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Homeless people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups
April 27, 2024 midnight

Homeless people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups

KALISPELL — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city.

April 27, 2024 midnight

Tennis: Bigfork-Columbia Falls; Polson-CFalls

Friday: Bigfork girls 4, Columbia Falls 3 SINGLES: Lexi Oberholtzer, Columbia Falls, def. Tessa Troyer 4-6, 6-0 (10-5); Ashlyn McGill, Bigfork, def. Aliyah Arends 6-4, 6-1; Amanda Leonard, Bigfork, def. Bailey Windauer 2-6, 6-2 (10-1); Cassie Schlicht, Bigfork, def. Fiona Bryant 6-4, 6-3.

April 27, 2024 midnight

Hoerner, Moultray power Kats to 2 wins in Frenchtown

FRENCHTOWN — Italia Hoerner and Maddie Moultray hit home runs against Havre, and then they both homered again against Libby as the Columbia Falls Wildkats won twice at the Frenchtown Invitational softball tournament Friday.


April 27, 2024 midnight

Tackling the rising cost of housing in Montana together

More than 100 years ago, my grandparents made a life for our family on a homesteaded plot of land outside of Big Sandy that we still farm to this day.

Animal groups urge tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
April 26, 2024 4 p.m.

Animal groups urge tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar

As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight.

PHOTOS: Arbor Day 2024 celebration
April 26, 2024 1:05 p.m.

PHOTOS: Arbor Day 2024 celebration

Third-grade students in School District 5 participate in a host of activities including environmental education booths, park beautification, tree planting and an Arbor Day ceremony at Lawrence Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 26.


April 26, 2024 12:07 p.m.

Softball: Bravettes, Polson win big

MISSOULA — Macey McIlhargey threw a four-inning one-hitter, Tegan Strauss tripled and drove in four runs and Flathead drubbed Missoula Hellgate 15-0 in Western AA softball Thursday.

April 26, 2024 12:04 p.m.

Baseball: C-Falls, Eureka win with late bursts

EVERGREEN — Kellen Kroger doubled, singled twice and drove in four runs Thursday as Colulmbia Falls pulled away late to beat Bigfork 16-3 in high school baseball at ABS Field.

April 26, 2024 12:01 p.m.

Glacier tracksters sweep Sentinel quad

MISSOULA — Alex Hausmann swept the boys hurdles and Glacier won 10 of 17 girls events to sweep the team titles at a quadrangular meet held Thursday at MCPS Stadium.


April 26, 2024 11:59 a.m.

Tennis: Libby, Bigfork split

BIGFORK — Ryan Beagle picked up a straight sets victory over Cole Carson and the Libby boys tennis team defeated Bigfork, while Tessa Troyer and the Bigfork girls picked up a win Tuesday in high school tennis.

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month
April 26, 2024 8:55 a.m.

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed's reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden's re-election bid.

Glacier National Park plows less than a mile from Logan Pass
April 26, 2024 6:25 a.m.

Glacier National Park plows less than a mile from Logan Pass

Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road snowplow crews are knocking on the door of Logan Pass. This week they reached the point just below Rim Rocks on the west side and plan to start plowing that area on Monday.


Debra Warriner
April 26, 2024 midnight

Debra Warriner

Debra K. Warriner (Jensen) passed away April 16, 2024, at the Brendon House after a lengthy battle with COPD.

April 26, 2024 midnight

State seeking public comment on future of Bigfork fishing access site

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is taking comments on a plan to relocate the state fishing access site at Sportsman's Bridge ahead of construction of a new span across the Flathead River.

April 26, 2024 midnight

Whitefish Community Foundation hosts Community Grant Awards Celebration

Whitefish Community Foundation received a record number of Community Grant applications this spring from nonprofit organizations in Flathead, Lincoln and Glacier counties.


Smith Valley seeks approval for $1.8M bond to rebuild classrooms gutted by mold and asbestos
April 26, 2024 midnight

Smith Valley seeks approval for $1.8M bond to rebuild classrooms gutted by mold and asbestos

A $1.8 million bond issue is on the ballot to restore a building of Smith Valley School that was gutted to remove mold and asbestos.

April 26, 2024 midnight

Legals for April, 26 2024

April 26, 2024 midnight

Law roundup: Maybe leave the policing to the police

Taking a vigilante approach to allegedly speeding motorists in his neighborhood, a Columbia Falls resident learned that policing traffic safety laws might be better left to, well, the police.


Gianforte endorses Sprunger, Brockman
April 26, 2024 midnight

Gianforte endorses Sprunger, Brockman

Gov. Greg Gianforte threw his support Thursday behind Republican state Reps. Courtenay Sprunger and Tony Brockman, who are both facing primary challengers endorsed by the Flathead County Republican Central Committee.

Teddy Roosevelt pays a modern-day visit to Conrad Mansion Museum
April 25, 2024 12:05 a.m.

Teddy Roosevelt pays a modern-day visit to Conrad Mansion Museum

More than a century after his last swing through Montana, former President Theodore Roosevelt bounded up the steps to the front entrance of The Conrad Mansion Museum in Kalispell on Wednesday.