A spate of recent bear encounters underscore the state agency’s new messaging approach when reporting encounters between humans and grizzly bears, including online tools to promote awareness
By Tristan Scott
Bill Mercer, R-Billings, received a nomination from President Donald Trump to the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
By Mariah Thomas
While former U.S. Senators Thomas Walsh and Burton Wheeler are regarded by many as political legends, they also shared a deep affection for Glacier National Park and Lake McDonald
By Butch Larcombe
In the aftermath of breast cancer, a group of women formed the Silver Lining Foundation to support survivors through outrigger canoeing and dragon boating in northwest Montana
By Maggie Dresser
A conversation with a chef with longstanding ties to the Kandahar Lodge who is helming the hotel’s new restaurant
By Mike KordenbrockRaymond Owen Bonner, Jr. faces a mandatory minimum sentence for producing and distributing child pornography
After an angler hooked a brown trout upstream of Pressentine Bridge last month, officials are trying to determine how the nonnative species ended up in a river system, as well as the extent of its invasion
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The settlement means schools will be able to make payments to athletes for use of their name, image and likeness
King is one of a number of local performers slated to play the three-day festival at Big Mountain Ranch
A viable third party should frighten every Republican senator and congressman who voted yay for Trump’s deficit-exploding bill
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Critics of the decades-old policy restricting road construction and timber harvests in inventoried roadless areas say its repeal removes obstacles for local forest managers. But conservation advocates and former forest planners say the rule’s dissolution is more complicated.
Emily Rea’s disappearance has led to a range of theories as her family and friends cope with the uncertainty and ambiguity surrounding the case as the search continues
New inventory adds flexibility to the housing market; owners of second homes and short-term rentals to feel the squeeze of Montana's new property tax hikes; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner
Loading ...A six-part series on notorious Flathead Valley militia leader David Burgert, who vanished into the wilderness after a shootout with sheriff's deputies in 2011
Flathead Beacon editor in chief Kellyn Brown is a cohost for today's episode, and asks host Micah Drew about the upcoming climate change lawsuit Held v. Montana
