath the surface of Flathead’s waterways

1:36 p.m. A caller reported a 1,000-foot-long blood trail starting at a fishing access site that included bear prints.  2:12 p.m. While cleaning his firearm, a man accidentally discharged it into the floor of his home.  2:47 p.m. A man admitted to driving 10 miles over the speed limit but didn’t think that was fast […]

2:52 a.m. Four or five cows were wandering on the highway.  4 a.m. The cows were successfully wrangled back to their field.  1:16 p.m. Two horses were loose on the golf course.   2:34 p.m. A dog killed the neighbor’s chickens. 

7:41 a.m. A man was concerned that his friend was trying to cut her hair off to get a bug out of it.  8:53 a.m. Two people in a parking lot were not setting up camp, but trying to jumpstart their car.   10:09 a.m. After a man let a woman in a mini skirt […]

7:20 a.m. A mama bear brought her three cubs to raid the chicken coop, but then got stuck inside.  9:29 a.m. Someone claimed their neighbor tried to run them over while mowing the law.  11:59 a.m. A lawn mower was stolen.  1:43 p.m. A dachshund successfully chased away a black bear.  6:35 p.m.  A sports […]

Flathead County is considering acquiring a portion of the old Gateway West Mall, a majority of which was offered to the library board to relocate the Kalispell branch

1:53 a.m. A housesitter did not know how to get the dogs he was watching to stop barking.  6:55 a.m. After finding a shoe on the front porch, a woman suspected someone had been sleeping there.  7:43 a.m. A man fell asleep on a park bench while his dog was playing. 

Two northwest Montana teams have taken parallel journeys over the last year and are eyeing team titles at this weekend’s state cross country championships

8:01 a.m. A caller wanted to report an old dilapidated camper that was a traffic hazard and looked like a meth lab. 8:07 a.m. A woman called law enforcement to rant about how they took her as a joke because she called in so many times.  9:52 a.m. A dog wandered into a house and […]

Four artists are spending October at the Flathead Lake Biological Station drawing inspiration from the land and work done by researchers