The mail election is the culmination of a multi-year process undertaken by county residents on the mountain primarily to increase the revenue available for funding its fire district
By Mike Kordenbrock
Older Montanans with medical conditions struggle to find accessible affordable housing as the state grapples with one of the nation’s fastest-growing homeless populations
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
Fantastical shapes, composed of ice, snow, water, mud, and pockets of air, form on the surfaces of area lakes, and continuously crack and ripple into a sprawling, natural tapestry
By Hunter D'Antuono
After selling popular pies out of their Coram bar, Stacey and Seth Schnebel decided to turn the restaurant next door into the “one-of-a-kind” Park Provisions
By Justin Franz
Born and raised in the Swan Valley, Luke Lamar didn’t have to stray far from home to find fulfillment. As a wildlife biologist, wilderness first responder and expert animal tracker, Lamar is promoting conservation and expanding stewardship in the Swan and beyond.
By Kay BjorkThe cold front will move through the region at the end of the week, bringing negative temperatures to the Flathead Valley and wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour on the Rocky Mountain Front
Calling the project “ill-conceived” and framing it as a “clearcut” in lynx habitat, the four conservation groups say Flathead National Forest’s plan to reduce wildfire hazards on 9,000 acres of forest around Tally Lake violates federal law
The cold front will move through the region at the end of the week, bringing negative temperatures to the Flathead Valley and wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour on the Rocky Mountain Front
The state filed a lawsuit against Flathead County after the Board of Adjustment denied a conditional use permit for a prerelease center in Evergreen, arguing an abuse of discretion
The proposed amendment would place unsafe buildings like the Outlaw under fire code regulation, allowing city officials to enforce violations as civil offenses
Calling the arguments "interesting," U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen DeSoto must now weigh in on who has exclusive jurisdiction over a home constructed on private land in Glacier National Park — the federal government or the state of Montana — and whether the property is subject to state environmental regulations.
After selling popular pies out of their Coram bar, Stacey and Seth Schnebel decided to turn the restaurant next door into the “one-of-a-kind” Park Provisions
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Montana State has gone 40 years since winning its last national title
Last week’s mother dough recipe for sourdough brioche can be used for shapes beyond rolls and burger buns – including loaves
Forcing judges to align with and campaign on a partisan political ticket would further undermine public confidence in judicial rulings.
Those who took office still have a duty to keep their constituents informed
Housing options for our junior senator include buying, renting, or, better yet, living free of charge in his spacious new quarters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building
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Federal regulators on Friday afternoon published a record of decision approving a cleanup remedy for the contaminated aluminum plant property near the Flathead River. Federal and state regulators estimate that the actual cleanup activities, once initiated, will take two to four years to complete.
Amid unprecedented development pressure, conservation easements have kept vast tracts of northwest Montana’s timbered landscape open to the public. But after the largest sale of the region’s timberland to a private buyer in recent history, the owners of Flathead Ridge Ranch have emerged as the unlikely gatekeepers to 126,000 forested acres of prime hunting habitat.
A selection of the Beacon's best imagery from the past year
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
