Communities
Baseball-Sized Hail and Flash Flooding Batter Billings and Surrounding Montana Communities on Labor Day
Severe thunderstorms swept through parts of Montana over the Labor Day holiday weekend, bringing destructive hail, heavy rain, and flooding…
CommunitiesColumbia Falls Voters to Decide on $75.9 Million High School Bond in September
Columbia Falls School District is asking voters to approve a $75.9 million bond to fund major renovations at Columbia Falls…
CommunitiesBox Elder Man Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking on Rocky Boy Reservation
A 63-year-old Box Elder resident has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl pills on the…
StanCraft Companies Opens Kalispell Office, Bringing Business Back to Its Flathead Lake Origins
StanCraft Companies, a family-owned business with roots stretching back nearly a century on the shores of Flathead Lake, has returned…
Windmill Fire Scorches 3,655 Acres Near Reed Point as Stillwater County Issues Pre-Evacuation Notice
A wildfire that ignited Wednesday in Stillwater County has grown to 3,655 acres near Reed Point, with firefighters reporting just…
Kalispell City Council Strips $70,000 License Plate Camera From Budget After Resident Protests
The Kalispell City Council voted Monday to remove a $70,000 license plate reader camera from the city’s police department budget…
CommunitiesTexas Developer Pulls $16.9M TIF Request for Kalispell Center Mall Redevelopment
A Texas-based developer has withdrawn its application for nearly $17 million in tax increment financing tied to a proposed overhaul…
Bozeman Mother and Son Sue Chipotle After Teen Develops Salmonella-Linked Colitis
A Bozeman mother and her teenage son have filed a lawsuit against Chipotle after the boy fell ill with salmonella…
Bozeman Homelessness Falls 25% as HRDC Credits Expanded Housing and Partnerships
New data from the Human Resource Development Council shows homelessness in Bozeman dropped by roughly a quarter this year —…
Flathead County Draws Most In-Migration in Montana as Housing Costs Far Outpace Regional Wages
Flathead County continues to attract more people from out of state than any other Montana county, even as housing affordability…