The initiative drew immediate backlash from public land advocates and triggered a 30-day public comment period. It's the last chance for the public to weigh in before the rule could be rescinded.
After a flood and a remodel, the Swan Lake Trading Post celebrates a century serving a remote corner of Northwest Montana
The vote was spurred by a legal opinion on the state’s term limit law issued last week by Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen that effectively blocked Jones from being eligible to run for the state Senate this election cycle
Concerns over the agency’s ability to estimate wolf populations ignited debate as the Fish and Wildlife Commission prepares to vote Wednesday on hunting and trapping regulations for the upcoming seasons.
Starting Monday, the Great Basin Incident Management Team 7 will begin the transition process with the local Type 3 team as the fire’s containment reaches 75%
The water plan, which is set to go before the city council on Monday, will need adjustments in order to effectively protect Second and Third Creeks from dewatering brought on by the city, the group stated in a nearly 30-page report.
A guest-cabin retreat on nearly 3 acres in Kalispell; a secluded cabin bordering national forest in Coram; and a two-home property near Flathead Lake in Somers
Advocates cite rising grizzly deaths and animal welfare concerns; critics call the rules unnecessary regulation. The Fish and Wildlife Commission has 60 days to respond.
Tribal governments and environmental groups in Montana and British Columbia say Canadian regulators cannot be trusted to impartially judge the proposal
A request for a temporary restraining order to block the attorney general’s term limits opinion could determine whether two veteran Republican lawmakers remain on the November ballot
With a county convention to elect new standard bearers in the local Republican Party set for Sept. 17, questions about how to conduct that convention remain
The flooding washed out a portion of an asbestos-contaminated creek bank the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had remediated in August 2009
Libby’s Center for Asbestos Related Disease shuttered Monday due to a delay in federal reimbursements.
The fire’s containment rose to 39% as air quality has “improved significantly statewide” over the past 24 hours.
A Flathead County jury in May convicted 49-year-old Jeffrey Scott Serio of deliberate homicide in the death of 67-year-old Raymond Maurice “Mory” Grigg
Faced with revised counting methodology that dramatically reduces the state’s estimated wolf population, commissioners approved a scaled-down quota of 300 wolves in Montana
The Democrat’s Monday pledge to remain in the race offered a final word on the dropout question, eliciting a mixed response from left-leaning voters in the Flathead as the divide clears a path for Republican Kurt Alme to hold onto Montana's open Senate seat.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease has served as the small town’s screening clinic for more than two decades, offering care during one of the largest public health disasters in U.S. history. After filing for bankruptcy and losing a federal grant to continue funding its services, the clinic will close permanently at the end of August.
