Kalispell

Amtrak Empire Builder resumes daily service across Montana

May. 25, 2021 02:10 PM EDT
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Amtrak's Empire Builder train has resumed daily service from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, including a dozen stops along Montana's...

Rapid population growth gives Montana 2nd US House seat

By Iris Samuels Apr. 26, 2021 04:51 PM EDT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s recent population boom will let the state regain the second U.S. House seat it lost nearly 30 years ago, according to U.S....

Glacier National Park introduces ticket entry system

Apr. 01, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Park officials in Montana have unveiled a temporary ticket entry system for the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor this summer to manage...

4th Montana lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19

Feb. 10, 2021 02:45 PM EST
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A fourth Montana lawmaker has tested positive for COVID-19 during this year's session, COVID-19 panel chairman Sen. Jason Ellsworth said...

Montana's first COVID vaccine doses to go to major hospitals

Dec. 07, 2020 01:32 PM EST
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will go to health care workers in the state's major hospitals, Gov. Steve Bullock announced...

Montana lawmakers pick leaders for legislative session

By Iris Samuels And Amy Beth Hanson Nov. 18, 2020 03:17 PM EST

High demand, high prices for forest products amid pandemic

By Maggie Dresser Oct. 31, 2020 08:10 AM EDT

COVID-19 infections causing health care worker shortages

By Katheryn Houghton Oct. 26, 2020 12:33 PM EDT
COVID-19 cases are surging in rural places across the Mountain States and Midwest, and when it hits health care workers, ready reinforcements aren’t easy to...

Summer Camps Face Options: Close, Go Virtual or Balance Risk

By Micah Drew Jul. 27, 2020 10:39 AM EDT
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — For the first time in the 75-year history of Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp, the paddles that propel canoes, kayaks and paddleboards...