Spring surveys show healthy calf and fawn survival across elk, deer and moose, with wildlife managers pointing to three consecutive mild winters as the driver. General rifle season opens Oct. 24.
By Tristan Scott
As Labor Day came and went, politicians running for federal office heralded unions’ support, historically a valuable commodity in Montana elections
By Mariah Thomas
For the past four summer seasons, Barclay’s Burgers has positioned itself along U.S. Highway 2 in Hungry Horse serving up burgers and fries with a twist
By Zoë Buhrmaster
After inheriting both her mother and grandmother’s ashes, Sarah Defelice traced her family’s deep Flathead Valley roots to the oldest section of the C.E. Conrad Cemetery where she laid them to rest while connecting with her past
By Maggie Dresser
After a flood and a remodel, the Swan Lake Trading Post celebrates a century serving a remote corner of Northwest Montana
By Justin FranzThe rural K-8 district outside Bigfork wants to collect $1.5 million over 10 years to rebuild its building reserve fund, starting with furnaces that heat half the school
The investigation concluded that an Aug. 31 attack that injured a woman walking her dog involved a female grizzly bear and her cub near a deer carcass
FVCC’s largest scholarship fundraiser takes place on Oct. 30 at Wachholz College Center on its Kalispell campus. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.
Piton Wealth Advisors started leaning into the overlap between their work and engineering a couple of years ago
Local artists create curated collection of iconic park posters that celebrate the beauty and spirit of Glacier National Park
After a 2025 fall season filled with individual and state championships, several Flathead Valley athletes will be on the title defense over the coming months.
From harvest festivals to pumpkin patches and haunted hayrides, the Flathead Valley offers a full slate of events this fall
The shameful assault on Canadians and added tariff-taxes mean higher prices and fewer jobs for Montana
Join Montana Conservation Elders in supporting the Roadless Rule by commenting before September 21
Every Montanan should have a pathway to a career and a plan to achieve it
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Commodity prices are up despite drought and the geopolitical climate contributing to the lowest U.S. wheat production since the 1970s. But Montana farmers say it’s not enough as input costs rise and tight margins persist.
As e-bikes explode in popularity, the mountain biking community continues to grapple with whether the new technology should be shunned or embraced
Faced with revised counting methodology that dramatically reduces the state’s estimated wolf population, commissioners approved a scaled-down quota of 300 wolves in Montana
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
