Views were split in Thursday’s hearing. The majority of speakers were in favor of the permit, composed of public works employees, a few elected officials and members of the public.
Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee heard a request from Samaa Retreat for a conditional use permit to add a retreat center building on their property on Aero Lane during their Thursday, Feb. 27 meeting.
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing regarding a potential groundwater discharge permit and draft environmental assessment for the district, part of a larger plan to update the district’s outdated treatment system and ultimately allow treated wastewater to be released into the site’s groundwater via a rapid …
The Bigfork Fire District facilities committee precluded a board decision to put a bond for a new fire hall on the May ballot last week while maintaining the set timeline to break ground in spring of 2026.
“There’s a concept in every community, especially when you get into like Bigfork and Lakeside and Whitefish, that you don’t need a food bank, that there aren’t people that live in these communities that need food access, and it’s really pretty far from the truth,” new Bigfork Food Bank executive …
Project planning and design drawings are scheduled for completion by the end of February now, with the intention to distribute them to local contractors for bids in March.
“I think that until empirical data shows that kids are more proficient with a four-day school week, I could never be for it... If we’re trying to benefit the kids, then it seems to me that we stick to the five-day model,” chair Paul Sandry said.
The peaceful advocates for tighter DUI laws and harsher sentencing appeared proceeding the arraignment of Dal Segall, 41, of Corvallis on Thursday, Jan. 9.
Protesters gathered Thursday outside Flathead County Justice Center before an arraignment hearing for a Corvallis man accused of killing a Kalispell man and injuring three others while driving intoxicated last month near Bigfork.
Protesters gathered Thursday outside Flathead County Justice Center before an arraignment hearing for a Corvallis man accused of killing a Kalispell man and injuring three others while driving intoxicated last month near Bigfork.
The enclosed snowmobile trailer, with heat, lights, and room for a patient to be treated on the ride out of the backcountry, will replace a sled trailer donated to the organization in 1993.
“There is a huge aging population in the Valley. Bigfork, Kalispell and even in our surrounding areas like Libby and whatnot; just generally in the entire world, the aging population is getting older and needs some place to go if they can’t live at home anymore,” administrator Amber Gray said.