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

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

Polson-based developer Michael Maddy of Cougar Ridge Development cited a failure to complete a requested engineering report before a July deadline to the Flathead Conservation District

The family has set up a fundraiser to help cover expenses tied to the accident and its aftermath, including medical bills, funeral costs, and other unexpected financial burdens

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks restrictions also remain in effect in Lake County. Crews have made progress on the Skillet Fire, which was at 28% containment as of Tuesday morning.

SHOP Development Company withdrew its $16.9 million application for the Parkline District redevelopment

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.

Country music artist Walker Hayes will play at the Grandstand Wednesday night. The five-day fair runs Aug. 12-16 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.