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Montana Health News
More Flathead whooping cough cases reported
Posted 8:54 PM 5/17/2012 by Angela Marshall (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- New data released late Thursday shows the number of pertussis cases in the Flathead Valley has grown to 36.
Four school-aged children and two adults were identified as having whooping cough on Thursday with the Flathead City-County Health Department reporting those four students (More)
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Western Montana Crime News
Flathead search for sex offender detailed
Posted 7:41 PM 5/17/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- The Flathead County Sheriff's Office and the US Marshals Service are joining forces to try and find one of the most wanted violent sexual predators in the state who is believed to be in the Flathead Valley.
Dale Hanson, 61, spent 10 years in the Montana State Prison for sexually (More)
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Flathead County Coverage
USPS to close Kalispell mail processing center
Posted 2:42 PM 5/17/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
KALISPELL- The U.S. Postal Service has announced that the mail processing center in Kalispell is slated to be shutdown in the latest effort to consolidate USPS services as the service continues to battle a tide of red ink.
A list released by the USPS on Thursday shows that at this point (More)
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Flathead County Coverage
USFS explains Blacktail Mountain proposal
Posted 7:14 AM 5/17/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- Flathead National Forest officials say that a proposal to open trails on Blacktail Mountain should better serve area residents as well as the valley.
Several Blacktail-area homeowners met in Somers last Friday to discuss the upcoming decision by the U.S. Forest Service as the (More)
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Flathead County Coverage
US Marshalls looking for Kalispell sex offender
Posted 6:58 AM 5/17/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- The U.S. Marshalls are looking for a Kalispell man who sexually assaulted a 4-year-old boy back in 1998.
Dale Hanson, 60, has not registered as sex offender in several years and law enforcement lost track of his whereabouts.
The U.S. Marshalls Service is now looking for (More)
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Flathead County Coverage
Grizzly caught in Ferndale and relocated
Posted 10:29 PM 5/16/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
FERNDALE- A young male grizzly bear has been released back into the wild just a day after being found in the backyard of a home in Ferndale. Wildlife officials say the The grizzly is estimated to be 2½ years old and weighs about 120 pounds.
Bear Management Specialist Tim Manley (More) • Video (1)
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Western Montana Crime News
Arrest warrant issued in Missoula "hole in one" case
Posted 7:25 PM 5/17/2012 by Melissa Anderson (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- When Troy Peissig shot a hole-in-one at a Missoula Country Club golf tournament, he won a special $18,000 prize. But almost two years later and despite multiple witness accounts, Peissig hasn't seen a dime of the prize money.
The tournament's sponsor had purchased insurance to (More)
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Missoula County Coverage
Clark Fork River search for missing man suspended
Posted 4:15 PM 5/17/2012 by KPAX News Staff
MISSOULA - Missoula police have called off the search for a missing 19-year-old man reported missing after witnesses say he jumped off the Madison Street Bridge into the Clark Fork River Wednesday night.Search and Rescue returned to the river Thursday morning, to scour the section (More)
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Latest Update
Missoula PD seeks info on man who jumped into river
Posted 12:11 PM 5/17/2012 by Irina Cates (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- Missoula Police say they are trying to gather more information about a 19-year-old man who went missing after he jumped into the river from the Madison Street Bridge.
The incident happened at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday when police say the victim was swimming in the area of the (More)
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Crews scour Missoula river for missing man
Posted 10:37 AM 5/17/2012 by KPAX News Staff
MISSOULA- Missoula County Search and Rescue, the Missoula City Fire department and the Whitewater Rescue Institute are back along the Clark Fork River looking for a 19-year-old former University of Montana student who jumped off the Madison Street Bridge on Wednesday evening.
Missoula (More) • Video (1) • Photos (5)
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Missoula County Coverage
Missoula eatery hit by SUV
Posted 7:03 AM 5/17/2012 by KPAX News Staff
MISSOULA- A gas pedal mishap sent a SUV into the side of a Missoula business on Wednesday.
The Denny's restaurant on Brooks Street got thumped in the side by an elderly man who hit the gas instead of the brakes.
A customer sitting on the other side of the wall she heard a loud thump (More) • Video (1)
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Missoula County Coverage
Missoula law enforcement honored in annual ceremony
Posted 11:15 PM 5/16/2012 by Breanna Roy (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- They saved lives and stood between the public and danger. So Wednesday night, Missoula officers received honors and recognition for their service and duty.
Family, friends and comrades paid tribute to those who died on duty or while employed as officers in Missoula County by (More) • Video (1)
Lake County News
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Northwest Montana Headlines
Comments sought on Bison Range management plan
Posted 7:33 PM 5/17/2012 by KPAX News Staff
MOIESE- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would like to hear from Montanans regarding the Confederated Salish Kootenai's Tribe proposal to work with the federal government to operate the National Bison Range in Moiese. CSKT is requesting to enter into an Annual Funding Agreement with (More)
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Lake County Coverage
Hundreds turn out for Pablo women's health fair
Posted 4:18 PM 5/17/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX News)
PABLO- From massages to exams and even jewelry, the Women 4 Wellness Health Fair continues to grow, with more than 100-vendors at this year's event.
The Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo was packed from wall-to-wall with displays, volunteers and a (More)
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Lake County Coverage
Grizzly bear hit and killed by car near St. Ignatius
Posted 1:29 PM 5/17/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
PABLO- A grizzly bear died after being hit by a vehicle near St. Ignatius over the weekend.
Officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Wildlife Management Program report that an adult male grizzly bear, weighing several hundred pounds was killed after being hit late (More)
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Lake County Coverage
Donation helping improve Polson park
Posted 9:48 AM 5/17/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
POLSON- A Polson man has donated $25,000 to give children the chance to enjoy playing at Boettcher Park along Flathead Lake.
Paul McCann's mission is to give back to the Polson community and Montana, and he's been spending summers in the city with his family for years.
McCann (More) • Video (1)
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Lake County Coverage
Polson unveils recycling program
Posted 10:18 PM 5/16/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
POLSON- Lake County will hopefully start saving money through recycling now that a pair of new recycling bins have been set up in Polson.
The recycling container site was unveiled on the west side of Polson on Wednesday. A federal Reinvestment Act grant of just under $50,000 was given to (More)
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Native American News
River Honoring offers glimpse into Flathead history
Posted 9:43 PM 5/9/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX News)
MOIESE- Children are getting a new understanding of how the Flathead River has been the lifeline for thousands of years, and countless generations here in Western Montana.
Reporter Dennis Bragg traveled to this week's River Honoring ceremony, a tribal event that's been telling the legacy (More) • Video (1)
Ravalli County News
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Ravalli County Coverage
Small plane makes emergency landing near Darby
Posted 5:17 PM 5/17/2012 by Breanna Roy (KPAX News)
CONNER- Authorities say that bad weather forced a small Billings-bound plane to make an emergency landing south of Darby on Thursday afternoon.
Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman says the male pilot and passenger are okay and suffered only minor injuries.
The two were traveling (More)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Stevensville remembers Montana founder
Posted 11:34 AM 5/17/2012 by Melissa Rafferty (KPAX News)
STEVENSVILLE- Wednesday marked the 200th birthday of Father Antonio Ravalli, the priest who helped establish St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville.
Ravalli spent much of his life in the Bitterroot Valley, was Montana's first physician and pharmacist, and was also an architect, artist and a (More) • Video (1)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Ravalli County leaders start work on new budget
Posted 10:07 PM 5/16/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX News)
HAMILTON- Ravalli County leaders are going to be watching the bottom line very closely again this year as they start work on the county's 2013 budget. However commissioners are also determined to spend what money they have more like a business.
Commissioners have spent this entire week (More) • Video (1)
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Campaign 2012
Ravalli County GOP hosts event
Posted 7:16 AM 5/16/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
HAMILTON- The Ravalli County Republican Party made it easy for GOP voters Tuesday night with their first ever candidate fair.
All of the Republican candidates who will be on the primary ballot, including Mitt Romney, received an invitation to the fairgrounds to meet with voters. While (More) • Video (1)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Hamilton taking comment on cell phone ban
Posted 10:35 AM 5/15/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
HAMILTON- Hamilton leaders are pressing ahead with a proposed ban on using cell phones while driving.
The Hamilton City Council has discussed a cell phone ban before, first looking at a possible ban a couple of years ago without taking action.
Last winter the council's Committee of (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Outdoors
Bitterroot Natl Forest to start pine beetle spraying next week
Posted 7:56 AM 5/15/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
HAMILTON- Work crews for the Bitterroot National Forest will start spraying operations next week in the latest effort to combat the spread of mountain pine beetles. While the Bitterroot hasn't had the extensive pine beetle damage of some of the other forests in the Northern Rockies (More) • Video (1)
Western Montana Crime News
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Flathead search for sex offender detailed
May 17, 2012
KALISPELL- The Flathead County Sheriff's Office and the US Marshals... more » -
Arrest warrant issued in Missoula "hole in one" case
May 17, 2012
HELENA- When Troy Peissig shot a hole-in-one at a Missoula... more » -
US Marshalls looking for Kalispell sex offender
May 17, 2012
KALISPELL- The U.S. Marshalls are looking for a Kalispell man... more » -
Suspects sought in overnight Missoula burglary spree Play Video
May 16, 2012
MISSOULA- Missoula law enforcement are still trying to figure out... more » -
Not guilty plea entered in Flathead stolen jewels case Play Video
May 16, 2012
KALISPELL- A Flathead Valley woman has pleaded not guilty for... more » -
Bigfork man sentenced for casino robbery
May 16, 2012
KALISPELL- A Bigfork man has been given six years with... more »
