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The social media accounts linked to from flatheadbeacon are: • Facebook • Instagram • Spotify • X Besides social media accounts, flatheadbeacon has populated their site with: • Warm Temperatures Drive ‘Early-Onset’ Spring Runoff in Northwest Montana • FWP Proposes Conserving Thompson River Timberland Bordering Cabinet Mountains • Stillwater Christian School Students Selected as State Champs in Presidential AI Challenge • Flathead Valley Community College Launches Presidential Search - Flathead Beacon • Inaugural Whitefish Music Event Aims to Bring Community Together and Support Local Artists • Flathead Valley Primed for Several Competitive GOP Primaries • Kalispell Planning Commission Forwards Final Component of Land Use Plan to Council • Columbia Falls Man Convicted of Ex-wife’s Hit-and-Run Death Seeks New Trial • Get in Touch with the Beacon • Stakeholders Weigh in on Granite Moccasin Logging Project • Sign up for our Daily Newsletter • Whitefish Music Artist and Producer Returns Home to Teach at North Valley Music School • Support Our Work • Our Favorite Photography of 2025 • Whitefish City Council Edits Growth Policy After State Senator Raises Legal Concerns • Our Favorite News Features of 2025 • 'Record-breaking Precipitation' in December Boosts High Elevation Snowpack in Northwest Montana • A League of Her Own • Local Venezuelans Applaud Maduro Removal, But Worry Conflict in the Country Will Continue • Skiers Rope Evacuated from Whitefish Mountain Resort's Chair 1 • Flathead Lake Rises to Unprecedented Winter Levels • Under New Cleanup Plan, Town Pump 'Actively Working' to Reduce Contaminant Concentrations on Whitefish River • Whitefish City Council Approves 22% Increase in Fire and Ambulance Fees • Whitefish’s Jake Sanderson Selected for USA Olympic Hockey Team • A Cross Country Skier's Guide to the Flathead Valley • Patients Air Their Concerns During Healthcare Town Hall as Logan Health Providers Look to Unionize • The Man and the Mountain Goats — 男と山ヤギたち • New Logging Project Proposed in Recommended Wilderness, Roadless Areas Along Wild and Scenic Flathead River • Montana Set to Receive $233 Million Through Federal Rural Healthcare Program • Flathead County Election Department Forms Independent Administration • Republican Property Tax Split Presses on, Months After the Party Divided Votes on Tax Reform at the Legislative Session • Riding a New Wave into the New Year • The Mid-Century Mom-and-Pop Ski Areas of the Flathead Valley • As Developers Flock to Columbia Falls, City Unsure of Wastewater Plant Capacity • Strong Holiday Tourism Projected as Glacier Park Airport Expands Winter Service • On Whitefish Lake, 'Regulation Rodeo' Reignites City-County Enforcement Rift • Blacktail Mountain to Open Christmas Eve • A Flathead Valley Guide to the Historic FCS Semifinal Cat-Griz Matchup • Flathead County Commissioners Declare Local Emergency • Dec. 14: Gel Blaster Drive-bys • Public Land Advocates Warn Senate Amendment Could Greenlight Sale of National Parks • House Passes GOP Healthcare Plan, An Alternative to Affordable Care Act Subsidies • Dec. 14: Gel Blaster Drive-bys - Flathead Beacon • Montana Elected Officials Request Presidential Emergency Declaration to Assist Flooded Communities • Somers Lakeside School Board Approves Budget Amendments, Teeing Up Special Assessment for District Taxpayers in February • Stakeholders Close Deal to Conserve 53,000 Acres of Timber Forests Near Libby • Advocacy Group: Selection of Trump’s Image on National Parks Pass Over Glacier Violates Federal Law • Incident Management Team Takes Command in Lincoln County as Flood Watch Continues - Flathead Beacon • Senate Rejects Dueling Healthcare Bills As Affordable Care Act Subsidy Sunset Looms • Flathead Breweries Tap into Generational Trends with Fresh Flavors, Diversified Menus • Glacier Park Considers Shelving Reservation Pilot Program in Summer 2026 • As Conservation Groups Rally Support for Roadless Rule, Sen. Daines Pushes for Repeal • Data Entry Error Results in Budgeting Shortfall for Somers Lakeside School District • ‘Potentially Historic’ Atmospheric River to Drench Northern Rockies • Workforce Housing Set to Break Ground in Kalispell • In Their Chef's Journey Class, Kalispell Middle School Students Learn About Career, Life • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Awards Columbia Falls $70,000 for Upgrades to River’s Edge Park Pond • Film Exploring Blackfeet Nation Language, Indian Relays Wins at Banff Film Festival • Kalispell Council Approves Zoning Change Allowing City to Revoke Conditional Use Permits • Ski Pass Sales Up as Tourism Officials Forecast Strong Winter Spending • Ratepayers See Insurance Premiums Spike with Affordable Care Act Subsidies Set to Expire • ‘Arctic Intrusion’ to Bring Falling Temperatures, Heavy Snow to Northwest Montana Over Thanksgiving • Once in a White Loon: Audubon Features Whitefish Photographer’s Images of White-feathered Loon • Glacier Wolfpack Football Claims State Title with Win Over Billings West • Flathead Food Bank Directors Anticipate Long-Term Needs Will Remain After Shutdown Exposes Food Insecurity • In Aftermath of Evergreen Mobile Home Evictions, Agencies Partner to Relocate 26 Households • 'A Revolving Door' • Capturing the ‘Spirit of the Road’ • Montana Supreme Court Won't Intervene in Case Against Lakeside