From its early Indigenous inhabitants to a long-term ownership agreement with a secret fraternal organization – and, finally, a mysterious benefactor's bestowal to the Boy Scouts – Flathead Lake's "64.5-acre jewel" has endured for centuries as a remote island retreat
By Butch Larcombe
In 2025, the giving campaign raised $8.1 million for 85 nonprofits, a 21% increase over the previous year
By Tristan Scott
Just in time for summer, Spotted Bear Spirits has concocted the perfect rooftop pounder with its Huckleberry Limoncello, which blends Old World tradition with modern ingenuity
By Pete Avery
The documentary tells the story of a generation of grassroots efforts to rewild buffalo on the Blackfeet Reservation near Glacier National Park
By Zoë Buhrmaster
Through the Glacier Range Riders' host family program, the Flathead Valley's Coopman family has built lifelong connections with baseball players from across the country
By Lauren FrickKevin Gartland’s nearly 17 years heading the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce and 30 years in the chamber industry came to a close earlier this month
The initial phase of the project, which closed July 7, secures public access to 34,610 acres of working forestland owned by Green Diamond Resource Company in Flathead and Sanders counties
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
As more kids grow up playing lacrosse in the Flathead Valley, the Northwest Avalanche Lacrosse’s boys and girls senior classes have cultivated a legacy of success
When Emilie Sangimino first began promoting local businesses as “Hidden Gems,” she didn’t know the impact it would have across the valley and country
The Montana AFL-CIO encourages union members, their families, and all working Montanans to support Seth Bodnar
We believe we have an opportunity to strengthen our state’s position in regional energy markets
It is clear that protecting children does not violate the U.S. Constitution
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An early spring cold snap froze a portion of cherry buds on Flathead Lake’s east shore while early summer rain is splitting the fruit’s skin as a low supply from Washington is driving up prices
The Progressive Vet PAC poured millions into the Senate primary during its final weeks in support of Democrat Alani Bankhead. Now, it says it’s shifting its focus to back a Democratic candidate running in Kansas.
With the Flathead Valley leading the pack in wildfire risk and home insurance challenges in Montana, fire officials, insurance industry experts, lawmakers, and other stakeholders are searching for solutions to extinguish the ever-spreading problem of insurance unaffordability and scarcity.
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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
