Annie Bukacek

The Public Service Commission’s District 5 seat is up for election. Voters from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to Helena and parts of Missoula will get to choose who represents them on the board. MTPR’s Clayton Murphy talks with Deputy Editor of the Daily Montanan Keila Szpaller about who’s running and what the race could mean for voters.

State utility regulators have reopened public comment on a petition that would require them to consider the impacts of climate change as part of their decision-making.

Unofficial election results for the District 5 Public Service Commission seat show Republican candidates Annie Bukacek and Derek Skees both won 31% of 35,500 votes cast. Bukacek has a lead of 74 votes.

The district represents counties near the Continental Divide in northwest Montana. It’s one of two district seats on the ballot this year.

In the heat of one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Montana, Flathead County’s interim public health officer is resigning. On Nov. 27, Tamalee St. James…

A member of the Flathead City-County Board of Health has resigned over a controversial Kalispell physician remaining on the board. The resignation follows…

A Kalispell congregation continues its in-person services, despite stay-at-home orders issued due to the coronavirus pandemic. That's generated complaints…

A nondenominational Christian congregation in the Flathead Valley is holding in-person services that public health officials say violate Gov. Steve…