The 35th annual weeklong expo kicks off May 6 at the Trumbull Creek Education Center west of Columbia Falls

Officials with the Montana Department of Transportation announced that the pavement preservation project on the main access road to Whitefish Mountain Resort will begin June 3

A proposed amendment to the Forest Plan would designate about 12,588 acres as open to over-snow vehicle use while closing an additional 12,258 acres, including near the southwest end of Hungry Horse Reservoir; bicycles would be prohibited in recommended wilderness areas

The Yeats family’s 76.5-acre Heart Rock Ridge farm near Columbia Falls will see its agricultural heritage preserved with a donated easement to Flathead Land Trust

With a renewed degree of community attention on the proposed federal cleanup plan, environmental regulators are ramping up outreach efforts and providing funding for a grassroots coalition to hire independent technical experts

The new fishing access site would be located on the west bank of Flathead River just south of the existing bridge, which in 2009 was deemed unsuitable to accommodate increases in traffic and vehicle size

A pending land sale and development plan on 2,400 acres hinges on the EPA selecting a cleanup plan favored by Glencore, renewing community concerns about the future of the contaminated Superfund site near the Flathead River

A conservation group is embroiled in litigation to defend the state’s selenium standard at the U.S.-Canada border against attempts by the Justice Department to rescind it; AG Knudsen accuses conservation group of “weaponization” of open records act

Signature gathering to put CI-128 on the ballot is underway after months of legal sparring; minority party leadership on Thursday called the hearing a “sham” that was “manufactured” by Republicans

Known as the forgotten pandemic, TB kills up to 1.6 million people a year, mostly in impoverished areas in Asia and Africa, despite its being both preventable and treatable

The state agency is accepting public comment on a deal to place nearly 33,000 acres owned by Green Diamond Resource Company under an easement between Kalispell and Libby

With a troubling track record of poor corporate responsibility, Switzerland-based multinational conglomerate Glencore has major holdings in the headwaters of both the Kootenai and Flathead drainages

With a fleet of 10 refurbished vintage campers and a postage stamp of property on the doorstep of Glacier National Park, a local couple has created a retro basecamp for visitors and stay-cationers alike

Tester, Zinke, Downing lead in respective races for U.S. Senate and House districts

The parcel, once platted for subdivision, has received permanent protections through the Flathead Land Trust