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Law enforcement professionals and dog handlers are teaming up to improve the way Flathead Countys canines are trained, deployed and funded through a new nonprofit organization.

Plea deal offers suspended sentence in fatal trailer fire Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Sunday, January 24, 2021 KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - A Kalispell man who was charged with deliberate homicide after his father died in a trailer fire has reached a plea agreement on a lesser charge that recommends a five-year probationary sentence. Jason Weldele, 42, was charged in the October death of Da...

Native American Marine vet considered a homeland hero Tristan Scott, The Flathead Beacon [Montana] via AP October 21, 2017 In this Oct. 5, 2017 photo, Jesse DesRosier, a Marine veterans and Blackfoot language instructor at Cuts Wood School poses in Browning, Mont. DesRosier’s 28-year journey is a dizzying endeavor, even if he’s right back where he started - living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. (Greg Lindstrom /Flathead Beacon via AP) KALISPELL, Mont. — Charting Jesse DesRo...

Sen. Fitzpatrick Talks COVID Liability Protections from Helena [FULL AUDIO] Will the COVID-19 liability protection bill before the Montana Legislature shield businesses from frivolous lawsuits and truly provide them with liability protection, or will the bill impose more liability instead? Thats one of the big questions the bills sponsor, State Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick (R-Great Falls), says he is getting. We talked about Senate Bill 65 and more with Sen. Fitzpatrick on the radio on Monday. Click...

Meanwhile, A COVID liability protection bill is already moving through the legislature in Helena.

Did you know Flathead Lake currently has only 13 public access sites along its 180 miles of shoreline, 89% of which is flanked by long stretches of private land? Anyone who recreates on the lake will tell you that limited public access is leading to increased congestion at the existing sites, especially with use on the increase. But, it looks like public access will be improving, thanks to the generosity of a family and acquisition proposals put forth by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. This i...

Two large conservation easements approved by the Fish and Wildlife Commission last Thursday drew fire for different reasons. This points to the difficulties of negotiating large agreements that benefit public access as well as landowners. Such agreements in the future will be in the hands of a new Fish, Wildlife & Parks director and fresh leadership in the governor’s office and Legislature. What’s more, the terms of three members of the Fish and Wildlife Commission expire at the end o...