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The Top 5 Safest Places to Call Home in Montana (2024 Edition)
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about ditching the city grind for wide-open spaces and a slower pace? When people think about wide-open spaces in a safe and secure environment, Montana is one of the states that often comes to mind. As it turns out, though, Montana is just like every other state: some places are safe, others…not so much. Even this slice of paradise has spots where crime rates might make you hesitate.
13,000 Acres of Private Timberland Permanently Protected in Lost Trail Conservation Area
A new conservation project that could eventually preserve public access to 150,000 acres of timberland in northwest Montana began its journey-work Thursday when Green Diamond Resource Company, the largest private landowner in the state, announced an agreement to permanently protect 13,403 acres of working forest spanning portions of Flathead and Lincoln counties — the first in a series of projects stretching between Kalispell and Libby.
Brief: School levies fail in some cities, pass in others; Special election in Kalispell for city council
Levies met with mixed results in western Montana's largest districts. Levy results from Tuesday, May 7, school elections are in, and they present a mixed bag for some of western Montana’s largest districts. Preliminary results in Missoula show voters approved three of four levies on the ballot. Kalispell voters...
Whitefish baseball edges Bigfork
Whitefish fended off a late rally by Bigfork for a 6-5 victory on Wednesday, May 8 in West Division baseball action. Michael Miller went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double in the victory.Whitefish finished with seven hits as a team and overcame three team errors. The Bulldogs led 3-0 after three innings, but Bigfork tied things up in the top of the fourth. Whitefish responded with two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth.Bigfork scored a run in the sixth and seventh but couldn’t overcome the Bulldogs lead. Tait Orme was 2-for-3 as was Ryan Conklin, who drove...
Kalispell Public Schools levy unofficial results approve one levy and fail one levy
KALISPELL, Mont. - Voters in Kalispell approved two levies for Kalispell Public Schools Tuesday night. The levy for elementary school technology for nearly $1.1 million was unofficially approved by a very narrow margin. The unofficial count is 3616 votes for, which is 50.1%, and 3599 votes against, 49.9%. This levy...
Student Art: ‘Smith Rock Pumpkin Patch - Oregon’ by Colton Staley
The art featured above is called "Smith Rock Pumpkin Patch - Oregon" and is a wool, needle felting landscape by Whitefish High School senior Colton Staley in the WHS Sculpture class. The Pilot periodically features art from Whitefish High School students.
Take That, Chair!
8:39 a.m. A contractor accepted $75,000 to renovate a property and was never heard from again. 9:30 a.m. A dog, who has a history of attacking cats, escaped from its yard again. 10:45 a.m. Someone reported their upstairs neighbor was stomping loudly and yelled “There, can you hear that, b****?”...
Man dies after single-motorcycle crash near Kalispell
KALISPELL, Mont. - A man died Sunday, May 5 after a motorcycle crash on Foothill Road near Kalispell April 11. The Montana Highway Patrol said in the fatal crash report a motorcycle hit a pole on Foothill Road causing the rider to separate from the motorcycle. The motorcycle rider, a...
Flathead Electric awards grant to Bigfork School District
KALISPELL, Mont. — The Flathead Electric Co-op awarded a $42,500 grant to Bigfork School District's School Resource Officer (SRO) program. The grant is through "capital credits" which is excess revenue the company allocates back to its members. Under Montana law, when the capital credits go unclaimed for five years...
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