Members of the Glacier Concert Band perform during the District Music Festival held at Glacier High School on Thursday, April 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Northwest Montana student bands, ...

DILLON — Quinn Elliot had a day for the Havre North Stars. Elliot hit a seventh inning grand slam and drove in six runs as the North Stars eliminated Mission Valley from the State A Legion tournament ...

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday. The ...

The Montana Grizzlies' two player representatives at the annual Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff in Spokane hailed from the states of Washington and Minnesota, which could indicate a few things.

Bear spray is widely considered a safe, easy and effective deterrent against aggressive bruins in the backcountry. Given the increased frequency of bear encounters as populations recover, common sense ...

The Montana Historical Society opened Helena's Montana Heritage Center during a December snowstorm, but it threw the party in late June, calling it the Montana History Fest. The blocks around the ...

Sue Williams was playing fetch with her dogs one evening when she had a thought that would change the course of her retirement plans. “I thought if I could find a way to do this for the rest of my ...

Helena resident Chris Hoffert depicts a calvary sergeant during the 50th celebration of Bannack Days on July 18-19 at Bannack State Park. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press) Gold was first discovered in ...

The National Defense Authorization Act has long been one of the few pieces of legislation that rise above politics, typically culminating in a bipartisan show of support for our military and national ...

Two key Columbia Falls department heads will see about 10% boost in pay in 2027. After a lengthy discussion, Columbia Falls City Council OK’d the pay raises. The fire chief will go from about $96,000 ...

A man accused of opening fire at a Kalispell bar late last year and then fled the police in a pickup truck received a trio of sentences in June. Prosecutors brought Anthony Velez, 39, up on felony ...

Both Sen. Greg Hertz and former state Sen. Jim Elliott are spot on about state government politics and spending. Both of these gentlemen are as close to statesmen as you’re going to get — one is ...