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1 month ago | 
kpax.com | Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — Several Montana animal shelters have stepped up after 27 dogs were recently seized from a home in Coram. The dogs were seized and taken to the Flathead County Animal Shelter (FCAS) after the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on March 13. Shelter staff are continuing to check each of the seized dogs and provide needed medical care.
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2 months ago | 
kpax.com | Micah Drew |Kiana Wilson
A poll released last month confirmed support for conservation policies is high among Montanans, and a majority of voters are concerned over the future of public lands, clean air and water — positions at odds with actions taken by many of Montana’s elected officials, who don’t want industry bogged down with regulation.
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2 months ago | 
kpax.com | Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — An agreement has been announced that will allow the Flathead Warming Center to continue to provide overnight services. The City of Kalispell has agreed to permanently reinstate the shelter's conditional use permit (CUP) as part of a legal agreement reached late on Tuesday night, according to a news release.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Micah Drew |Kiana Wilson
Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park both welcomed the second-highest number of visitors on record last year, according to visitation data released by the National Park Service late last month. More than 3,208,755 visitors passed through one of Glacier’s entrances during 2024, nearly 300,000 more than in 2023. It was just the fourth year the number of visitors has eclipsed 3 million and came close to the 2017 record of 3.3 million.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Derek Joseph |Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — The Flathead Warming Center recently released its community connection guide, announcing new initiatives the center will take during the warming season. The newest initiatives include a new volunteer-based Flathead Warming Center care team which will focus on picking up trash in the neighborhood and welcoming guests as they come in.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Justin Franz |Kiana Wilson
Tens of thousands of tons of contaminated soil at a shuttered aluminum plant just north of Columbia Falls will be consolidated and capped under a plan released last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site along the Flathead River comes 15 years after the plant closed and eight years after it was added to the National Priorities List, also known as the Superfund list.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — Wildfires continue to rage across southern California and while we may be over a thousand miles away here in Montana, crews are being sent to help battle the blaze. California has issued a state-to-state mutual aid request through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). The request was sent out Friday and fire crews across the Flathead are working to secure firefighters to head to California on Saturday.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — According to the Montana Department of Transportation, 191 people died on Montana's highways last year with reports showing that impaired driving behaviors contributed to 108 of those deaths. A new bill before the legislature this year hopes to lower those numbers.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
kpax.com | Kiana Wilson
KALISPELL — While taxes may not be on your mind just yet, Kalispell Public Schools is looking for taxpayers to help fund programs through the Innovative Educational Tax Credit Program. Anyone interested in supporting KPS and school districts across the state can donate money and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit without spending a penny. This means that every dollar you donate to the school district — up to $200,000 — will be taken off what you owe the state in taxes this year.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ktvh.com | Kiana Wilson
WHITEFISH — When you think of winter sports, you probably think of hockey or ice skating. The Olympic sport, biathlon, probably does not come to mind. While it's popular in Europe, it's not as well-known in the U.S. But the Glacier Nordic Club in Whitefish is trying to change that through the younger generation. “It's a combination of cross-country skiing and target shooting," said Glacier Nordic Ski Team Biathlon Program Coordinator Ed Visnovske.
