Some councilors emphasized the importance of providing housing for the city’s growing population and trusting the EPA’s guidance ahead of supporting the project, which was once part of the active CFAC Superfund site
By Lauren Frick
Polls closed at 8 p.m. as voters across Montana cast ballots in competitive primaries for local, state and federal office
By Beacon Staff
Glacier Park Boat Co.’s Little Chief will hit the century milestone this summer, marking a lifetime of transporting millions of visitors millions of miles in its 100 years of service to the park
By Lauren Frick
Enjoy a full slate of live music, rodeos, festivals and other events to keep you entertained in the Flathead Valley this summer
By Lauren Frick
In 1969, five climbers set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mount Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Instead, tragedy struck and they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered until the following June, 188 days after their disappearance.
By Butch LarcombeThe rural teacher retires after three decades, leaving behind a lasting legacy in the tight-knit West Glacier community
The Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park have signaled their intent to formalize an interagency plan that sets forth user capacities and management actions on the three forks of the Flathead River
The July 10th Flathead River Fest at Marantette Park celebrates the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Flathead Wild and Scenic River
Annual event offers season preview, waived ticket fees, and outdoor performance by nine-piece funk band
Piton Wealth Advisors started leaning into the overlap between their work and engineering a couple of years ago
The Bigfork Vikings eclipsed a previously undefeated Dillon Beavers to take home top honors, while the Whitefish boys and girls tennis teams swept the Class A team titles for the first time in school history
Beacon designers pull from personal experiences to give an authentic ode to the park’s most iconic features and landmarks
How do we ensure the public isn’t getting a raw deal?
Some 221,000 Montanans now identify as “retired,” about 25 percent of this state’s population above age 16
The stakes are simply too high to stay on the sidelines
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Flathead-area candidates for the state legislature have attracted more than $325,000 combined in funding during the primary election cycle
A Montana Department of Labor and Industry report revealed the financial and professional services sector is responsible for nearly one third of the state’s economic production as banking and real estate dominate the Flathead Valley
Park administrators have shelved a post-pandemic vehicle-reservation pilot program in favor of a new plan to expand parking and grow its shuttle network. But without any guaranteed federal funding, some stakeholders worry they're moving forward without fallback plan.
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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
