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Floor Space: What You Can Buy for About $800,000
Kila Where: 212 Swamp View Lane Price: $775,000 What: Three-bedroom, three-bath home Square Feet: 1,613 This log home sits on 9.6 acres overlooking the Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area, about 8 miles from town. Inside are vaulted beamed ceilings, stone fireplaces and a…
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Whitefish Girls Soccer Secures Class A Title With Nail-biter Win Over Columbia Falls
In a flash she scooted across the soccer pitch, sure in her maneuvers and confident the time was right. It was early in the second half of the Class A state soccer championship Saturday and Atley Bingham’s Whitefish team was clinging to a 1-0 lead in front of more than 500 fans…
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Flathead Food Bank to Launch Hungry Horse Location
The Flathead Food Bank has long made efforts to reach people in the Canyon on the way to Glacier National Park. For decades, it has hosted a mobile food pantry stop in Martin City once per week, a service Kelli Worley, the major gifts officer, described as critical for the area.…
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Lincoln County Deputy, Woman Killed in Eureka; Suspect Surrenders After Pursuit With Flathead County Deputies
A Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy and a woman were shot and killed Friday night in Eureka, and a Eureka police officer was wounded, authorities said. The suspect, 50-year-old Matthew David Dye of Kalispell, fled in a vehicle with a 7-year-old girl and exchanged gunfire with…
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I Watched Kurt Alme Fight for Native American Victims
As U. S. attorney for Montana, Kurt Alme fought passionately for Native American victims. Kurt Alme helped build the federal government’s first national response to missing and murdered Indigenous women. I know because I was in the room. As U.S. attorneys, Kurt and I led the…
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Whitefish Park Board Plans to Reenvision Gazebo Area in Depot Park
After receiving “split” feedback from the community about a permanent stage in Depot Park, the Whitefish Park Board this week decided to split the difference in its path forward as well. Instead of beginning the process of amending the Depot Park Master Plan to allow for another…
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Lakeside District Downsizes Water Rights for Territory 1889
Lakeside County Water and Sewer District board members gathered in the district’s small conference room Wednesday afternoon to discuss the water rights for Territory 1889, Discovery Land Company’s latest resort development proposed for Lakeside. The district approved a water…
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Flathead County Commissioners Approve First Phase of Luxury Lakeside Golf Club Despite Water Right Concerns
Flathead County commissioners on Thursday approved the final plat for the first phase of the luxury “Territory 1889 Golf & Lake Club,” despite the absence of a secure water right that has presented liability concerns. The initial phase is slated to include 79 lots of the total…
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Republican Incumbent Already Looking to 2027 Session in Deep Red House District 11 Race
When Republican Ed Byrne set his sights on his first term in the Montana Legislature two years ago, the former U.S. Army colonel with longtime Flathead Valley roots walked away with a 52-percentage-point victory in the deep red House District 11 — the same victory margin as Gov.…
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In Deep-Red Flathead County, North Valley Legislative Contests Require Candidates to Compete
The Flathead Valley’s political makeup is red — deep red. It delivers the second-highest number of Republican votes in the state. And while Democrats in the Flathead have fielded a full slate of candidates in Flathead County this year, many face contests where Republicans have…
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Warden Offers Real Tax Reform
Finley Warden has been clear with voters about his exact property tax plan. He supports repealing the 2025 property tax bill, which placed too much tax burden on middle-class homeowners. He also plans to redirect tourist-generated taxes, such as lodging and car rental revenue,…
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Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves to Headline 2027 Under the Big Sky Festival
The red, hot “American Nights” of the Under the Big Sky music festival will be headlined in 2027 by Zach Bryan (who has a song by that title), Kacey Musgraves and Nathaniel Rateliff as the multi-day music festival makes a return for its eighth year. Next year’s festival is…
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Columbia Falls School District Primed for Second Run at Trades Academy Charter School
The Columbia Falls School District board of trustees voted Monday to move forward with a second proposal for the Columbia Falls Trades Academy, a charter school the district first pitched in October 2025. The district’s 2025 application was denied in January as Montana’s Board…