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Breaking News

For the latest breaking news, see below. We'll share breaking news stories as we have them so you're kept up to date at all times.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pre-evacuation warning for homes near Stryker, Olney

Residences near the East Fork Fire south of Stryker were placed…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Fire crews jump on Libby area wild fires

Forest officials said all fires remained under one-half of an acre with the majority now contained and crews continuing with line construction and mopping up.

Updated 2 months ago
Fisher River Valley wildfire threatens residences

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office had given pre-evacuation notices to people who live in the area.

Updated 2 months ago
Two men dead after shooting at Rexford Bench

Authorities said a verbal dispute between two men turned deadly when a Kalispell man shot another man from Oregon.

Updated 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Libby man dies in crash near Happy's Inn

The man was not wearing a seat belt and speed was a suspected factor in the crash.

Updated 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Michigan murder suspect captured in Plains

According to the Sanders County Sheriff's Office, Chadwick Shane Mobley was arrested Monday evening after citizens saw him and called authorities. He was fou...

Updated 3 months ago
Michigan murder suspect arrested near Libby

The sighting followed a Sheriff's Office Facebook post that was published about four hours prior to the arrest.

Updated 4 months, 1 week ago
Libby standoff ends with man in custody

When deputies arrived, they learned that several individuals had been threatened by a man, identified as 36-year-old Chase Butala, with a weapon and a female had been assaulted.

Updated 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Libby woman dies in traffic crash on Bull Lake Road

The driver and the passenger, the 32-year-old woman, were ejected from the Wrangler. She was taken by air transport to Logan Health in Kalispell where she died of her injuries.

Updated 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Woman's body found in Flower Creek

Circumstances of the death are not being released currently pending further investigation.

Updated 7 months, 2 weeks ago
MHP trooper struck by vehicle during police chase

The trooper is reported to be in stable condition at a Kalispell hospital after being run over by the suspect vehicle during a police chase Thursday afternoon.

Updated 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Libby Public Schools receive threatening phone calls

Libby Superintendent of Schools Ron Goodman echoed Police Chief Scott Kessel’s comments that the threats were not credible.

Updated 1 year ago
Libby VFD extinguishes structure fire

The lone resident of the home - a wheelchair-bound man - was not home at the time, but firefighters didn’t know that until they searched the burning and smok...

Updated 1 year ago
Kootenai National Forest announces Bull Gin Complex closures

While many fires were contained and controlled, Kootenai National Forest officials decided on the evening of Friday, Sept. 2 to combine the Isabella Lake, Go...

Updated 1 year, 2 months ago
Eureka man accused of killing father in custody in California

According to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, it was notified that Joshua Joseph Sauls, 23, the son of the victim John Sauls, was arr...