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Some residents in Flathead County in the area of the East Fork Fire are under evacuation orders.

UPDATE, AUG. 21:

With the River Road East Fire outside of Paradise growing to more than 16,000 acres over the weekend, officials implemented a temporary flight restriction in the skies above the blaze on Monday.

KALISPELL, Mont.- Due to wildfire danger, portions of the Flathead and Clark Fork rivers are closed effective on Monday, August 21st.

“We were talking about a hurricane on a fire line today which is really a first for a lot of people I think,” said Northern Rockies Incident Command Team 6 Public Information Officer Amy Hyfield.

George Henrich was a veteran, cattle rancher, and family man. Having worked on ranches all his life George was a well known business man, even getting into real estate later

UPDATE, Sept. 3:

HELENA, Mont. - Helena police are looking for a missing eight-year-old boy.

Hilary downgraded to Category 2 hurricane as Mexico and California brace for catastrophic impact

Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety board of directors on Aug. 10 awarded $33,986 in support of community safety projects proposed by nonprofit organizations.