Residents warned the Kalispell Planning Commission on Wednesday that giving City Council authority to revoke conditional use permits would stymie economic development. Commission members at the Nov.

The public on Wednesday can weigh in on a proposed zoning ordinance amendment that would give Kalispell City Council the power to revoke conditional use permits. The hearing will be held during the ...

The prolonged U.S. government shutdown is putting millions of Americans at risk of missing their November food stamp benefits, a vital lifeline for low-income households. The U.S. Department of ...

Brad Davis | The Republic Columbus Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night granted a conditional-use to allow Cookie Paradise— located at 3346 Cox Lane — to operate as a home-based business. The type of ...

The Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the U.S. refugee resettlement process, including a drastic reduction in overall annual admissions, coincides with a concerted effort to prepare thousands of ...

In today's high-rate environment, debt settlement programs, also known as debt forgiveness, have become increasingly popular. These programs, which are typically structured over two to four years, ...

The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown. White House press secretary ...

Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has clarified that it will use Section 32 tariff revenue, which typically supports child nutrition programs, to extend funding for WIC during the shutdown — ...

Because Wednesday marked the start of the 2026 fiscal year, the WIC program — which provides free, healthy food to low-income pregnant women, new moms and children under 5 — was due for an influx of ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

There was a time when the preferred way to pay for goods and services was with loose change or good, old-fashioned folding money. Then, credit cards and debit cards became the norm. But in the ...

The Board of Elections opted not to strike four housing and land use proposals from November’s general election ballot after the City Council claimed they were misleading voters. The first day of ...