Blackfeet release bison at Chief Mountain

The Blackfeet Tribe on Monday released a herd of 24 bison in the Chief Mountain Wilderness. The animals could end up in Glacier National Park, the first herd in the park in almost 150 years.

Volunteers help put new roof on Superior's Kingdom Hall

Wearing her purple hard hat and matching safety glasses, a high visibility shirt and work boots, Naomi Kovarik will temporarily leave behind her regular job as a window washer and bookkeeper to help put a new roof on the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Superior.

Local campgrounds fill up as summer arrives

Having a camper, trailer, RV or motorhome has always given people freedom to go when they want and stay where they want to, up until the summer of 2023.

Andrew Cadman honored for response during St. Regis shooting

The afternoon of Saturday, March 18 at the Travel Center in St. Regis is still very fresh in the minds of those that were bystanders or first responders to a hostage situation and resulting shootout that left one person dead.

COLUMN: Hunting excursion

I don’t mean to jump the gun, no pun intended, but the way time is flying by, hunting season will be upon us in the wink of an eye.

Cleanup begins after freight train derails into Yellowstone River

Montana Rail Link has begun cleaning up a derailment that occurred Saturday morning on a bridge near Reed Point, southeast of Big Timber, sending rail cars loaded with molten sulfur and asphalt into the Yellowstone River.

Scholarship winners

This year the Sandpiper Art Gallery and Gifts takes great pleasure in announcing that two deserving students were recently awarded scholarships amounting to $1,500 each.

Public health officials remind Montanans that rabies remains a threat

State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies as summer approaches.

Four-day journey focuses on unresolved hit-and-run deaths

“Mika Matters,” “Justice for Mena,” “Missing and Murdered Indigenous People,” and “Justice 4 Aiden” signs waved above a group walking from Polson Super 1 to the Lake County Courthouse lawn Friday afternoon – the last stop on a four-day journey that began in Arlee.

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.

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Rodeo events benefit local cancer patient

The Sanders County Fairgrounds were alive with activity this past Saturday for the ranch rodeo and fun play day events.

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.

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.

Grizzlies, hunters collide in northern Rockies

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

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls

Mineral County Sheriff's Office calls