Sewer District • How Pat Williams Kept His Promise to Montana • Glacier Park Airport Minimally Impacted by Shutdown • Blackfeet Nation's Sukapi Lodge Opens as First Tribally Run Mental Health Center in U.S. • ‘You Can’t Let Us Starve’: Food Bank Directors, Blackfeet Leaders Brace for ‘Food Emergency’ as SNAP Benefits Cliff • Anti-Dark Money Group Challenges Montana AG, Defends Ballot Initiative to Curb Corporate Political Power • 2025 Flathead County Municipal Election Results • The Rewilding of Whitefish's Viking Creek • Montana GOP Leaders Target Teachers' Union, Vow Legislative Action Aimed at 'Woke' Annual Conference • Spooky Science Experiment Takes Center Stage at St. Matthew’s • B.C. Coal Giant Fined $3.6M for Treatment Delays, Pollution Breaches on Transboundary Watershed • Montana Spartan Race Returning to the Flathead Valley in 2026 • Victim’s Husband Describes Witnessing Alleged Hit-and-Run Death • Whitefish Immunologist Wins Nobel Prize • As Trump Moves to Repeal Public Lands Rule, Government Shutdown Shuts Out Public Participation • Montana Land Board Approves Project to Conserve 53,000 Acres of Timber Forests Near Libby • Department of Corrections ‘Reentry’ Center to Open Next Week in Evergreen • Crypto ATM Fraud on the Rise Nationally, Prompting Montana Regulatory Push • $105 Million Jail Bond Heads to Voters in All-Mail Nov. 4 General Election • Kalispell Mayoral Candidates Lay Out Competing Visions for Growing City • Columbia Falls High School Bond to Appear on November Ballot • Four Vie for Three Open Seats on Columbia Falls City Council • 24 Hours on a Bench, Flathead Warming Center CEO Chats with Community • ‘One Way or Another’: As Affordable Care Act Subsidies Hang in Shutdown Limbo, Health Care Leaders Warn of Impacts • Federal Cuts Endanger USGS 'Dream Team,' Threaten Science in Northern Rockies • On the Blackfeet Nation, Shield Keepers are Working to Reverse Historical Trauma • Excitement Building Ahead of Whitefish and Columbia Falls Football Game • New Hungry Horse Restaurant Aims to Satisfy • 50 Years in Flight • Local Providers Respond to Trump Administration’s Tylenol Claims • Winter Weather Closes Section of Going-to-the-Sun Road • The Gray Goo Drops ‘Cabin Fever Dreams’ and Hits 100-Show Milestone • Valley Neighbors Suing State Over Law Allowing Officers to Check Immigration Status During Traffic Stops • Conservation District Submits Final Brief in Appeal Against McDonald Creek Homeowners • As Glacier Reduces Visitor Services Amid Government Shutdown, Parks Advocates Push for Full Closure • The Blue Byrd Bus of Essex Route • Blasting Operations on ‘Whitefish West’ Project to Prompt Prolonged Delays • Tight Wood Products Workforce Continues Despite Low Lumber Prices • Pilot was Prepping for Youth Flight Prior to Fatal Bigfork Plane Crash • As Whitefish Trail Blazer Grows, So Does its Conservation Legacy • One Dead in Bigfork Plane Crash • Logan Health Whitefish Opens OB/GYN Clinic • White-Nose Syndrome Detected in Bats at Libby Dam • Statewide School Funding Road Show Kicks Off in Kalispell • Protesters Arrested and Cited for Blocking U.S. Border Patrol Vehicle in Whitefish • Department of Corrections ‘Reentry Center’ to Open Oct. 27 in Evergreen • Montanans Remember Charlie Kirk, Conservative Activist and Founder of Turning Point • Flathead Football Earns First Win Since 2023 • Glacier Park Airport Traffic Sees Dramatic Spike in July • Glacier Park Officials Remind Fall Visitors of Utility Projects, Closures • Bigfork Voters Approve Fire Department Bond and Mill Levy • Kila Man Appeals Martin City Murder Conviction • Greater Valley Health Center CEO Mary Sterhan To Step Into Retirement • St. Matthew’s Teacher Honored at Surprise Assembly Celebrating 90th Birthday, 70th Year in the Classroom • Hiker Injured in Glacier National Park Bear Encounter • Iowa Woman Dies on Highline Trail • 2025 Flathead Valley Prep Sports Preview • Settlement Requires Montana Provide Students with Disabilities a Public Education up to Age 22 • Marion Man Charged with Negligent Homicide in Vehicle Crash that Killed Bigfork Teen • Kalispell's Lauren 'The Lumberjill' Bergman Sets Standing Block Chop World Record • Lakeside Ratepayers to See Significant Sewer Fee Increase Next Month • Glacier National Park Seeks Volunteers for Annual Hawk Watch Training • How Country Singer Tyler Childers’ $500,000 Donation is Impacting Lives Across the Blackfeet Nation • Private Luxury Golf Club Proposal in Lakeside Moves Forward • One Killed at Recreational Airstrip Near West Glacier • Flathead Flood Preparedness Project Presses On, Despite $75,000 Funding Cut • Judge Orders Endangered Species Status Review for Gray Wolves in Northern Rockies • Venezuelan Man Files Lawsuit Against City of Whitefish, Police Chief Over Traffic Stop that Led to ICE Detention • 'Heaven's Gate' Returns to the Big Screen in Kalispell with Wachholz College Center's 'Made in Montana' Film Series • On Flathead Lake, Two Women Become One with the Water • Up the North Fork, Rich Hall Looks for Laughs at Home Ranch Bottoms' Comedy in the Woods • The Costly Quest to Save Smith Lake • McDonald Creek Homeowners Reassert Right to Build on Private Land in Glacier Park • Whitefish Traffic Stops Result in Eight Border Patrol Arrests • The 2025 Tourism Issue - Flathead Beacon • Extreme Drought Tests Resilience of Ranchers on Blackfeet Reservation • Montana