Columbia Falls city councilors this week unanimously approved an emergency, temporary bear ordinance to address a rise in bear conflicts in the city and the Flathead Valley that has continued ...

Following months of discussion, Whitefish city councilors this week opted not to go head-to-head with a new state law ...

Clear and cold—not numbingly so but colder than July’s usual temperatures—my son charged off the dock five times to plunge into McGregor Lake. It’s the time of the year when we say: one last swim or ...

So many tasty fruits ripen in fall that it’s hard to choose just one – and I rarely do. A late flush of rhubarb usually appears in my garden just as the orchard’s apples begin to sweeten for ...

After more than two hours and three rounds of deliberations — in addition to a two-hour deliberation period on Friday in closed session — the Flathead Valley Community College board of trustees ...

The results are in: this year’s Great Fish Community Challenge was a record-breaking one, with 4,000 donors accounting for a ...

Republican Kurt Alme has heard about when he appears in front of voters during his run for the U.S. Senate, and part of ...

Unionized nurses at Logan Health in Kalispell announced a new approved contract with the hospital last week, marking their ...

Please remember to comment to keep the Roadless Rule. The deadline to comment is Oct. 6. You can comment at regulations.gov.  We have had the good fortune to spend our adult lives packing our horses ...

Fire managers on the Flathead National Forest are preparing to conduct prescribed burning operations this fall on roughly 2,450 acres at 14 sites across the forest, according to agency officials, who ...

Hunting season is upon us. And hunting season means driving season, and that means hunting this fall will be a bit more expensive than a year ago. Things aren’t too bad if you’re filling up with gas.

A person infected with measles visited Flathead County from Sept. 8 to Sept. 11, exposing people at three known sites across the valley, health officials announced Sunday. Officials said they are ...