Flathead County officials say a young child died in a mobile home fire southwest of Kalispell.
Federal officials are proposing tighter safety rules for pipelines carrying oil, gasoline and other hazardous liquids after a series of ruptures that included January’s oil pipeline spill into the Yellowstone River near Glendive.
The air quality in Thompson Falls and Libby has improved today, but Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality says 24-hour cumulative exposure in Thompson Falls remains “very unhealthy,” and in Libby the cumulative exposure reading is “unhealthy.”
Spokane’s Regional Clean Air Agency says August was the smokiest month in Spokane since monitoring for smoke particles began in 1999.
The Flathead Beacon is reporting that the woman attacked by a bear in her home west of Kalispell Sunday has died.
Federal authorities are investigating an anonymous report that an armed landowner frustrated with firefighting efforts near an Idaho elk ranch confronted crews battling a wildfire.
Montana school districts are giving students a bit more time to meet the state's new vaccine requirements.