Lawmakers Propose Surcharge for Foreign Visitors to U.S. National Parks • At 'Win the Day' Football Camp in Kalispell, Former NFL QB Brock Osweiler Gets Back to His Roots • The Faces of Indian Relay Races • Grizzy Bear Deaths, Conflicts Continue to Rise in Northwest Montana • What Could the End of the Roadless Rule Mean for Montana’s National Forests? • 'A Cascading Effect': Grant Cuts Hit Local Food Programs Now, Federal SNAP Reductions Loom • Under The Big Sky 2025: Hannah King Keeps Learning Through Life and Song • Luxury Real Estate Company Unveils ‘Flathead Lake Club’ Proposal in Lakeside at First Public Hearing • One Year After a Local Paddleboarder Disappeared on Hungry Horse Reservoir, a Community Tries to Make Sense of the Loss • Three Hikers Rescued After Fall into Gorge Near Avalanche Lake Trail • Agency Grants Special Use Permit to New Owners of Holland Lake Lodge • Recycling Entrepreneur’s Can-do Attitude Brings Aluminum Collection to the Canyon • New Owners Seek to be Stewards of Polebridge's Storied Northern Lights Saloon • Raft Guides Share the Stewardship Load at Flathead River Access Sites • Browning Man Sentenced to Prison in Fatal High-speed Collision on Blackfeet Indian Reservation • The Flathead’s Frozen Real Estate Market Begins to Thaw • Who Will Feel the Squeeze of Montana's New Property Tax Code? • With First Kalispell Stop, StoryCorps Mobile Tour Captures Heartfelt Conversations from the Flathead Valley • Kalispell Public Pool Opens with Limited Hours Due to Lifeguard Shortage • Bigfork Celebrates Reopening of Historic Bridge Street Bridge • Daines and Sheehy ‘Aligned’ in Opposition to Public Lands Sale in Senate Budget Bill • Classic Boats Take the Spotlight at Whitefish Woody Weekend • Runway Project to Limit Glacier Park Airport Operations in July 2026 • Going-to-the-Sun Road’s High Country Reopens to Vehicle Traffic • Eight Candidates Vie for Kalispell City Council Positions • Forecast Calls for Heavy Rain, High-elevation Snow in Northwest Montana • Sisters of the Snow • FVCC's Wachholz Center Announces 2025-2026 Season Lineup, Including New Film Series • Bigfork Man Sentenced to 100 Years for Murdering Mother’s Boyfriend • Kalispell Joins National 'No Kings' Protests • 2025 Flathead Food Truck Festival to Bring More Than 30 Trucks to Flathead County Fairgrounds • Montana Tribes Help Shape International Response to Mining Pollution in Elk-Kootenai Watershed • Elephants Arrive in Time For Iinnii Days Festivities • Black Bear Killed as Wildlife Conflicts Escalate in Glacier Park • Montana High School Rodeo Finals Preview • Wheeler Cabin Restoration Nears Completion on Glacier’s Lake McDonald • Wilderness Service Volunteers Strain to Backfill Labor Deficits on Public Land • Under New Requirement, Montana Child Care Centers Must Accept Religious Vaccine Exemptions • Flathead Warming Center Reports Steady Demand and Need for Community Collaboration • Range Riders Keep Arrowhead Logo After Trademark Dispute Comes to an End • The Grand Lodges of Glacier • Monthly Garbage Pickup Costs to Increase in Whitefish • Flathead County District Judge Amy Eddy Announces Candidacy for Montana Supreme Court • City of Whitefish Defends Immigration Enforcement Policy After Venezuelan Man’s Detention • Flathead County School Elections to be Held May 6 • Federal Funding Freezes Have Chilling Effect on Rural Domestic Violence Resources • In Whitefish, Mama Ev's Pizzeria Aspires to Create 'The Best Bite' • Whitefish Legacy Partners Kicks Off Month-long Trail Challenge, Showcases New Education Programs with Earth Day Bash - Flathead Beacon • With New Root and Rye Pop-Up, FVCC Students Aspire to Serve Healthy, Flavorful Food • Bigfork Baseball Celebrates New Field in Winning Fashion - Flathead Beacon • Whitefish Crowd Marches in 'Dump Trump' Rally - Flathead Beacon • ‘You Know What I Know’: Flathead Forest Pledges Transparency in Holland Lake Lodge Permit Process • Vertical Feat: How A Retired School Teacher Smashed Big Mountain's Boldest Skiing Record • Batter Up: New Flathead Men's Adult Baseball League Gets Ready to Play Ball • Fair-Mont-Egan to Welcome New Superintendent • Bigfork Bridge on Track to Open End of June • As New Owners Await Approval to Buy Historic Holland Lake Lodge, Flathead Forest Triggers Permit Review • Hydrologists Forecast Slightly Below Normal Streamflows in Northwest Montana • An Ale for the Masses • Whitefish Council Opts to Extend Funding for Workforce Rental Assistance Program • Skimming Out the Season • Lawmakers Advance DUI Penalty Bill in Memory of Columbia Falls Man • New City Manager Starts Job for Columbia Falls • ‘No is Not an Option’: Whitefish to Stay the Course on River Trail Design • Kalispell’s Incoming Fire Chief is Ready for the 'Baton Hand-off' • Wildlife Officials Say Montana’s New Wolf Management Plan Sets a ‘Conservative Benchmark’ for Conservation • In a Year Marred by Fire and Loss, Brothers Behind L.A.