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Updated 13 hours, 14 minutes ago

Glacier National Park crews plowing Two Medicine Road

It’s that time of year again — Glacier National Park has started plowing the Two Medicine Road and will begin plow…

Updated 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Cost to remove CFAC waste could be more than $1 billion, EPA estimates

Responding to calls to remove toxic waste from the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant, the Environmental Protection Agency said it estimates it would cos…

Updated 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Columbia Falls outfitter testifies on impacts of climate change to business

Columbia Falls outfitter and guide Hilary Hutcheson testified before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee last week on the effects of climate change to the outdoor…

Updated 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces, as climate change continues to warm th…

Updated 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Flathead residents raise concerns about housing, mental health at listening session hosted by state lawmakers

Flathead Valley residents expressed frustration over property taxes, the lack of affordable housing and a broken mental health system during a listening sessio…

Updated 21 hours, 56 minutes ago
Energy Keepers hires communications director

Following a year of intense public scrutiny owing to last summer’s abnormally low water levels, the operators of the Séliš Ksanka QÍispé Dam on Flathead Lake h…

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
Whitefish Library’s writer series continues

The Winter Writers Series continues at Whitefish Community Library with two workshops.

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
FWP recommends grant funding for trail work in Northwest Montana

The projects include development and rehabilitation work on trails, construction of new trails and facilities and snowmobile and cross-country ski trail mainte…

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
Flathead County Library Board could decide future of young adult collection Thursday

The Flathead County Library Board of Trustees is poised to make a decision this week that could change the way young adult novels are shelved or labeled in the…

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
DOJ imposes $9.9M penalty for Montana man who targeted communities with robocalls

A federal court in Montana last week imposed a nearly $10 million penalty against a Libby man who sent thousands of harassing and malicious spoofed robocalls that targeted people and communities in several states s…

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
Flathead Lake level dispute boils in letters to federal hydroelectric regulators

A federal agency that oversees hydroelectric dams has been roped, again, into an ongoing dispute about water levels in Flathead Lake. The Federal Energy Regula…

Updated 1 day, 21 hours ago
Knudsen rewrites abortion initiative ballot statement

The group behind a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion access in the Montana Constitution filed an emergency petition with the state Supreme…

Updated 2 days, 21 hours ago
Wood industry closures mean ripple effects for workers, tax base, forest management

The pending closures of Missoula County’s two largest wood products employers, announced separately this month, will have effects beyond the local economy, limiting options for landowners and other mills throughout…

Updated 2 days, 21 hours ago
Analysis shows how much road funding counties could get if SB 442 veto overridden

With the question of whether to override Gov. Greg Gianforte’s veto of Senate Bill 442 now in the hands of lawmakers, a report published this week by a Legisla…

Updated 3 days, 8 hours ago
Authorities seek attempted homicide charge for suspect in Kalispell disturbance

Kalispell Police officers took both the suspect, identified as Kane Youngquist, and victim into custody for questioning after responding to the 300 block of Se…