The consultant helping the district with the search visited Whitefish Wednesday to meet with parents, students and staff members. Those who couldn’t attend can fill out a virtual survey to provide their thoughts.
By Mariah Thomas
The coronation is scheduled for Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center, after which the annual Disco Party will start at The Great Northern Bar at 9 p.m.
By Lauren Frick
Behind lawmakers’ efforts to curb drunk driving in a state with the highest rates in the nation is a nonprofit that started with a simple solution: handing out coffee cards to those who choose not to drive home drunk. The impact has been wider than the Montana Bar Fairies’ founders imagined.
By Mariah Thomas
Having celebrated her 100th birthday on New Year's Day, Swan Lake resident Donna Roberts is among the last survivors of the original All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the only documented player from Montana. As professional women’s baseball makes its long-awaited return, her story offers a rare glimpse into the lives of the pioneers who first proved that women could play on a national stage.
By Katie Bartlett
Inspired by childhood family camping trips and root beer floats, the James Beard-nominated executive chef at Herb and Omni may have crafted his signature dish
By Pete AveryThe plan, required by the Legislature, is designed to front load the public review process and streamline housing projects
An atmospheric river last month deposited up to 36 inches of snow to the mountains, bringing the Flathead River basin snow water equivalent levels to 114% of normal by Jan. 9
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Local artists create curated collection of iconic park posters that celebrate the beauty and spirit of Glacier National Park
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Second-seeded MSU earned a 35-34 overtime win over unseeded Illinois State
Sally Thompson’s ‘Black Robes Enter Coyote’s World’ grew from her work on the Clark Fork Superfund case. But the book itself reaches back to the first encounter between the Salish and Jesuit missionaries, where radically different ways of understanding land collided — with consequences that continue to unfold.
Welcome to the age of artificial intelligence in personal finance, where technology is reshaping how we manage money
I’ve hit the parenting ski milestone where my kids know more places on the mountain than I do
Maybe we should ask ourselves how much more “progress” this valley can sustain until what little is left is lost
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With a record high of overdose-related EMS calls in Flathead County in 2025, grieving family members and recovering addicts cope with loss while drug enforcement officers and treatment experts seek to bring awareness to the valley’s growing opioid crisis
Senate President Matt Regier claims a $126.2 million supplemental for schools was indicative of a “sloppy” legislative process — a suggestion that has drawn pushback from other legislators and education advocates
A selection of the Beacon's best imagery from the past year
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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