-based Band 'Dawes' to Play Kalispell Show • Netflix's 'Our Planet' Producer to Offer Behind-the-scenes Stories from Some of the World's Wildest Places • Whitefish to Consider Appealing FWP’s Decision Denying River Trail Extension Permit • Montana Lawmakers Move to Regulate Artificial Intelligence • Montanans Line Up Against Resolution to Back Utah’s Federal Public Lands Lawsuit • Despite Hiring Headwinds, Glacier National Park Makes Headway on Summer Staffing • Slate of Ballot Initiative Reform Bills Advances Through Legislature • Pete’s Fried Chicken Sammy • Whitefish Community Foundation Awards $100,000 to Nate Chute Foundation • Local Artists Protect Swan Valley Wildlife Habitat with Conservation Easement • Kalispell City Council Approves Flathead Warming Center Settlement • Proposed Utility Projects in Glacier Park to Require Campground and Road Closures • Authorities Seize 27 Neglected Dogs from Coram Residence - Flathead Beacon • Thrift Store Owner Embarks on Effort to Preserve Historic Kalispell Church • Eureka Business Owners Remain Optimistic Despite U.S.-Canada Trade War Tension • Here’s Where Legislation Out of the Flathead Valley Stands at Transmittal • The Lay of the Land Bills • Hydrologists Expect Below-average Streamflows in Northwest Montana • Habitat for Humanity Accepting Applications for Columbia Falls Townhomes • Goodbye, Ranger Doug • As DOGE Targets Federal Research, Scientists in Montana Fear Cuts to Critical Programs • Whitefish's Erin Wilde Soars into Griz Track and Field Record Books • Kalispell Public Schools Launch Levy Campaign • Flathead National Forest Approves Tally Lake Thinning Project • Yonder Mountain String Band's High-Energy Bluegrass Sound Set to Make its Kalispell Debut • Rural School Administrators Report Mounting Mandates, Limited Support from State and Federal Agencies • ‘It’s Not About the Paycheck, It’s About the People’: Fired Workers Rally at Glacier National Park • Community Members Divided Over Wastewater Treatment Expansion as DEQ Officials Weigh Permit Decision • As Glacier Park Prepares to Update 22-year-old Fire Management Plan, Officials Seek Public Input • Whitefish Lawmaker's Bill to Expand Resort Tax Eligibility Moves through Legislature • Business Monthly: The 2025 Healthcare Issue • Medicaid Expansion Poised for Extension • Cooking with Kids! • Whitefish Council Revokes Permit for Airport Hangar • Crisis Assistance Team Rerouted More Cases to Mental Health Resources in January • Inside the H.E. Robinson Ag Center • FWP Unveils Second Phase of Project to Preserve 85,000 Acres of Private Timberland in Flathead, Lincoln Counties • Amid Opposition, Bill to Shrink Montana Supreme Court Moves Forward • Public Works Study Recommends Loosening Water Standards for Lower Ashley Creek • NeighborWorks Prepares to Deploy Homebuyer Assistance Funds to Participating Counties • BNSF Completes Long-awaited Conservation Plan to Offset Train-killed Grizzly Bears • Economists: Steady Growth Expected to Continue in the Flathead Valley • Maggie Voisin – Keeping the Fire Burning • Winter Carnival Parade 2025 • City Gathers Community Input on Redesign of Downtown Kalispell Streets • St. Matthew's School • Meet the Chef: Rob Clagett • Winter Storm to Bring a ‘Fluid Situation’ of Freezing Rain, Snow and Fluctuating Temperatures to Northwest Montana • Kalispell Council Moves Forward in PFAS Plan, Replacing Two Contaminated City Wells • The Legislative Session • Whitefish Skijoring Gearing Up for 2025 Comeback • Regier at the Helm • User Capacity Among Public’s Concerns as Flathead River Management Plan Update Proceeds • Kalispell City Council Approves Municipal Code for Unsafe Buildings • Photo Essay: Thawing Perceptions • Flathead Valley Stakeholders Say Property Tax Relief Bill Would Curb Tourism, Destabilize Local Economy • Big Mountain Resort Area District Voters to Decide on Resort Tax • Izaak Walton: A New Era in Essex • Diane Boyd: Call of the Wild Woman • Ross and Coco Pickert Named King Ullr and Queen of the Snows LXVI • Luke Lamar: Chasing Tracks and Trails in the Wild Swan • Flathead Ridge Ranch: In the Flathead Valley, Wealthy Private Landowners Leave Former Timberland Unlocked to the Public • Kalispell City Council Considers Ordinance Amendment to Address Outlaw Inn Eyesore • Temperatures to Plunge as Arctic Airmass Arrives in Northwest Montana on Friday • As State Regulators Weigh Public Input on Wastewater Facility Overhaul, A Tale of Two Treatment Systems Emerges • Big Gift Brings North Valley Music School Fundraising Campaign to a Big Finish • Montana Department of Corrections 'Remains Committed' to Establishing Prerelease Center in Northwest Montana • Groups Sue to Halt Round Star Logging Project Near Whitefish • Stocking Up at Park Provisions • Federal Judge to Issue Decision Over McDonald Creek Home Jurisdiction • With Lawsuit Pending, Warming Center Announces New Community Guide and Law Enforcement Liaison • Forest Officials Reopen Public Engagement Process on Long-awaited Flathead River Management Plan • Democrats See 'Opportunities for Bipartisan Collaboration' in 69th Legislature • Polson Defense Attorney and Lake County Judge-elect Pleads Not Guilty to Felony Drug Charges • Whitefish Council Votes to Give Police Authority to Ticket People Consuming Marijuana in Public Places • Read our Opinion Section • Hospitality Company Adds Family Owned Montana House to its Glacier Park Portfolio • Gianforte Praises Economic Record, Republican Wins in Inauguration Speech • 69th Montana Legislature to Commence Next Week • Criminal Defense Attorney to Take Bench as New Flathead County Justice of the Peace • Flathead County School Enrollment Dips Again • New Year's Eve Events in the Flathead • Our Favorite News Features of 2024 • Our Favorite Food Features of 2024 • Montana Growth Slows Again in 2024 • Newly Elected Lake