Hungry Horse News The Photo Newspaper of Glacier Park

27/07/2024

The Class of '84 at its reunion last night.

27/07/2024

The Class of '74 at its reunion last night.

26/07/2024

Who was Grinnell, anyway?

George Bird Grinnell – “The Father of Glacier National Park” – was born Sept. 30, 1849, in Brooklyn, New York to George Blake Grinnell and Helen A. Lansing

26/07/2024

https://hungryhorsenews.com/news/2024/jul/26/crawford-found-guilty-in-martin-city-shooting/

ICYMI

A Flathead County District Court jury on Thursday evening found Del Orrin Crawford guilty of deliberate homicide in the shooting death of Whisper Sellars outside a Martin City bar in August 2022.

25/07/2024

In skateboarding news...

The city recently learned it received a $330,000 Land, Water and Conservation grant that will go toward a new skatepark at Fenholt Park.

25/07/2024

School District 6 has staff openings...

Like many other businesses across the valley, Columbia Falls School District 6 is finding it’s not immune to the labor shortage.

25/07/2024

Great car show last night. Anyone recognize this fellow? Our new photog lost his notes...

25/07/2024

25/07/2024

A walk in the woods. Make sure to turn the sound on.

24/07/2024

ICYMI.

After more than two weeks of unprecedented heat, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has announced “hoot owl” restrictions on the North Fork of the Flathead River.

24/07/2024

Trial update...

Eyewitnesses offered differing – at times clashing – accounts of the fatal August 2022 shooting in Martin City during the second day of Del Orrin Crawford’s murder trial in Flathead County District Court.

24/07/2024

School update

The roof fire at the Columbia Falls High School last week did not cause any major damage and won’t delay the replacement project, school Superintendent Cory Dziowgo said last week.

24/07/2024

Just about every Monday for more than 20 years during the season I talked to Cary Finberg about hoops. I'll miss those conversations.

-- cjp

Ask Cary Finberg when he started playing basketball and the answer is quick.

19/07/2024

Be careful out there.

A man was hospitalized after an encounter with a grizzly bear on Thursday evening approximately 2 miles north of Columbia Falls, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park is reporting.

18/07/2024

An interview with the new Flathead National Forest Supervisor.

Anthony Botello recently had a good look at the Flathead National Forest. Many would say the best part of the Forest.

18/07/2024

Anyone know of other events not listed?

Heritage Days is coming up next week in Columbia Falls with a host of community events. The annual celebration features a host of class reunions, a car show, concerts, a rodeo, O-Mok-See, a parade and a golf tournament just to name a few events. This year’s theme for the parade is “The Best Of T...

17/07/2024

They book a spot, but never show up...

Glacier National Park’s reservation system for the North Fork is working, but not the way the park wanted it to, Deputy Superintendent Pete Webster told North Forkers at the Interlocal meeting last week.

17/07/2024

Crime news...

The trial of a man accused of shooting and killing a woman outside a Martin City bar and wounding her husband is expected to start July 22 in Flathead County District Court.

16/07/2024

High School blaze quickly contained.

Firefighters quickly quelled a blaze at the Columbia Falls High School Monday night about 7 p.m.

15/07/2024

The huckleberries are ripe at low elevations.

12/07/2024

W**d news.

The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center and Glacier National Park invite volunteers for a day of hands-on learning during the Annual Noxious W**d Blitz on July 25. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in West Glacier.

12/07/2024

City street and budget news...

Fixing Fifth Avenue West is one of the top projects for the city in the upcoming ‘24-’25 budget cycle.

12/07/2024

11/07/2024

New waterslides!

For 42 summers now, Roger Elliott has been managing the Big Sky Waterpark in Columbia Falls.

11/07/2024

'Fun' in the Bob Marshall...

The July 4 weekend in the Flathead Valley can get a little busy to my liking, so I figured the appropriate response would be to get out of Dodge entirely and head into the Bob Marshall Wilderness, which is what we did.

10/07/2024

Talk about a close call.

Kaitlin Hagadone is counting her lucky stars. On July 1 the Columbia Falls woman was driving home alone from work down Half Moon Road when lightning struck a big larch alongside the road.

08/07/2024

Two drown in Glacier Park.

https://hungryhorsenews.com/news/2024/jul/07/two-drown-in-separate-incidents-in-glacier-national-park-mans-body-trapped-in-avalanche-gorge/

07/07/2024

Should be interesting..

Like millions of other Americans, Walt Dabney considers himself a “proud public landowner.”

07/07/2024

https://hungryhorsenews.com/news/2024/jul/03/new-floral-shop-on-nucleus-avenue-a-family-affair/

There’s a new floral shop on Nucleus Avenue, operated by a local family with roots in West Glacier.