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City will go ahead with affordable housing project
March 15, 2024 midnight

City will go ahead with affordable housing project

The Columbia Falls City Council last week decided to go ahead with an affordable housing project on Railroad Street on what is now a baseball field.

Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says
March 13, 2024 8:15 a.m.

Montana rancher was trafficking, cross-breeding wild bighorn sheep, Justice Department says

A Montana man pleaded guilty March 12 to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part of an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids in the United States with an aim to sell the species to captive hunting facilities.

March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Opinion: Columnist imagines first days of wolf release

What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year?


March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Second thoughts on 442

For the last fourteen years, I have had the honor of serving as a member of the Montana Legislature. In each session, the Legislature has passed bills which the Governor has vetoed.

Yesterdays: Blackfeet Indian Writing Company
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Yesterdays: Blackfeet Indian Writing Company

The Blackfeet Indian Writing Company was making an average of 600,000 pencils, markers and pens a day.

Foundation boosts food pantry at high school
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Foundation boosts food pantry at high school

The Whitefish Community Foundation donated $7,700 to support and expand the food pantry at the Columbia Falls High School.


March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

In Brief March 13

Prom, Heritage Days, Meet ranger, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Little Cat Tracks

The Pie Lady: Jean Flynn’s pop-up pie stand pays vintage shops a visit
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

The Pie Lady: Jean Flynn’s pop-up pie stand pays vintage shops a visit

PIE HERE NOW announces a sandwich board on Nucleus Avenue, the boldness of the proclamation softened by a picture of a smiling blond girl holding a bushel of wheat.

Cats battle back to take third at state
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Cats battle back to take third at state

Best finish since 2015; Sapa has great outing in last game of season

The Columbia Falls boys battled back through the consolation bracket to take third at the state A basketball tournament in Butte Saturday afternoon, beating Butte Central 58-53 in a game that came down to the wire.


March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

All-State, All-Conference announced

The all-state and all-conference basketball selections have been announced.

March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Kehr named All-Frontier

A Columbia Falls native was recently announced to the All-Frontier basketball team.

Lambrecht resigns as CEO of Logan Health
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Lambrecht resigns as CEO of Logan Health

Logan Health-Billings Clinic CEO Craig Lambrecht resigned Monday, making way for new co-leadership roles atop the state’s largest hospital system.


Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Glacier National Park's glaciers are falling to pieces, study finds

A study by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall found that 11 glaciers in Glacier National Park have broken into pieces, as climate change continues to warm the planet and the park.

Mountainfilm Tour to benefit Bob Marshall Foundation
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Mountainfilm Tour to benefit Bob Marshall Foundation

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is hitting the road, bringing their annual film festival to five different cities around the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.

Gary Lee Lapka
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Gary Lee Lapka

Gary Lee Lapka was born in Veblen, South Dakota on April 30, 1940, to George and Leona (Kallas) Lapka.


Donald  Lawrence, 94
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Donald Lawrence, 94

Donald Jesse Lawrence was born in Loomis, South Dakota on Dec. 27th, 1929 to Marie Susan Wagner and Jesse Orville Lawrence.

Jennifer N.  Golan, 54
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Jennifer N. Golan, 54

Jennifer N. Golan died Feb. 23, 2024 in Kalispell.

Brett Alan  Houston, 63
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Brett Alan Houston, 63

Brett Alan Houston died March 1, 2024 in Columbia Falls.


David J. “Rip” Van Winkle, 89
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

David J. “Rip” Van Winkle, 89

David died March 5, 2024 in Columbia Falls at the Veterans Home.

Glacier Park awarded funding for Blackfeet bison, other projects
March 13, 2024 2 a.m.

Glacier Park awarded funding for Blackfeet bison, other projects

Glacier National Park announced last week it will receive $1.5 million in funding to support the Blackfeet Tribe’s initiative to restore free ranging bison herds.