County District Court Judge Resigns Amid Cocaine Charges • Flathead High Announces Hiring Process to Begin in January For New Head Football Coach • Ed McGrew's BBQ • At Hawk Ceramics in Kalispell, Art Casts Life in a Different Light • Open-Enrollment Policy Creating 'Heavy' Burden, School Administrators Report • Longtime Flathead County Clerk of Court Retires After Three Decades • A New Era for Jersey Boys • Whitefish Doctor Sentenced for Defrauding Medicare • Following Local Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease, FWP to Remove Deer at Flathead County Landfill • Land Board Votes to Protect 33,000 Acres of Northwest Montana Timberland • Kalispell School District Moves Forward with Layoff Plans • Council Approves New Bibler Parkland in West Kalispell • Residents Urge Flathead County Commissioners to Accept State Funding for Homebuyer Assistance Program • As Community Services Collapse, Experts Say the Mentally Ill are Being Left Behind Bars • Photo Essay: Christmas Calvary • Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell Announces Name Change • Visitation to Glacier Park in October Surpassed Last Year’s High Bar by 18% • Bigfork Bridge Replacement to Begin Next Month • Local Landowners Use Conservation Easements to Safeguard Riverfront Properties Near Whitefish • Libby Grad and Pro Golfer Ryggs Johnston Wins Australian Open Golf Tournament • Big Mountain Preseason Stoke • At Columbia Falls Junior High School, Family and Consumer Science Takes Students around the Globe • Whitefish Mountain Resort Prepares for Opening Day as Snowy Forecast Continues • Glacier Park Officials to Host Public Meetings on Improving Visitor Experience • Flathead Forest Issues Notice in Support of Tally Lake Timber Thinning Project • For Chef Earl Reynolds, Fall is a Season for Comfort, Creativity and Opportunity • Glacier National Park Announces Timed Entry Vehicle Reservation System for 2025 • Nonprofit Seeks County Approval to Manage State-funded Workforce Housing Assistance Program • The New Frontier of Fiber Hemp • Billings Clinic-Logan Health CEO Says Merger is Making Headway with Statewide Expansion, Future Rebranding • Glacier Park Aims to Complete Visitor Use Management Plan by Winter 2026 • Kalispell Schools, Teachers Union Ratify Contract After Months of Negotiations • Free Thanksgiving Meals and More in Northwest Montana • Glacier Wolfpack Returning to Montana AA Football Championship for Second Year in a Row • At 50, Blackfeet Community College Looks to the Future • In Northwest Montana, Recreational Fishing for Bull Trout is a Catch-22 • Whitefish Council to Start Discussions About Compensation in January • Montana Department of Transportation to Debut Bigfork Bridge Plan at Community Open House • Fish and Wildlife Commission Set to Consider New Wolf Trapping Regulations • Bigfork Polls Community on Four-Day School Week • City Council Encourages Community Solutions in Response to 'Kruise Kalispell' Complaints • Tourism Report: Flathead County Records Highest Annual Nonresident Spending in Montana • Land of the Larch • FWP to Host Public Meetings, Discuss Northwest Montana Conservation Easements • Live 2024 Montana General Election Coverage • GALLERY: Halloween Skate • With Mock Election, Flathead High School Students Get a Lesson in Civics • Whitefish Voters Approve Charter Amendment to Allow for Council Compensation • Who's Running for the Legislature in the Flathead? • With Days Until Election, Flathead County Officials Report Overwhelming Demand for Early Voting • With Abortion on the Ballot in Montana, “Pro-Life” Groups are Striking a Different Tone • With Election Day on the Horizon, Montana’s Candidates and Organizers Make their Final Push • Business Monthly: The 2024 Halloween Issue • What Did the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Do for Northwest Montana? • Avian Flu Detected in Backyard Poultry Flock in Flathead County • Single-Parent Households Make Up Almost Half of Whitefish Workforce Rental Assistance Program Approvals • Whitefish Boys Soccer Slated for Class A Championship Rematch Against Billings Central Rams • District Court Judges Dan Wilson of Kalispell and Katherine Bidegaray of Sidney Face off in Montana Supreme Court Race • Local Treasures to Get a Closer Look at Montana Antiques Appraisal Fair in Kalispell • In Northwest Montana, Private Timber is Betting the Forest on Public Access Protection • Columbia Journalism Review: Why a weekly tabloid owned by Maury Povich might have ‘the best newsroom in Montana’ • Chronic Wasting Disease Found for First Time in Wild Flathead Valley Deer • Meet the Chef: Jeans Matheros • Federal Judge to Hear Flathead Warming Center’s Emergency Request to Reopen • Glacier National Park Shatters Visitation Record for September • Former Whitefish Housing Authority Admits Embezzlement, Pleads Guilty to Theft From Federally Funded Organization • Eva Gates Homemade Preserves • In Montana’s Race for House District 6, Two Health Care Workers Appeal to Voters from Opposite Sides of the Political Divide • Senate District 3 Voters to Choose Between Longtime Republican Legislator and Democratic Challenger • Republican Lukas Schubert and Democrat Beth Sibert Compete to Represent Evergreen in House District 8 Race • Tester, Democrats Rally For Abortion Access in Whitefish • Kalispell Man Accused in 2023 Murder of Homeless Man Pleads Not Guilty