Bird flu outbreak threatens livestock

A new outbreak of avian influenza is working its way across the flight paths of migratory birds and has infected livestock and wildlife in Montana.

Legals for June, 13 2025

Legals for January, 12 2021

Army probe says Walsh misused position

HELENA — Senatorial candidate John Walsh misused his position as Montana’s adjutant general by soliciting National Guard troops to become members of a private association for which he was seeking a leadership role, a 2010 investigation by the U.S. Army’s inspector general concluded.

Shakespeare program in Libby Aug. 16-17

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks returns to Libby this summer with performances on Sunday and Monday evening at the middle school amphitheater.

State completes Snowshoe Mine cleanup

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced this week that the Snowshoe Mine Reclamation Project has successfully been completed.

Hunting season's opening weekend in NW Montana sees solid numbers

Opening weekend for the general hunting season turned up relatively solid numbers at check stations across northwestern Montana.

Poll: Daines running away, Zinke ahead slightly

The top races in Montana look like they’re going red according to the state’s only public opinion poll released Friday, with the U.S. House race much closer than the Senate.

Republicans are betraying rural Montana

This is everything people hate about politics – politicians throwing away good legislation that makes a real impact in local communities.

Securing our borders

It is an absolute shame the Biden administration will not do the same and is allowing an unsecure southern border in our very own country.

Logan Health pauses vaccine requirement

Logan Health has suspended its plan to require employees receive the Covid-19 vaccine following a court’s ruling that temporarily pauses a federal vaccine order for health-care workers.

State hospital administrator out after federal funding loss

The administrator of Montana's state psychiatric hospital is leaving his post amid the facility's loss of Medicare and Medicaid funding for repeated failures to meet health and safety standards, the state health department said Thursday.

Another Montana therapeutic boarding school closing

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A therapeutic boarding school in northwestern Montana, which state inspectors learned had once made boys sleep outside in winter conditions without proper clothing as punishment, closed on Friday.

State hosting open houses on Montana 37 bridge work plans

Two virtual open houses will be held online via Zoom on Tuesday, April 25, from noon to 1 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m.

FWP extends comment period on draft grizzly bear plan

The new deadline is Feb. 4.

Virginia Anna (Wolfram) Sluiter

Virginia Anna (Wolfram) Sluiter

Libby's Beagle wins two titles at Western Montana Open

Beagle recently won the singles and doubles championships in the 18-and-under classes at the Western Montana Open Junior in Missoula on the weekend of July 21-23.

David L. Bennett

Former 16-year Libby resident, David Lefever Bennett, 82, passed away Dec. 5, 2016 in Longview, Wash. He was born July 5, 1934 in Pontiac, Mich, to James Blaine Bennett and Lois Lefever Bennett.

Lincoln County unemployment highest in Montana

Lincoln County’s unemployment rate returned to the top spot in the state, according to data released by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.

Puppy burglars plead guilty to several crimes

A couple from Northwest Montana has pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a string of burglaries that occurred more than a year ago across the Flathead Valley.