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News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — General hunting season is underway in Montana. More than 1,600 hunters appeared at northwest Montana game check stations on Saturday and Sunday. It was a slow start to the season across the region based on check station results. The overall number of hunters with harvested white-tailed deer and mule deer was down while the number of elk was about the same compared to last year. Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season runs from Oct. 21-Nov. 26, 2023. Other general hunting seasons underway include black bear (Sept. 15-Nov. 26), bighorn sheep (Sept. 15-Nov. 26), moose (Sept. 15-Nov. 26), mountain lion (fall season...

News from Sloane Stinson, on behalf of the MT Dept. of Transportation RONAN — Due to the weather, Riverside Contracting Inc. will now begin paving operations on US Highway 93 (US 93) on Monday. Crews will be onsite Monday, Oct. 30, through Friday, Nov. 3, from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., weather permitti...

HELENA — Together with Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Charlie Brereton and the Montana Healthcare Foundation (MHF), Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced the investment of $7.5 million to increase access to behavioral health and substance use disorder screening and...

This noble cause enables The Helping Hands, Safe Harbor, Lake County Sheriff, and local Police Departments to provide food, clothing and many more benefits because of the funds raised during this campaign. If you or your organization are interested in being a bell ringer please contact Nancy Hines at 406-270...

By Adina Fuchs for the Mission Valley Woman’s Club RONAN — From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ronan Community Center, more than twenty arts and crafts vendors from locally and Missoula to Kalispell will display their wares for buyers and curiosity seekers. Since Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, the c...

By Adina Fuchs for the Mission Valley Woman’s Club RONAN — From 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Ronan Community Center, more than twenty arts and crafts vendors from locally and Missoula to Kalispell will display their wares for buyers and curiosity seekers. Since Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day, the c...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte announced on Oct. 27 he will lead a trade mission to Taipei, Taiwan, with representatives from Montana’s agricultural, manufacturing, photonics, and bioscience industries. The visit comes two years after the gover...

News from the office of Senator Daines and Senator Tester  U.S. SENATE — Montana was selected out of 198 applicants to receive one of 31 new Tech Hub designations. The Headwaters Regional Technology and Innovation Hub will leverage existing companies and infrastructure in Missoula, Bozeman, a...

New from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — One hundred twenty-one lake trout anglers, out of three hundred twenty-nine registered, have turned in a total of 12,889 lake trout entries in the 2023 Fall Mack Days event. Friday’s catch was 555, Saturday there were 463 turned in, and on Sunday 364 were turned...

  News from Providence St. Patrick Hospital MISSOULA — Patients seeking surgical treatment for obesity and its related conditions have a high-quality choice for receiving care at a nationally accredited program that meets the highest standards for patient safety and quality in Montana. &nb...