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Kalispell Bypass Being Bypassed? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
City and county officials are banding together with the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and organizing a united show of support for the U.S. Highway 93 Alternate Route after the state’s highway commissi...
Glacier Updates Wildlife Viewing Policy 27 Aug 2013 | 05:43 am
National Park Service officials are asking visitors to keep their distance from animals inside Glacier National Park, according to updated rules put in place earlier this summer. Visitors are now requ...
Lewis Files to Run for Montana’s US House Seat 27 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Democrat John Lewis has filed paperwork to enter the 2014 race for the Montana U.S. House seat held by Republican Steve Daines, becoming the first to formally declare his intentions for that office. ...
July Visitation Up in Glacier Park 26 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
The National Park Service estimated Glacier attracted more than 645,000 visitors in July, a 2.4 percent increase over a year ago. The total year-to-date visitation is 3.2 percent over the same period...
Military Removes Commander of Malmstrom Nuclear Unit 26 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force has removed the commander of a nuclear weapons unit at a Montana base following a failed safety and security inspection that marked the second major misstep th...
Fire Crews Wait for Season Ender 26 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
MISSOULA — Some residents near the fires outside Lolo are moving back into their homes but officials say the blazes are likely to keep burning until "season-ending" weather comes. Fire information of...
Search Underway in Flathead Lake for Missing Man 26 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
POLSON — Lake County authorities are searching a man whose boat and two dogs were found on Flathead Lake. Sheriff's spokeswoman Karen Sargent tells KERR-AM the man left the Paradise Cove Campground S...
Damaged Trampoline 26 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
6:42 a.m. A Bison Drive resident reported that he was chased home by a large rottweiler. At the time of the call the animal was on his roof. 9:17 a.m. A Lakeside man reported that his trampoline was ...
Jobs Tour Brings Congressman from Israel to Kalispell 26 Aug 2013 | 05:08 pm
When U.S. Rep. Steve Daines and his staff toured the Flathead Valley Community College Aug. 21, FVCC President Jane Karas employed the adjective “state-of-the-art” at nearly every stop along the way. ...
Dead Snake 26 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
12:48 p.m. A woman on Conrad Drive reported that someone had wrapped a dead snake around her doorknob. Although the woman wanted it unwrapped and removed, the snake was gone when an animal warden arri...
