Columbia Falls News

Sunday 6/16/2013 10:24 a.m. A Marion resident reported that someone used a bomb to destroy his gate around 2 a.m. that morning.

Thursday 6/13/2013 9:57 a.m. Someone reported that the excessively slow driver of a white Jeep ran two stoplights on Sunset Boulevard.

Tuesday 6/11/2013 9:02 a.m. A Lakeside woman reported that another woman stole her phone.

Kalispell Police Chief Roger Nasset drew his weapon on the man in the kitchen, who was pointing his own handgun at the head of a woman sitting in a chair.

Monday 6/10/2013 7:17 a.m. A woman on Harvest View Lane reported that at least 40 of her neighbor's cows were standing in her yard.

Thursday 6/6/2013 7:37 a.m. Sometime during the early morning, someone drove off in a golf cart that was parked at an Evergreen store.

Monday 6/3/2013 7:52 a.m. Apparently, a large section of barbed wire had been strategically placed across Walsh Road in Columbia Falls.

The Flathead County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a June 7 head-on crash as 18-year-old Mercy Peterson.

An 18-year-old Kalispell man died and three people were injured in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 2 northeast of Kalispell.

Thursday 5/30/2013 8:09 a.m. A Somers woman accidentally called 911 to find out what time it was.

A Kalispell man has claimed a $50,000 top prize from the "Casino Nights" scratch lottery game.

The Flathead County Library System recently announced its Summer Experience 2013 for children and teens, a revamp of the popular summer reading program.

Marias Pass is a downloadable content for RailWorks 3: Train Simulator 2012 , which features the Marias Pass: a 152 mile Montana route, stretching from Shelby, pass flats farmland and open plains before heading into the mountain range through narrow canyons and vast pine forests alongside the Flathead River, then Cut Bank and Browning, the route ... (more)

Monday 5/27/2013 6:29 a.m. Five dogs were loose on Morning Glory Lane. 9:51 a.m. A resident on Vista Lane in Bigfork reported that their TV was stolen sometime during the night.

Columbia Falls has had a number of new and updated businesses: restaurants, manufacturing facilities, banks, professional offices, a brewery and assisted living complexes are expanding throughout the city.

An attorney for Columbia Falls says police officers were justified in using a stun gun on a 77-year-old Alzheimer's patient who later died.

As part of its "Energy for Montana" tour, the conservative group Americans for Prosperity stopped in Kalispell last week to show a screening of the documentary film FrackNation, which pushes back against critics of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Representatives from Americans for Prosperity's Montana chapter and the Montana Petroleum ... (more)

Thursday 5/22 6:19 a.m. Reportedly, one particular driver consistently drives 30 to 35 miles per hour through a Lakeside school zone.

Officials with Flathead County and the city of Kalispell are applying for an $8.7 million federal grant to build a 90-acre rail park that could attract new businesses due to the cheaper transportation costs of using railroads.

The Flathead County Economic Development Authority and the City of Kalispell are applying for an $8.7 million federal grant to start construction of a new 90-acre rail park between Whitefish Stage Road and U.S. Highway 2. Officials say the park would attract new business to the valley and clear the way to redevelop Kalispell's industrial core.