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
Senate President Matt Regier claims a $126.2 million supplemental for schools was indicative of a “sloppy” legislative process — a suggestion that has drawn pushback from other legislators and education advocates
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