New year-to-date data shows the park exceeded 3 million visitors through September, ushering 602,339 people through the park’s entrances last month for the busiest September on record
By Tristan Scott
Land and wildlife managers, timber companies, hunters, and conservationists have stitched together a checkerboard of vulnerable working forests, using easements to protect private timberland from development. With a critical piece of the puzzle coming up for final land board approval, advocates say a new model of forest management is taking shape.
By Tristan Scott
The biology of the Pacific Northwest's most peculiar tree
By Hunter D'Antuono
The executive chef at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Freestone has helmed several restaurants in the Flathead since arriving during the pandemic with his wife, who is originally from here, and their two children
By Mike Kordenbrock
Owner Jasmine Morton unveils the restored Somers Mansion and pavilion after years of renovations
By Cathy LiDemocrat and 26-year-old political science instructor Devin Marconi is running against freshman Republican state Rep. Terry Falk, 63, in a race for Republican-leaning House District 10
Leaders of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes pressed federal regulators to conduct further tribal engagement and a more thorough assessment of the contaminated Columbia Falls Aluminum Company site
The biology of the Pacific Northwest's most peculiar tree
An advertisement for the Democratic House candidate also charged the Republican congressman of obtaining a "special tax break" for receiving resort tax relief that goes to all Whitefish property owners
Dave Sturzen set a U.S. steinholding record during a competition in Butte and will compete against the World’s Strongest Man in an exhibition this weekend
The controversial project has been reduced from 380 to 355 lots after the city council denied the zone change request that would have increased density
The low-barrier homeless shelter’s leaders have partnered with the Institute for Justice to file a federal lawsuit against the City of Kalispell after councilors revoked the shelter's conditional use permit last month
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Jackson Presley committed to play for the Boise State Broncos in August, but now his focus is solely on the Wolfpack and winning a state championship
Frozen cubes of broth base become an attractive, last-minute meal with tender shrimp, thin noodles and a fresh garnish
Sheehy doesn’t get the implications of privatizing all health insurance
I can assure you that she is the leader we need
This is a thinly veiled effort to tinker with and manipulate Montana elections
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A complete and ongoing updated guide to the candidates running for state House and Senate in the Flathead and Tobacco Valleys in 2024
Montana's above-average winter wheat and hay harvests were a bright spot for Flathead Valley farmers growing more reliant on landowners to lease property for production as developers gobble up open space; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner
Richard McAtee, a local outfitter whose repeated infractions in Montana were at the center of tensions that led to a Spotted Bear district ranger’s ouster, no longer holds a valid special use permit on the Flathead National Forest
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
