A busy rail corridor through northwest Montana was closed over the weekend after a train derailed and spilled hundreds of tons of grain on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. On Saturday morning at approximately 5:42 a.m., a westbound BNSF Railway grain train derailed near Bear Creek, about four miles east of Essex. Nobody was injured in the derailment but 12 rail cars went off the tracks,

A proposed amendment for an item on the Nov. 12 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting agenda is available for public review and comment online. The commission will meet at Montana WILD and virtually on Nov. 12 at 8:30 a.m. The amendment, proposed by Commission vice-chairman Pat Tabor, from Region 1, would change the following fishing regulations with respect to spearfishing in the Western

Upcoming events at the James E. Shanley Tribal Library in Poplar for October include an open mic Thursday, Oct. 17, beginning at 6 p.m., followed by a meeting of the Teen Democracy Project Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Drop-in writing and research assistance will be offered Oct. 21 from 1-2 p.m. Children’s Storytime will be held Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m. and community crafting is scheduled for Oct. 23