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Flathead County District Court Judge Dan Wilson handed down Thursday a partially suspended 20-year sentence to the drunk driver who struck and killed a motorcyclist near Somers in 2022, citing the sincerity of his remorse and efforts to address his alcoholism, among other factors.

He has been locked up in the Lincoln County Detention Center since June 1 with his bail set at $50,000.

Kalispell City Councilor Ryan Hunter told his colleagues Tuesday he saw signs of success in addressing the region’s housing crunch as the body approved a multifamily, mixed-use residential project on Village Loop.

A woman reportedly went to a neighbor's and they told her to get off the property and then twisted her arm and slapped her.

A Marion man accused of leading law enforcement on a chase through Kalispell and along Montana 35 in the fall of 2022 earned a trio of suspended sentences in October.

Local health officials are reporting an increase in cases of flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, over the holidays.

Flathead County Commissioner Randy Brodehl has been voted chair of the three member commission.

A woman reportedly went to a neighbor's and they told her to get off the property and then twisted her arm and slapped her.

The political calendars have lined up to make 2024 one of the busiest election years Montana has seen.

Barbara Hadley has shared her story at multiple community meetings on behavioral health in Northwest Montana, detailing her struggle to help a relative undergoing a severe mental health crisis — one that led to his eventual arrest and placement in county jail.