Hungry Horse News

By iHigh Staff of Columbia Falls High School Cats smoke Dogs, win eight bouts Posted: Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 - 08:45:47 am MDT Michael Hader of Columbia Falls, left, prepares an attack against Brian Flickenger ...

Tony Tidwell and Kathy Holt Mr. and Mrs. James Loudermilk wish to announce the marriage of their daughter Kathy Holt of Marion to Tony Tidwell of Hungry Horse, Montana, son of Mr.

A wildland "fire use" policy that has been mostly applied to wilderness areas is being considered for other parts of the Flathead National Forest.

KALISPELL - Managers of the Flathead National Forest are considering allowing lightning-caused fires to burn this summer if the conditions are right.

Ted Crail poses with several of his posters at Flathead Valley Community College.

Woman recalls 'bright yellow light over my shoulder' The Flathead Hotshots logo - a lightning bolt and flames over the state of Montana - has taken on deeper meaning since two members of the elite firefighting ...

Former Flathead County Sheriff Jim Dupont beat incumbent Gary Hall in the Republican primary for Flathead County Commissioner by a wide margin Tuesday, 7,837 to 3,475. Dupont beats Hall in primary; Democrats ...

State wildlife officials have captured and relocated a family of grizzly bears after they got into dog food, chicken feed and killed chickens east of Eureka.

The Visitor Center at Hungry Horse Dam in Montana will open on May 28 for the 2008 summer tourist season with a new computerized virtual tour that displays the workings inside the dam, according to Facility ...

Montana Sen. Max Baucus last week announced a plan that could protect thousands of acres of Plum Creek lands from development while still keeping it in the timber base.

ANACONDA - The Anaconda School Board says high school athletes will be tested randomly to check for the presence of alcohol or drugs.

“It proves that what the forest has been doing is lawful. It validates that we have followed all the laws and regulations.”

A federal judge has rejected claims made by environmental groups that post-fire logging projects in the Columbia Falls and Hungry Horse areas violated road-density standards for grizzly bear habitat.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a ruling Monday striking down all claims made in the 2005 lawsuit filed by the Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan. He said the Flathead National Forest's road-density rules shouldn't be interpreted so strictly that they would stop projects that would improve grizzly bear habitat. Read more

A Great Falls man is charged in the deaths of 3 people in a 2005 drunken driving crash. via KPAX

“Records are one of the many neat things about writing a column.”

Time flies like the wind, and house flies like horse manure." Don't know who originated that unique bit of barnyard philosophy but I do remember our late friend and mountain climbing guru, Dr. via Hungry Horse News

Nicole Kakalecik and Daniel Lopez have chosen July 12 as their wedding date. She is the daughter of Mark and Robin Kakalecik of Great Falls. via Great Falls Tribune

A Hungry Horse man, who accidentally shot himself in the face, has died. Twenty-2-year-old Tyson Armijo was carrying several loaded guns to his truck on Tuesday afternoon, when he slipped and fell on some ice. via Montana's News Station

“It could be a while before it's actually determined how the injunction is going to apply”

Tough Go Logging owner James Stupack communicates with loggers Thursday while on a fuel-reduction project in the Blankenship area near Teakettle Road. via Daily Inter Lake

“We've still got a lot of interviews to do on it”

The death of a man who shot himself in the eye with a .22-caliber rifle was an accident, Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan said. via Daily Inter Lake

A 22-year-old Hungry Horse man apparently accidentally shot himself in the face Tuesday at about 3:10 p.m. in Hungry Horse. via Hungry Horse News

Authorities say that a 22 year old man from Hungry Horse is in critical condition after he accidentally shot himself in the face. via KRTV