to Amended Charges • With Harvest Moon Fest, Artists, Creators Look to Build Interest For The Making Place • Kalispell to Allow TIF Eligibility for Workforce Housing • Flathead Warming Center Files Federal Lawsuit Against City of Kalispell • Teachers Deliver Impassioned Plea for Wage Growth as Kalispell Schools Foreshadow Major Staffing Cuts • Residents Dismayed by Former Outlaw Inn's Disrepair as Kalispell City Officials Work with Owners to Improve Blight • Prerelease Center Proposal Rejected in Flathead County • Whitefish Skiers Star in TGR’s ‘Beyond The Fantasy’ • Is Travel and Tourism Spending Trending Up in Glacier’s Gateway Communities? • Potential Buyers Engage Community Over Future of Holland Lake Lodge • Former Bob Marshall Wilderness Outfitter Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal Brown Bear Killing in Alaska Wildlife Refuge • A Portion of the Highline Trail Remains Closed After a Bear Bit a Hiker in Glacier Park • DREAM Adaptive Recreation Dreams Big with New Headquarters and Operational Center on Big Mountain • Kalispell Council Revokes Flathead Warming Center’s Permit • Whitefish's Great Northwest Oktoberfest Drawing Closer • Painted Rocks • Composting for Community • Samaritan House to Break Ground on $16.9 million Expansion in October • Hiker Injured in Glacier Park Bear Encounter • Evergreen Neighbors Residing Near Proposed Prerelease Center Oppose Location • In Lincoln County, Community College is the Path to a New Economic Future • New Whitefish Soccer Coach Hopes to Build on Championship Success • Trego Filmmaker's New Comedy, 'Out to Pasture,' Imagines a Mafia Hitman in Northwest Montana • State, Federal Land Managers Prepare for Prescribed Burn Season in Northwest Montana • Glacier Park Announces Swiftcurrent Valley Closure • School Followed Weather Protocols Prior to Lightning Incident, Superintendent Says • Whitefish Council Gets Update From City's First Short-Term Rental Code Enforcement Specialist • Whitefish High School Expansion Bond Ballots Due Sept. 17 • Jordan Cash: On Trail • Indictment Alleges Former Whitefish Housing Authority Director Committed Wire Fraud • Flathead Avalanche Center Reports Zero Fatalities for Third Straight Winter • Out and About: West Valley Back to School • Kalispell Council Adopts $180 Million Budget • Property Tax Increase Included in City Council-Approved Whitefish Budget • Northwest Montana Sees Rise in Drownings • Officials Continue Search for Missing Paddleboarder • A ‘Running Start’ on College • Helena Flats School Board Votes to Return Superintendent to Full-Time Duties • Agencies Successfully Relocating Displaced Mobile Home Residents Following Eviction Notice • Montana Supreme Court Strikes Down Parental Consent for Abortion Law • With Low FAFSA Completion Rates, Montana Students Leave Millions in College Aid on the Table • Eight Flathead Valley School Districts to Serve Free Breakfast and Lunch • PHOTO GALLERY: Soiree at the Conrad Mansion • Habitat for Humanity Breaks Ground on Affordable Townhouses in Kalispell • What Happened to the Montana Democrats? • Angler Pressure, Data Gaps and Rising Water Temperatures Present Management Challenges on Flathead River • Kalispell Center Mall Sells to Texas Development Company • Kalispell Gears Up to Open Inaugural Charter Schools • Evergreen’s ‘Forever Chemical’ Levels Well Below Federal Regulations • In Wake of Event Cancellation, Blackfeet Relay Racers Lament Loss of Cultural and Competitive Summer Centerpiece • Glacier Park Residents Join Lawsuit to Oppose Illegal McDonald Creek Home Build • All the Fun with None of the Buzz, the Story Behind Montana’s Only Non-alcoholic Bar • Limited Housing Supply and High Interest Rates Keep Real Estate Market Frozen • Backslope Brewing’s Veggie Burger • Interagency Fire Officials Ease Some Restrictions • History on the Streets of Downtown Kalispell • 75 Years After Mann Gulch Fire, Kalispell Smokejumpers to be Remembered with Graveside Tributes • As Water Temperatures Cool, FWP Lifts Fishing Restrictions on North Fork Flathead River • Northwest Montana Continues to See Smaller Wildfires Across Region • Glacier National Park Records Third-Highest Visitation Through First Half of 2024 • A Flathead Valley Chef’s Guide to Gourmet Backcountry Cooking • Glacier Symphony and Conrad Mansion to Partner for Soiree Inspired by Hit Show 'Bridgerton' • From Whitefish, Achy Bones Co. Sends Visions of Another Realm • Whitefish Lake Cleanup Plan Remains Murky as Regulators Untangle Jurisdictional Snarls • Health Department Investigating E. Coli Outbreak Originating in Flathead County that Left 1 Dead • Jury Convicts Kila Man of Martin City Murder • Shelter WF Offering Thousands in Prize Money Through AARP-Supported Housing Design Competition • Cleanup Plan Underway After Builders Blasting on Beaver Bay Break Whitefish Lakeshore Protection Rules • Making a Difference at Glacier Montessori • Into the Belly River (Photo Essay) • B.C. Coal Mining Company Charged with Illegal Dumping, Fisheries Act Violations in Transboundary Watershed • Out-of-State Agency Replaces Child Development Center • Trial Begins for Man Accused of Martin City Murder • Northwest Montana Sweats Under Heat Advisory • Tester Calls on Biden to Withdraw from Presidential Race • In Lieu of Restrictions, FWP Urges Anglers to Reduce Stress on Flathead River Fish • Democratic Challenger Says Gianforte