What to know about summer swimmer's itch

Here in Montana, itchy skin has always been an unavoidable consequence when enjoying the great outdoors. From peeling sunburns to mosquito bites, many of the inflamed epidermal threats we experience are widely known and well understood by local residents and out-of-state visitors alike.

Outdoor roundup

Outdoor roundup

Montanans pay their respects at The Wall That Heals

John Vollertsen came to Kalispell with two names in mind.

Legals for June, 28 2023

Legals for June, 21 2023

Trail runners take on grueling course at St. Regis

The 2023 Trail Rail Run along the Route of the Olympian from Mullan, Idaho to St. Regis took place on June 17.

Legion Post 13 holds Flag Day ceremony

Molly Parkman moved to St. Regis a year ago and said that she had never seen a ceremony that the American Legion Post 13 was about to perform for proper disposal of worn and tattered American flags.

Elk foundation needs help with wire-pull

The upcoming wire pulling event on the Montana/Idaho border is the largest event in the nation for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Now in its fourth year, Wayne Brood is looking for help.

101 flags retired at Legion Post 52 ceremony

Veterans from Sanders County assembled under the threat of rain on Flag Day to honor America’s symbol of freedom.

Denny Marvin Miller, 83

Denny Marvin Miller, 83

Kaltschmidt reelected chair of Montana GOP

Don “K” Kaltschmidt, a Flathead Valley automobile dealer and known Republican voice, was reelected last weekend to a third term as chair of the Montana GOP.

How to claim your Montana tax rebates

Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature directed hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s budget surplus — $899 million in total — toward income and property tax rebates during its 2023 session.

Montana Republicans expanded access to affordable health care

The United States’s health care system is a mess of complex regulations and layers of bureaucracy. It’s also expensive. But Republicans in the Montana Legislature have made great strides in recent years to address what problems we can at the state level.

Steele steps down as Flathead Forest supervisor

Kurt Steele is leaving his position as supervisor of the Flathead National Forest for a post at the federal agency’s regional office in Missoula, U.S. Forest Service officials confirmed Monday.

Divisive rhetoric drives Montanans apart

Newspapers recently ran a column written by right-wing Montana politician, Sen. Greg Hertz, R-Polson, hitting the standard left/right divisive talking points about “woke” politics and tying any Montanan further left than Rep. Matt Rosendale to liberal philosophies

Grizzlies, hunters collide in northern Rockies

A hunter killed a grizzly bear in self-defense last week in the Madison Range southeast of Ennis.

Savenac Nursery joins nationwide kids fishing day

Fishing with your kids in Montana is Heaven on earth. It makes lifelong memories and the more you take young’uns out fishing the better they become, the more fish are caught and a healthy obsession to a sport might be developed.

Gianforte touts successes, gathers feedback at Plains stop

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte kicked off his 56 county tour last week in Western Montana, stopping in Plains on Thursday at the Butcher’s Nook.

COLUMN: A real American sport

I had an interesting “discussion” with a friend a few months ago.

Mason Edward Henderson, 91

Mason Edward Henderson, 91