With broad public support and the endorsement of Gov. Greg Gianforte, the Montana Land Board's 3-2 vote gave conditional approval to a nearly 33,000-acre conservation easement on working forests between Kalispell and Libby; however, board members sought clarity over litigation involving private mineral rights

Bookings are down compared to last season as conditions appear to be shaping up for a weak La Nina winter

The annual year-end fundraising event for the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will be Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Flathead County Fairgrounds

Montana’s attorney general race features a Republican incumbent, Austin Knudsen, self-branded as a defender of women and children versus a challenger, Democrat Ben Alke, who says the state’s justice department has been thrown into chaos under current leadership

Through partnerships with local hospitals and clinics, Flathead Valley Community College's Libby campus is training local healthcare workers while striving to ease a nursing shortage

A large home with 110 feet of Echo Lake frontage; a stunning new residence in Whitefish; and a Bigfork home on 1.14 acres in the Saddlehorn development

President Joe Biden signed the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law in 2021, authorizing $1.2 trillion in spending for transportation and infrastructure. Here’s where (some of) that money went in and around the Flathead Valley. 

Campaigning from opposite sides of the state, the district court judges are vying for the associate justice seat on the Montana Supreme Court

Dustin Kjersem was found dead inside a tent with extensive injuries to his skull and body

Newly formed Senate District 3 is made up of an area including West Valley, parts of north Kalispell, La Salle, Hungry Horse, Martin City and Coram

The claim from former ranger Kim Peach that the U.S. Senate candidate in fact shot himself on a family trip was immediately dismissed by Sheehy

New year-to-date data shows the park exceeded 3 million visitors through September, ushering 602,339 people through the park’s entrances last month for the busiest September on record

Zain Glass pleaded guilty to a felony count of negligent homicide in a stabbing that killed Lukas Davis two years ago

Citing hazardous ice conditions and winter weather, Glacier National Park officials on Thursday morning temporarily closed the alpine highway to motorists between Avalanche Creek and Jackson Glacier Overlook

Land and wildlife managers, timber companies, hunters, and conservationists have stitched together a checkerboard of vulnerable working forests, using easements to protect private timberland from development. With a critical piece of the puzzle coming up for final land board approval, advocates say a new model of forest management is taking shape.