Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discussion Tuesday during a ...

Hurricane Rachel has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast as northern Mexico and parts of the U.S.

A Trego man shot and killed a grizzly bear Monday after what state wildlife officials described as a close encounter with the bruin.

Juneau Ames, Jouree Ames and Renleigh Rebo had plenty of fun at the fifth annual Kootenai Forest Fair Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at Riverfont Park in Libby. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News) Bears ...

A Libby woman who faced multiple felony charges following a 2025 incident involving gun play at a Libby eatery pleaded guilty ...

Libby Loggers junior Capri Farmer dominated Tuesday at the Whitefish Invitational, winning by more than 92 seconds. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Libby Loggers senior Cody Watson placed third ...

Local voices of science and conservation will speak on northwest Montana’s wildlife and environment at Whitefish Lake ...

Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the Forest Service, described conservation as “the application of common sense to common problems for the common good.”  That principle guided the 2001 Roadless Area ...

Long ago in the semi-warm to cool months of spring in 2026, Goldie and the three Marbles came to me. First, there was a little dark baby kitten and a gold one on our porch that I picked up easily in ...

The Kootenai Valley Quilt Guild recently held their annual show at the Memorial Events Center in Libby.  Angie Pankey ...

Amy Shannon, Kootenai County Juvenile Diversion;  Jeanette Laster, Human Rights Education Institute Executive Director; Tess ...

Some rocks are meant to stay put. Granite is not one of them. This five-month-old pup is all about movement, adventure and ...