Used Taxpayer Dollars for Campaign Materials • Flathead Cherry Industry Sees Near-Total Crop Loss • Hell's Half Acre Rodeo • Brock Osweiler Hosts Flathead Football Camp for Second Year • Abortion Rights Group Accuses Secretary of State of Throwing Out Petition Signatures as Opposition to Constitutional Initiative Grows • Momentum Building to Restore Tri-City Commuter Transit • Peak Season Underway in Glacier Park, Boosting Congestion and Ranger Responses • Getting into Glacier National Park • Griz, Bulldogs to Play Exhibition Game in Columbia Falls • Kalispell Council to Decide Flathead Warming Center Fate • CFAC, EPA Detail Proposed Cleanup Plan at Community Superfund Site Tour • Heat Wave Forecast to Fry Flathead Valley • Under The Big Sky Festival Arrives for a Warm Weekend in the Flathead • Cherishing Wilderness in Step with Bob Marshall • Tribal, Federal Officials Say ‘Catastrophic’ Breach of St. Mary Canal Siphon will have Dire Consequences Across Montana • James Beard Award-Nominated Chef to Take on Executive Role At FVCC's Culinary Institute • Whitefish Schools to Host High School Expansion Information Sessions • Best of Preps — Spring 2024 • How to Celebrate Fourth of July in the Flathead Valley • Groups Challenge Glacier Park’s Bull Trout Preservation Project in Gunsight Lake • Whitefish Chef Dishes Details on His Chance to 'Beat Bobby Flay' • Past and Present Hockaday Artists-in-Residence Answer the Call to the Wilderness • Troy Man Sentenced to Two Months in Prison for Evidence Tampering in Grizzly Bear Killing • Roads Ruling in Flathead Forest Lawsuit Favors Grizzly Bear Advocacy Groups • High-Class Cannabis • Northwest Montana Veterans Applaud Tester During Kalispell Campaign Stop • Conservation Groups Petition Canada for Details Surrounding Environmental Cleanup Obligations of Transboundary Watershed • Kalispell Council Denies Zone Change for Tronstad Meadows and Whitetail Crossing Development • Whitefish Council Approves Preliminary Budget, Residential Property Tax Increase • Meteorologist Predicts 'Normal' Wildland Fire Season in Montana • Sheehy Takes Aim at Democratic Establishment, Tester During Kalispell Rally • Kyiyo Merc Brings Polebridge’s Huckleberry Bear Claws and More to Glacier’s East Side • City of Kalispell Obtains Funding to Treat Forever Chemical-Contaminated Drinking Water and Replace Wells • Flathead Warming Center to Respond to Complaints at Formal Hearing • Teachers Union Negotiations Stall as Kalispell Schools Face Mounting Budget Pressures • Flathead’s Housing Market Remains ‘Slow and Steady’ • Low Streamflows in Northwest Montana Expected Despite Delayed Runoff • MDT Hastens Bigfork Bridge Replacement Timeline • Montana 2024 Primary Election: Results and Analysis • Republican Congressman Demands Deportation of Migrant Family, Blames Kalispell Nonprofit for Arrival of Undocumented Immigrants • Traditional Finnish Sauna and Peat Treatments Bring Heat and Healing to the Flathead • Agencies Establish Emergency Fund for Displaced Mobile Home Residents • At Rio Dance, Fall in Love with Yourself • Glacier Mapmaker Launches New Biking Guide to Going-to-the-Sun Road • Local Government Audit to Appear on Primary Ballot • What's on my Ballot in Upcoming Legislative Primaries? • Tessa Heck's Unseen Landscapes • Single-Family Subdivision Proposal Draws Opposition from Neighbors and Support from Workforce • How are Voters in the Flathead Feeling About the 2024 Election? • Byrne, Tracy Face Off in Republican Primary for Conservative State House District • Bigfork Whitewater Festival Ready to Start Summer Off with a Splash • In Flathead County Senate Race, House Speaker Faces Security Company President • Glacier National Park Announces Spring Operations • Northwest Water Supply Remains Suppressed • Escaped Hatchery Trout Pose Hybridization Risk to Native Species in Flathead River Basin • 2024 School Election Results • Kalispell Approves Developer’s Request for Charles Hotel and Parking Garage Project Extension • Whitefish Council Approves 21-Unit Development at Iowa Avenue and Edgewood • With Hockaday Exhibition, Artist Terran Last Gun Brings Past and Present Together • Flathead National Forest Campgrounds Prepare to Open for Summer • Crews to Begin West Reserve Drive Construction in Kalispell this Summer • A History of Healing at Alameda’s Hot Springs • Montana State Parks Welcomed 3.1 Million Visitors in 2023 • Planning Board to Reconsider Somers Subdivision Next Month • What’s on the Ballot in My Local School Election? • Pond Skim 2024 • Flathead Forest Aims to Balance Snowmobile Suitability with New Restrictions, Access • Latest Mill Closure Threatens Northwest Montana’s Timber Traditions and its Forest Health • Tourists Spent Nearly $5.5 Billion in Montana Last Year • Structure Fire Engulfs Kalispell Quality Inn • In the Historically Red Badrock Canyon, Three-Way House Race Takes Shape • Whitefish to Host Neighborhood Visioning Sessions as Part of Ongoing Growth Policy Update Process • 20 Years of Brewing Beer in Bigfork • City Planning Commission Approves 380 Single-family Home Development in North Kalispell • Flathead County Attorney’s Office Continues to Face Staffing Shortage • With Kalispell Show, Sona Jobarteh Looks to Continue the Kora's Musical Transcendence • FWP Proposes Conservation Easement on Private Timberland in Northwest Montana • Montana State University to Build