Longtime FVCC President Jane Karas Announces Retirement
Karas will finish her 25-year tenure as the president on Dec. 31. The board said it will develop a presidential search process and timeline in the coming weeks and months.
By Mariah Thomas
Glacier Park
As Interior Dept. Spikes Reservation Requirement at Glacier and Other Destination Parks, Local Stakeholders Weigh Pros and Cons
For the first time in five years, vehicle reservations will not be required anywhere in Glacier in 2026. Although tourism leaders generally support the new strategy, conservation groups describe aspects of the plan as short-sighted.
By Tristan ScottThe Latest
Flathead Living
Letting the Mountains Speak
As homeowners, builders and architects embrace Northwest Montana’s natural contours — ridge lines, dense alpine forests, crystalline lakes, and the ever-changing theater of weather rolling in from the Continental Divide — the region is experiencing a design renaissance
By Colton Martini
‘Daring to be Different,’ Accordion Bob Found a Full Life in Northwest Montana
Bob Mislivec has played the accordion since he was 10, carrying on a cultural tradition and finding serendipitous connections. Over the last couple decades, he’s become a staple of the North Fork and Badrock Canyon music community.
By Zoë Buhrmaster
Changing Montana’s Drunk Driving Culture, One Coffee Card at a Time
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 ThomasNEWS & FEATURES
Fair-Mont-Egan School Will Ask Voters to Approve General Fund, Technology Levies this May
Like other districts in the valley, without a levy, the rural school is facing a potential budget deficit in the wake of COVID-era funds drying up, high inflation and decades since it last passed a general fund levy.
Kalispell Woman Enters Plea Deal in Fatal Drunk Driving Head-on Collision
Driver’s License Reinstatement Denied for Marion Man Accused in Vehicle Crash that Killed Bigfork Teen
Izaak Walton Inn Owners Hit with $9.4M Foreclosure Lawsuit Months Before Decision to Shutter
Flathead County Commissioner Brad Abell Launches Campaign for Reelection
Cayuse Prairie School to Take $300,000 Levy Pitch to Voters this May
OUTDOORS
‘It’s Not Perfect, But We’re Proud of This Plan’: Agency Specialists Detail Revisions to Wild and Scenic Flathead River Strategy
An "unrestricted, unlimited" permit system would produce key monitoring data to support long-range user-capacity thresholds and management triggers, while restrictions on motorized camping, human waste and fires aim to improve conditions in the near-term. The draft plan is up for public review until March 13.
Glacier Park Drops Vehicle Reservations in Favor of Ticketed Shuttle, Time Limits for Parking at Logan Pass
Sing it While You Can
As Maintenance Backlog Burdens Northwest Montana’s Public Land Managers, USFS Lays Plans to Hire Seasonal Workers
Moving Fish Around
Federal Agencies Release Proposed Rewrite of Flathead River Management Plan
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Bring Glacier Home: Vintage-Inspired Prints Make Perfect Gifts
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NEWSLETTERS
SPORTS
Cabin Fever Days Arm Wrestling
A showing of strength in The Canyon
Whitefish Native Sanderson, Team USA Hockey Eye Olympic Opener Thursday
Bobby Hauck Steps Down as Montana Grizzlies Head Football Coach
Former Glacier Range Riders Pitcher Signs MLB Contract
Glacier High School Hires First-Ever Baseball Coach Ahead of Inaugural Season
Kalispell Flathead Soccer Coach Resigns After Investigation into December Dispute with Official
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Produced on the Flathead Reservation, ‘The Water Keepers’ is Nominated For Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Award
The short documentary tells the story of a group of tribal scientists at the backbone of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Water Compact, a historic water settlement between the Tribes, the state of Montana and the U.S. Showings will be held on the Flathead Indian Reservation in March.
Squash and Coconut Milk Curry
Cabin Fever Days to Replace Iconic Races with Barstool Ski Show This Year
Vegetarian Smoked-Beet Reuben
Cabin Fever Days to Return This Weekend Despite Warm Temperatures and Lack of Snow
Flathead Lake International Cinemafest Returns to Polson for its 14th Year
OPINION
Montana Congressional Delegation Missing in Action
Privatization would surely deprive veterans of the healthcare they need
Beware of Sales Tax Proposals That Grow Government
The only way Montana should ever enact a statewide sales tax is to be used solely to replace existing taxes
Montana’s Elected Officials Have Failed Us
Current lawmakers have sided with big business and out-of-state corporations over their rural constituents’ best interests
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‘It’s Not Perfect, But We’re Proud of This Plan’: Agency Specialists Detail Revisions to Wild and Scenic Flathead River Strategy
An "unrestricted, unlimited" permit system would produce key monitoring data to support long-range user-capacity thresholds and management triggers, while restrictions on motorized camping, human waste and fires aim to improve conditions in the near-term. The draft plan is up for public review until March 13.
In Kalispell, Main Street Businesses Struggle to Pencil Fire Service Lines, Stifling Downtown Development
Many of Main Street’s older buildings do not have fire suppression systems. The reason is a complex web of state and city regulations and on-the-ground factors.
Chronic Homelessness Continues to Rise Among Disabled, Aging Population in the Flathead Valley
Social service providers recently completed data collection for the annual Point-in-Time survey, which they say has become challenging in recent years as the homeless population resists participation
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