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Flathead County Coverage
Whitefish Winter Carnival just a day away!
Posted 4:02 PM 2/3/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
WHITEFISH- National Geographic Magazine has named the Whitefish Winter Carnival asthe 10th best in the world and 5th best in the United States and it all starts Saturday in downtown Whitefish.
Whitefish Winter Carnival Prime Minister Paul Johannsen says the carnival royalty were busy (More) • Video (1)
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Flathead County Coverage
Weather slowed search for man killed in avalanche near Bigfork
Posted 7:19 AM 2/3/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
BIGFORK- A tragedy in mountainous terrain near Jewel Basin has a Flathead Valley family in mourning after search crews located the body of a skier caught in Wednesday afternoon's avalanche.
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says that search and rescue efforts were futile Wednesday night (More) • Video (1)
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Montana News
Bighorn sheep moved from Wild Horse Island
Posted 6:12 PM 2/2/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
WILD HORSE ISLAND- What has four hooves, two horns and flies gracefully through the air? A bighorn sheep of course.
Crews with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) were hard at work Thursday pulling sheep off of Wild Horse Island on Flathead Lake to transfer them to the Dillon area. Some (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Outdoors
Wildlife biologists train in Belgrade
Posted 1:50 PM 2/2/2012 by Chet Layman (KBZK Bozeman)
BELGRADE- Radio collars, physical examinations and biological observations are all realities for wildlife biologists. However, none of these can happen unless you can actually catch the animal being studied and a group of wildlife professionals have been meeting in Belgrade this week to learn (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Outdoors
UM hosting snowmobile avalanche safety class
Posted 12:00 PM 2/2/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
MISSOULA- Slots are filling up fast for an avalanche safety class that's being held at the University of Montana later this month.
Scott Schmidt with the Friends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, a snowmobiler and former avalanche forecaster is the lead instructor for the (More)
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Search resumes for man swept away in avalanche near Kalispell
Posted 10:57 AM 2/2/2012 by Melissa Rafferty (KPAX News)
KALISPELL- The Flathead County Sheriff's Department, the Nordic Ski Patrol and Flathead County Search and Rescue members headed out Thursday morning to resume the search for a missing skier who was swept away in an avalanche in northwest Montana.
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says (More) • Video (1)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Logging operations starting up near Florence
Posted 9:59 AM 2/2/2012 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center
HAMILTON- A logging project is starting up next week in the Bitterroot National Forest near Florence and travelers are being advised to be on the lookout for an increase in traffic as the work gets underway.
The Bitterroot National Forest's Tod McKay reports the work will be happening in (More)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Bitterroot couple seek help to fulfill kayak journey
Posted 10:08 PM 2/1/2012 by Russ Thomas (KPAX News)
HAMILTON- A Bitterroot Valley couple has set their sights on a daunting adventure and they are looking for help from the community to help make their trip come to fruition.
Charlie Capp and Lorie Hoffman are a couple hoping to embark on the journey of a lifetime. Charlie says the adventure (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Outdoors
Wildlife benefiting from mild winter
Posted 9:13 PM 2/1/2012 by Jen Hollenbach (KRTV Great Falls)
GREAT FALLS- Many people are tired of the gusty and sometimes damaging winds that have been rocking Montana in recent weeks, but wildlife is benefiting from the warmer temperatures.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials note that deer use the spring and summer as a season to stock (More)
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Search continues for skier swept away in avalanche near Kalispell
Posted 8:55 PM 2/1/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- The search continued late Wednesday evening for a missing skier in the Jewel Basin area after two men were swept up in an avalanche.
Conditions were less than ideal east of Bigfork on Jewel Basin Road as rain fell on top of the snow and ice, making the terrain very difficult for (More) • Video (1)
