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North Carolina fugitive drowns in Flathead River after on-foot police chase through forest
KALISPELL, Mont. - A fugitive on the run from North Carolina was discovered Friday at a campground in the North Fork area by Flathead County Sheriff Deputies. He ran away from law enforcement, waded into the Flathead River and floated downstream. His dead body was found submerged in the water north of the Blankenship Bridge.
Fugitive from North Carolina dies while fleeing Sheriff’s deputies
Authorities say they pulled the body of a North Carolina fugitive wanted on multiple felony charges from the Flathead River near the Blankenship Bridge earlier this month. Steven Jeffrey O'Shields, 35, of Franklin, North Carolina was sought on extraditable felony warrants for charges including sexual battery against a child, burglary, theft of services and police obstruction, according to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office. He also allegedly was a non-compliant sex offender. The charges all originated in North Carolina, officials said. The Sheriff's Office received a report of O'Shields staying in the Big Creek Campground in the North Fork area about 7...
FVCC Nursing Grads Join Health Care Workforce
Flathead Valley Community College’s latest nursing program, graduating in the class of 2024, is stepping directly into the workforce and taking positions in Kalispell and Libby. Out of 12 total graduates from the 2024 class, three Lincoln County graduates landed jobs at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby, while...
New library wraps-up construction, but some work still lies ahead
Flathead County Library staff stepped foot inside the newly finished Bigfork branch for the first time last week, marveling at the transformation the space has gone through since construction began last fall.“This location is going to show the valley what a 21st century library is like, I hope it gets people excited,” Communications and Outreach Librarian Lune Axelsen said. There’s still landscaping to perform, furniture to place and, of course, books to put on the shelves. But for those who have been working toward a new Bigfork branch of Flathead County Library for more than a decade, the completed construction...
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