A selection of the Beacon's best images from the last year
By Hunter D'Antuono
An Indian Relay racer bursts down the track at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo in Kalispell on August 19, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Jessica Dahlman, registered nurse at Logan Health and Kalispell City Councilor, pictured after a shift at the hospital on Jan. 21, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconThe speckled coat of Isabelle the Clydesdale horse at Clydesdale Outpost in Whitefish on Jan. 7, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA barn at sundown in Somers on Feb. 22, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconMarco Forcone, Don Caverly, Nick Spear and Matthew Bussard of The New Wave Time Trippers in Whitefish on Feb. 11, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA bulldozer pushes mounds of garbage around the Flathead County Landfill in Kalispell on Feb. 18, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconRandy Schwan cuts Jim Patrick’s hair at Joe’s Barbershop on Main Street in Kalispell on Feb. 17, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA competitor steers his stool during the Barstool Ski Races at Cabin Fever Days in Martin City on Feb. 12, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconFlathead High School swimmer Lily Milner on March 10, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA yellow fritillary blossoms on a south-facing hillside in the Smith Valley on April 2, 2022. It is among the very first native wildflowers to bloom after the snowmelt. The flower’s bulbs are an energy-dense spring snack for humans and bears alike. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA sunken boat at the bottom of Foys Lake in Kalispell on April 3, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconWhitefish Mountain Resort’s pond skim on April 9, 2022. Costumed skiers and snowboarders skip across a pool of water at the bottom of the hill in competition for a cash prize as part of the resort’s closing weekend festivities. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconCountry musician Tim Helnore, age 22, pictured in the basement of his family’s home in Olney on April 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconRenee Hindle appears at Depot Park in Kalispell costumed in garb from the TV series, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” for a protest for abortion rights on May 14, 2022. Hundreds gathered for a march in downtown Kalispell that coincided with many protests around the country for abortion rights over the weekend after a leaked majority draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court revealed a vote to overturn Roe V. Wade. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA bison grazes among blooming arrowleaf balsamroot on the Bison Range nature preserve on the Flathead Indian Reservation on May 20, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconSalish elder Johnny Arlee folds his hands over his hat and cane during a prayer at the Bison Range Restoration Celebration on the Flathead Indian Reservation on May 20, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA kayaker competes in the Expert Slalom event in the rapids of the Swan River for the 47th annual The Bigfork Whitewater Festival on May 28, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA bald eagle takes off from its tree perch on Wild Horse Island on Flathead Lake on June 4, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA rainbow arcs over waves crashing into Somers Bay on Flathead Lake on June 11, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconBrock Knoten of the Glacier Range Riders pitches during the team’s very first game in their new stadium, Flathead Field, in Kalispell on June 14, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconThe Flathead River floods near Leisure Island Park in Kalispell on June 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconThe fishing access at Old Steel Bridge in Kalispell floods as the Flathead River breaches its banks on June 14, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconPark employees dig out the Logan Pass Visitor Center in Glacier National Park on July 5, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconStorm clouds loom over Kalispell on July 7, 2022. The clouds produced hailstones large enough to kill birds and squirrels in town. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconLord Huron performs at Under the Big Sky music festival in Whitefish on July 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA concert-goer at Under the Big Sky music festival in Whitefish on July 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconSunlight filters through the trees over a crowd at Under the Big Sky music festival in Whitefish on July 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconKalispell commemorates the completion of the Parkline Trail with a ribbon cutting and confetti on July 21, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA wolf slinks through the grass near the Inside North Fork in Glacier National Park on July 30, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconStars, meteors and the Milky Way over Kinnerly Peak on Upper Kintla Lake in Glacier National Park on July 30, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconAn aircraft dumps water on the edge of the Elmo Fire burning on the western shore of Flathead Lake on August 1, 2022. The fire destroyed multiple homes. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconWildland firefighter Tyler Lambdin returns to fire camp at the Elmo Powwow Grounds after a day of fighting the Elmo Fire on August 3, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconAn Indian Relay racer bursts down the track at the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo in Kalispell on August 19, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconAn aerial view of Elkview Operations, one of Teck Resources’ sprawling metallurgic coal mines, in British Columbia on August 30, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconBrash Rodeo in Columbia Falls on Sept. 1, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconSinopah Mountain is reflected in Two Medicine Lake on a calm morning in Glacier National Park on Oct. 15, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconAutumn leaves float in Ashley Creek in Kalispell on Oct. 22, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconSt. Ignatius wins the Class B State Championship cross country meet in Missoula on Oct. 22, 2022. Micah Drew | Flathead BeaconHalloween-costumed horses, children and their parents visit with the Therapy in Motion equines, an occupational therapy outfit that incorporates horses as part of its treatments in Kalispell on Oct. 29, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconThe Columbia Falls Wildcats celebrate their 5-2 win over The Park High Rangers in the Class A state soccer championship at Columbia Falls High School on Oct. 29, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconWhitefish’s Maya Lacey reacts to her team’s 2-1 loss to Billings Central at the Class A soccer state championship in Whitefish on Oct. 29, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconStands of golden larch meet snow-covered hills over Dickey Lake near Trego on Nov. 5, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconRyan Zinke mingles at his election night party at Casey’s in downtown Whitefish on Nov. 8, 2022. Zinke, a Republican, won Montana’s western U.S. house seat. Hunter D’Antuono & Tommy MartinoJoseph Farrier of Bigfork High School on Nov. 22, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconA whitebark pine on a snowy slope above Appistoki Creek in the Two Medicine area of Glacier National Park on Nov. 13, 2022. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconT, age 15, sits in a hotel room in Kalispell with his mother Reanna Taliaferro and his sister X, age 7, where they have lived since June, pictured on Dec. 8, 2022. Due to a lack of affordable housing in the Flathead Valley in recent years, many longtime residents have been forced to forgo a place of their own. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead BeaconCady McClurg walks through a frigid downtown Kalispell on Dec. 20, 2022. A powerful winter storm brought copious snow and temperatures as low as -35 to the Flathead in the week leading up to Christmas Day. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