Dedicated Nursing Campus in Kalispell • Flathead Forest Approves Round Star Logging Project • Glacier Park Plows Push Past the Loop • Columbia Falls Man Accused of Killing Ex-wife with Vehicle Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges • Whitefish Workforce Assistance Program Gets Off the Ground With First Round of Payments • Fleur’s Jambon Sandwich • With Lily Gladstone Day, the Blackfeet Nation Embraces a Star • Energy Keepers Receives Approval for Flathead Lake Level Variation • Snowplowing Begins on Glacier National Park Roadways • Flathead County Republicans Make Primary Endorsements in Process Some Candidates Call ‘Disappointing and Divisive’ • Business Monthly: The 2024 Jobs Issue • Flathead Valley Schools Face ‘Dismal’ Budget Projections • As Forest Administrators Seek to Renew Outfitter Permits in Bob Marshall Wilderness, Enforcement Lapses Come to Light • Flathead Leaders Rally Around Election Reform Initiatives • Flathead Forest Plan Faces Another Road Rules Revision on Grizzly Bear, Bull Trout Habitat • Whitefish Development Board Votes Against Subdivision Proposal • Kalispell Emergency Responder Levy Passes • Meet the Chef: Jeremy Grossman • Slow Going on the Snow Ghost Express • FWP Recommends Local Organizations for Trail Stewardship Grants • Flathead National Forest Conducts Spring Prescribed Burn Projects • Election Judges Needed in Flathead County • Brodehl Draws Democratic Challenger in County Commission Race • FWP Proposes Extending Treble Tackle Ban to Entire Flathead River System • Former Lawmakers to Propose Single-Family Housing Development in North Kalispell • Photo Galleries • Inflation, Fentanyl Top Concerns During Tester Visit with Law Enforcement Leaders • In Whitefish, Justin Barry Has Designs to Stop Waste • Lambrecht Resigns as CEO of Billings Clinic-Logan Health System • Nate Chute Foundation to Host Film Screening Highlighting Mountain Town Suicide Crisis • U.S., Canada Agree to IJC Intervention on Transboundary Mining Pollution • FWP to Add Additional Gravel Beach to Prevent Shoreline Erosion at New State Park • After a Decade of ImagineIF, Library Trustees Vote to Change Name • Allie Maloney's Field Guide to Feeling Good in Northwest Montana • In Bigfork, The Sando Co. is Rising to the Occasion • Kalispell Chamber Highlights Need for Public Safety Levy • In Evergreen, Conservative Challenger Aims to Oust Brockman • Glacier National Park Proposes Updates to 20-year-old Fire Management Plan • With Scant Snow, Glacier Park Reports Sluggish Start to Winter Visitation • EPA Proposes Delisting Portion of Libby Superfund Site that Includes Industrial Park • Columbia Falls Community Market Secures New Location for 2024 Season • Lincoln County Pursues Independent Library District Model • Read the e-edition of Flathead Valley Family Magazine • Whitefish Theatre Company Ventures into Stephen King's World of Horror with 'Misery' • Owen Sowerwine Natural Area Gains Permanent Protection • To Keep Rescue Boat Afloat, Whitefish Fire Department Lays Plans for Repairs • Flathead Democrats Vie for Newly Drawn State House Seat • GOP Political Strategist Pleads Not Guilty to Stalking Charges • Find Your Zen at the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas • Set Near Whitefish, Homegrown Climbing Film Sends It at Fernie Mountain Film Festival • County Approves Purchase of Kalispell Property for Future Detention Facility • Kila School Asks Voters to Approve Expansion Bond • Two Local Coaches Named Finalists for National Award • Whitefish to Hold a Pair of Growth Policy “Visioning Sessions” • Listen to the Flathead Beacon Podcast • Swift Creek Café’s Turkish Eggs • Federal Commission Finds No Fault with SKQ Dam Operations • Glacier Institute Makes Final Appeal to Community for Nature Center Funding • Montana Water Supply Forecast Remains Grim • Slow Economic Growth Expected in the Flathead Valley • Community Leaders Launch 'Living in Flathead' Guide to the Valley • Humane Society of Northwest Montana Seeks to Raise Funds After Operations Hampered By Burst Pipes, Water Damage • Jensen to Become Kalispell Superintendent • Whitefish City Council Approves 18-Unit Addition to Alpenglow Apartments • Officials Seeking Temporary Fix After Bigfork Bridge Closure • The Vikings of Blacktail Mountain • Winter's Can't-Miss Events • Deep Winter • DEQ Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Alpine Coaster Water Supply • Whitefish Community Foundation Accepting Education Scholarship Applications • ImagineIF Library Board Adds Obscenity Language to Collection Policy • Flathead Providers Promote ‘Aging in Place’ as Senior Healthcare Demand Rises • Advocacy Group to EPA: Reconsider 'Waste-in-place' Cleanup Plan at CFAC Superfund Site • Whitefish Winter Carnival Kicks Off 65th Year • Barnes & Noble Bookstore Opens New Store in Kalispell • Troy Man Charged with Evidence Tampering in Grizzly Bear Killing • County Planning Board Approves 105-lot Subdivision Near Glacier High School • Montana Files Notice of Intent to Sue Over Wolverine Listing • Competitive Slides and Glides • As Cabin Fever Days Approaches, Organizers Appeal for More Barstool Ski Racers • A Model Avalanche Center • Glacier National Park Vehicle Reservations Slated to Come Online Jan. 25 • Mobile Home Park Tenants Fear New Ownership Will Force Residents Out • Flathead Forest Approves Salvage Project in East Fork Fire Scar