Montana Public Radio

Aaron Bolton

Flathead Reporter
  • Aaron Bolton, MTPR's Flathead Valley reporter
    Aaron Bolton, MTPR's Flathead Valley reporter

Aaron is Montana Public Radio's Flathead reporter. He joined us in 2019 from Alaska where he reported on commercial fisheries and rural issues. 

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Kalispell Nurses To Vote On Unionization

By • Jul 9, 2019
Kalispell Regional Medical Center.
Courtesy Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

More than 500 nurses working for Kalispell Regional Healthcare will vote this week on whether to unionize. The vote will bring disagreement over staffing ratios to a head.

Glacier Park Crash Injures 3

By • Jul 9, 2019
Glacier Park rangers rescue a person inolved in a crash on Going-to-the-Sun Road, July 8, 2019.
Courtesy Philip Granrud Photography

Park rangers rescued three people Monday evening after their car crashed down a 40-foot embankment along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The driver reportedly swerved away from a truck that stopped to view a bear.

Local photographer Philip Granrud was on his way to a trailhead when he arrived at the scene around 5 p.m.

Series Explores Our Evolving Response To Wildfire

By • Jul 9, 2019
The Howe Ridge Fire in Glacier National Park on August 21, 2018
Inciweb

A new Montana Free Press series is shedding a light on how policies of the past and present intersect with wildfire response. Amanda Eggert, a former wildland firefighter and freelance journalist, is writing the three-part series Living With Fire. Montana Public Radio’s Aaron Bolton spoke with her about the series.

$6 Million Affordable Housing Project To Open In Ronan

By • Jul 8, 2019
Roof construction
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A $6 million affordable housing project in Ronan is set to become a reality later this year.

Monday, Lake County Community Housing and Ronan Housing Authority received a $450,000 Montana Department of Commerce grant, the last piece of funding it needs to build a 40-unit apartment complex.

Whitefish: 20 Percent Of All Development Must Be Affordable Housing

By • Jul 2, 2019
Downtown Whitefish, MT.
Josh Burnham / Montana Public Radio

Whitefish needs 1,000 new housing units by next year to keep up with demand. That’s according to a 2016 housing needs assessment that found that about 65 percent of workers commute to the small ski town. 

National Forest Approves Whitefish Ultramarathon

By • Jul 2, 2019
The 2019 Whitefish Trail Legacy Run, scheduled for Sept. 22, has roughly 14 of its route's 31 miles set in Flathead National Forest.
Flathead National Forest / U.S. Forest Service

The U.S. Forest Service approved a special use permit Tuesday for one of two controversial trail running races scheduled in the Flathead Valley later this year. Critics are disappointed, but not surprised. 

Montana Case On Tax Credits For Religious Schools Headed To U.S. Supreme Court

By • Jun 28, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court
PD

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Montana case—whether the state can exclude religious schools from a tax credit program that gives scholarships to parents for private school tuition payments.

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