The Montana Association of Counties asked the governor’s office to reconsider its directive to collect the full state-level school equalization tax this year, which is set to bring in an additional $99 million in revenue
Michael Raymond Loncto was booked in the Flathead County Detention Center after shooting a firearm in Hungry Horse and leading law enforcement on a pursuit early Wednesday morning
The $30,411 grant through the Flathead National Forest and Flathead Resource Advisory Committee will help improve a dozen access sites that don’t meet standards
About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations in the northern Rocky Mountains
At a pair of recent binational meetings, tribal and First Nation governments said any solution to pollution in the international watershed must include IJC intervention, with Sen. Tester urging a unilateral reference if Canada refuses to engage
The Behavioral Health Systems for Future Generations Commission, chaired by Bigfork Rep. Bob Keenan, will meet in Kalispell this week to hear from the community and move towards fixing the state’s dysfunctional mental health infrastructure
Additional inmate housing units and an outdoor recreation area along with access to Native American religious leaders must be implemented as part of a settlement with dozens of inmates
The industry contributed $2.9 billion to state GDP in 2022; ranks third in nation for contribution to GDP, according to a new report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
Luke Elliot Rutledge was charged with attempted homicide and criminal endangerment following the Nov. 24 shooting
Delaware advanced to the second round by rallying for a 36-34 win over Lafayette on Saturday
NDSU (9-3) demolished Drake 66-3 Saturday afternoon in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs
A new, nature-based elementary school in Whitefish is taking learning outdoors and bringing social and emotional education into the conversation
A new comprehensive inventory of glaciers in the Western U.S. shows fewer and smaller icy features than previously detailed, including six lost from Montana
This year, the Salish and Kootenai have been awarded numerous grants totaling millions of dollars for restoration and conservation initiatives across the Flathead Indian Reservation
Funded with unclaimed capital credits, the money will benefit Evergreen School District, Kalispell Education Foundation, Glacier National Park Conservancy, and Conrad Mansion
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City council elections were held Nov. 7 in Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish, where voters also approved reallocating a portion of the resort tax for community housing
Hundreds of housing units are cropping up in the once-empty area northwest of Kalispell. With limited resources at its disposal, one small, rural school district is left to accommodate the wave of new children moving to the area.
As conservation groups emerge from court victorious in their mission to stop controversial logging projects, the future of the Yaak Valley and its timber industry remains in limbo
