Local candidates continue to file for state and Flathead County offices, adding to the initial flurry of filings from January.

A Flathead Valley home is considered a total loss after a fire ripped through it Wednesday afternoon.

The publisher of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell says he plans to retire in late spring after 40 years working for the newspaper's parent company.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, the idea of closing Canyon Elementary to help battle education budget deficits in School District 6 drew no support from a large crowd in Hungry Horse gathered Wednesday as the community rallied around their school.

The idea of closing Canyon Elementary to help battle education budget deficits in School District 6 drew no support from a large crowd in Hungry Horse gathered Wednesday as the community rallied around their school.

Wednesday 1/27 6:34 a.m. A dead deer briefly obstructed Grand Drive in Bigfork. 8:24 a.m. An out-of-control teen girl was escorted to juvenile detention from her Whitefish home.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Whitefish City Manager Chuck Stearns is proposing a "local construction stimulus program " that would eliminate impact fees for four months on construction projects within the city's tax increment district, an area comprising downtown and portions of the outlying neighborhoods.

From left to right: Sen. John Brueggeman, R-Polson; Rep. Mike Jopek, D-Whitefish; Rep.

The Columbia Falls School District is moving forward with ideas to cut its budget.

Wednesday 1/13 5:54 a.m. A resident of Mission Trail reports that a man in a black hooded sweatshirt opened the front door and then fled across the yard.

Thursday 1/14 7:36 a.m. A vehicle with flashing hazards was seen parked along Highway 40 in Columbia Falls.

Almost 100 students and staff at the Canyon School in Hungry Horse are waiting to find out if they'll return to the school next year.

Friday 1/8 10:01 a.m. An unspecified amount of money was stolen from a home on Lake Blaine Road.

Several thousand people in Northwest Montana lost power because of Monday's overnight snow storm.

One hundred days for one hundred years - that's what northwest Montana photographer Chris Peterson dedicated to Glacier National Park in 2009.

FAIRFIELD - Mathilda Hollo, 100, a longtime resident of Fairfield, died of natural causes Friday at her home in Fairfield.

Wednesday 12/16 5:15 a.m. A man called to report that his girlfriend was walking southbound on Highway 93 and needed a ride home.

Tuesday 12/15 10:41 a.m. A dog bit a mailman on the ankle in Somers. Fortunately, the bite barely broke the skin.

Thursday 12/10 8:55 a.m. Someone felt that a burro standing near a fence in Somers might be neglected.

KALISPELL - A 48-year-old Hungry Horse man has been cited for two counts of animal cruelty after two of his dogs froze to death earlier this week.