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1 dead in crash on Highway 2 in Kalispell
KALISPELL, Mont. — The Kalispell Police Department is reporting a fatal crash on the 1100 block of Highway 2 West in Kalispell. One person died from their injuries. The identities of those involved have not been released. The investigation is ongoing.
Firefighters Make Quick Work of Fire Starts in Bitterroot Nat’l Forest
75 Lightning strikes Monday night started six new fires on the Bitterroot National Forest,. but firefighters pounced, and assisted by water bucket drops by helicopters, firefighting engine crews, hand crews, and multiple fixed-wing aircraft, have brought most of them into containment. More dry lighting is forecast for this afternoon. MEADOW...
Will Missoula Hit This Extra Sweaty Temperature Record?
If there's one weather record most of us would rather never see, it's probably for heat. But at least this hot weather record that could potentially be tied in Missoula today will come at the END of a heatwave, and not start a new one. Unless thunderstorms and clouds get...
Man Found ‘Passed Out’ in Car While Driving in Missoula
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On July 19, 2024, a Missoula Police Department Officer was dispatched to the area of 1215 Phillips Street regarding a man who appeared to be passed out in his vehicle while driving. When the officer arrived, the complainant pointed him toward a vehicle that was parked at the intersection of Sherwood Street and Shakespeare Street.
Freemasons award annual trades scholarships
Bigfork Masonic Lodge 150 held their scholarship award luncheon July 8 and presented three Bigfork High School students with $1,000 scholarships each. This year’s awardees were Kris Burggraf, Ivy Everson and Delcy Stewart. Burggraf will delve into Culinary Arts at Flathead Valley Community College, Stewart will study cosmetology at Crevier’s Academy, and Everson will pursue nursing at Montana State University. The Masonic Lodge is able to offer these vocational scholarships each year through an investment account created from the sale of the now-VFW building. The Masons also recently gifted the Bigfork Community Choir $200 for books and five Kindles to Bigfork ACES for their afterschool program for children. “Without trades, where is the country going to be?” Master of Lodge Jeffrey Sweet said. “There’s going to be nobody to do electrical work or fix your car or build houses. That’s important, so we want to get kids into the trades... Every little bit probably helps them out.” From left, Jeffrey Sweet, Master of Lodge , presents an award to Delcy Stewart with her mother Emily on July 8. (Courtesy photo)
Plains VFW getting a makeover
It is a building that in one way or another has been serving the Plains community for several decades. In the mid 1970s it was savaged by fire, rebuilt and given new life. But now, the VFW building on West Lynch Street plans are in the works to update the structure, beginning with the iconic eight-lane bowling alley in the basement. “The bowling alley looks like it did in 1976,” said post Quartermaster Heather Allen. “There are elements of the facility we can no longer find parts for. It needs to be updated.”The 1970s fire destroyed most of what was a two-story VFW...
Annual Big Mountain Run racers brave the heat
One hundred forty runners toed the line at 9:30 a.m. to race up to the summit of Big Mountain on the Danny On Trail Saturday, braving blistering temperatures for the 42nd annual Big Mountain Run. Hosted by the Glacier Nordic Club, the event has a rich history dating back to 1983, before mountain running in the US was trendy and high tech. Local legend Ryan Skotnicki took the 2024 King of the Mountain by over 4 minutes, in a time of 35:17. Skotnicki recently got 16th in the U.S. Mountain Running Championships. Brett Winegar raced to a second place finish with...
Volunteers take on Heart Lake trail maintenance
One of the more popular hikes in Lolo National Forest follows the South Fork Trout Creek to Heart Lake and then Pearl Lake in a cirque basin.The trail is a gradual, continuous climb of about 1,110 feet over the 3 miles to reach the first lake. The trailhead is easy to find on a well graveled road about 15 miles from the Trout Creek Campground. Once there, people will find a vault toilet, a couple of hitching posts for livestock and ample parking. Covid made this a popular trail in the Great Burn with out of state hikers and a scan of...
Montana Little League Softball squad loses to Idaho in semifinals, still alive for World Series trip
The Boulder-Arrowhead/Big Sky (BABS) majors softball team fell to Eagle, Idaho 10-5 on Wednesday in the winner's bracket semifinals of the Little League Softball Northwest Region Tournament. Montana led 2-1 going into the third inning, but Idaho struck for four runs in the third and five more in the sixth...
Sheehy talks with Dillon voters on his tour of Montana
Montana U.S. Senate Republican candidate Tim Sheehy spoke to over 100 Beaverhead County supports last Thursday morning at a meet and greet held at Angler’s Village. The challenger to incumbent Democrat Jon Tester spoke to the crowd for almost one-half hour before mingling with the group to answer questions.
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