As Flathead Electric Co-op braces for a tighter, pricier energy future, its newly retired General Manager, Mark Johnson, and his successor, veteran COO Jason Williams, remain bullish about the region's energy outlook — in part due to a costly new bet on natural gas.
By Tristan Scott
Elser has helmed the 127-year-old station for just over a decade, boosting the station’s educational programming and staffing while advancing research and safeguarding the station’s long-term monitoring program
By Zoë Buhrmaster
For 40 years, one seafood importer has served a landlocked region with high-quality ocean fare. Now under new ownership, its products — and its business model — are only getting fresher.
By Tristan Scott
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
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 AveryA rise in housing inventory and listings has added fluidity to northwest Montana’s real estate market as buyers surrender to high mortgage rates
An interagency review concluded that Anthony Pollio, a 33-year-old solo hiker from Florida, was killed on May 3 after he surprised an adult male grizzly bear while descending the Mount Brown Lookout trail, likely in darkness
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
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The popular equestrian sporting event, which draws thousands to the Kalispell-area farm's 640 acres each year, is free to the public and will run from July 15 through July 19
From a small town outside Thompson Falls to the Under the Big Sky main stage, Kyle Hunter will make his debut at the popular Whitefish musical festival this weekend, playing at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The case for active management – not hands-off neglect – on Montana’s public lands
An industrial-symbiosis model, borrowed from Denmark, for turning AI’s power demand into shared local infrastructure
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The park’s pilot program to manage visitation and transportation is being put to the test. The reviews are mixed.
Hailed by western governors, including Montana's, as the most significant "reform" to grizzly management in a half-century, wildlife advocates called the decision to relax federal protections "reckless"
The unincorporated community faces growing pressure over land use while aging volunteers question whether forming a local government is the answer
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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
