In Kalispell, permitting for residential development has set new records for three consecutive years, mirroring growth in Whitefish and Columbia Falls

Defense attorneys say law enforcement rushed to judgment; couple’s young sons testify they overheard an altercation

Using three decades of monitoring data, local researchers reveal how the interplay of aquatic invaders and warming stream temperatures are driving steep declines in native trout populations

District’s long-range facility plan identifies need for more classrooms, may consider hybrid athletic complex

Initiative 190 allows those actively serving a sentence to be re-sentenced; lowers felony convictions to misdemeanors

Incumbent tribal council member and current chairwoman Shelly Fyant lost reelection

We must embark on the painful obligation of setting a standard for our elected officials and adhere to it

Cynthia Jean Hamilton is accused of starving 17 horses; animals are under care of Flathead County Animal Control and are in need of hay donations

Leigh Garrett Medina, 46, was sentenced to 55 years for killing a man with a cement brick

These cocktails are made for Montana winters

The practitioners of this New Conservatism are people from all walks of life and from across the modern political spectrum

A retrospective of the most significant stories that affected Northwest Montana in the past year

Washington is stuck fanning culture-war fires and won’t address things that matter like the real cost of life-saving medicine

Bob Dole was no demagogue and no danger to democracy. He will be remembered well, I think, in the annals of time.

I’ve got a bunch. Some have perennial spots on my list.