Doug Karper resigned earlier this month. He served on the council for 23 years and was first elected in 1994.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises treatment to begin as soon as possible after a suspected rabies exposure.

The Whitefish festival takes place across two consecutive weekends beginning Thursday, Sept. 22

The project includes 30 units of housing, including six deed-restricted units, spread across a trio of buildings.

The Whitefish festival is entering its second year and runs from Sept. 15 through Sept. 17

The festival, which takes place Sept. 9 and 10, will include Highland Games sanctioned by the Scottish American Athletic Association

The strategic housing plan steering committee next meets on Sept. 8

Ten local artists were stationed around downtown Kalispell and given 10 hours to each complete a painting

Last year’s event raised more than $2,500 for the local VFW post’s high school scholarships program

The school has been in its current building since the early 2000s

James Barnett, the developer behind the controversial housing project along the Flathead River in Columbia Falls, encountered intense public opposition at a planning board meeting earlier this month

The public works director for Columbia Falls said the failure led to elevated levels of phosphorous and nitrogen in the effluent released into the Flathead River

Opponents included local churches and Whitefish Credit Union

In October, the company will put on its first mainstage production of the season with Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

More firefighting personnel are expected to continue arriving on the fire