Britt Cotter in November 2024 was elected as a judge presiding over Lake and Sanders counties before he resigned amid felony cocaine charges

The SKQ dam received over a million acre feet of water in December, compared to an average of 258,000 acre feet in the winter months

The announcement comes after both Montanans for Fair and Impartial Judges and Montanans for Nonpartisan Courts prevailed in a pair of lawsuits shooting down rewrites to their initiatives from the attorney general

The Kalispell Democrat is the second candidate to enter the race this week, and the fourth overall. The winner of the primary will likely take on incumbent U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, a Republican, in the general election this November.

The Supreme Court’s ruling backs the attorney general’s legal sufficiency finding on the initiative, in the latest answer on a slate of lawsuits regarding ballot issues trying to make it in front of voters this fall

The fee increase represents a roughly 3.6% increase for each of the six years since the city’s last fee hike

The smokejumper and union leader’s candidacy came with an endorsement from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont. He joins two other Democrats vying for a chance to run in the general election against Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke.

The state’s high court agreed that Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen violated the rules of professional misconduct, but not to the extent the Commission on Practice concluded

The individual was charged with separate crimes identified during the investigation this weekend and authorities say there is no indication of an ongoing threat

A spacious home in a peaceful setting in Kalispell; a completely remodeled residence in Eagle Bend; and a new custom build near Flathead Lake

With a record high of overdose-related EMS calls in Flathead County in 2025, grieving family members and recovering addicts cope with loss while drug enforcement officers and treatment experts seek to bring awareness to the valley’s growing opioid crisis

Patients, healthcare providers and union organizers gathered Saturday afternoon to hear patients thoughts on Logan Health primary care providers filing for a union

A five-justice majority of the court wrote that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate that their lawsuit meets the ‘emergency’ threshold that enables litigants to bypass a lower court

Aaron Walker was transported to a burn unit in Salt Lake City on New Year's Eve where he remains unconscious after the 30,000-square-foot Montana Timberline Firewood Company building ignited the night of Dec. 30

After historically operating under the Clerk and Recorder Office, the Flathead County Board of Commissioners appointed Paula Buff as the nonpartisan election administrator to run the newly independent department, which is designed to eliminate conflicts of interest and provide greater oversight