Flathead Reservation

Amid a long battle over who pays for law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation, a new bill proposes temporary state funding so local officials can hash out a long-term plan.

Briefs: Montana's Medicaid expansion program clears major hurdle in the state Legislature. Gov. Gianforte meets with tribal officials to settle law enforcement funding dispute

The state is not responsible for funding Lake County law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. That’s according to a Montana Supreme Court ruling Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence a Washington state man up to four years of jail time for poaching bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Reservation.

Lake county turns down Gianforte's offer to fund temporary law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. A car crash at Malmstrom AFB leaves one dead and three injured.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes say Montana’s TikTok ban, if implemented, would overstep tribal sovereignty. The tribes filed a brief this week to join the legal battle over the ban.

Federal officials said they don’t have many resources to offer if they take over law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. Those comments come as Lake County plans stop providing those services on the reservation.

Gov. Greg Gianforte said the state will not take over law enforcement services on the Flathead Reservation. That comes after Lake County pulled out of an agreement to provide felony law enforcement oversight on the reservation. It's unclear who will take over the services.

A Washington man charged with eagle poaching on the Flathead Reservation reached a plea deal this week. Charging documents allege the man and accomplices killed over 3,000 birds on and around the reservation between 2015 and 2021.

A federal grand jury last week indicted two men for allegedly killing eagles on the Flathead Reservation to sell feathers on the black market.