1,954 students are currently enrolled in the Whitefish public schools — the highest number since 2001

Stagnant salaries, high housing costs and a souring public opinion around education have made it difficult for school districts to recruit and retain teachers. This fall, the Flathead Valley’s public schools are feeling the effects.

Through two federal renewable energy grants, the small North Fork lodge is looking ahead to year-round business and a more sustainable future

The Kalispell homeless service provider is seeking local support as it charts the course towards life skills education and additional housing for the Flathead Valley’s unhoused residents

Missoula’s Blue Mountain Clinic and Whitefish’s All Families Healthcare filed a lawsuit challenging a law that would require abortion providers to be licensed and regulated by the state’s the Department of Public Health and Human Services

Cathy Kincheloe spent two decades as an educator and manager at charter schools in the Midwest before moving to the Flathead Valley

If approved by voters, the expansion to Whitefish High School would add 24 teaching spaces, as well as updates to the campus athletic complex

Educators and community members looked ahead to another year of Kalispell’s landmark “transformational education” program at the Aug. 30 press conference

After the 2023 Montana Legislature passed a slew of education bills, public schools are wrestling with dozens of rules changes and a policy landscape that some say could restrict the rights of marginalized students

The local nonprofit is seeking to curb “period poverty” in the Flathead Valley by providing no-cost menstrual products to students

The state is working to build a commission that will oversee publicly funded charter schools as the legality of the bill that created the “community choice” system remains in limbo

The college is offering expanded educational and extracurricular programs as it prepares for its 56th academic year

The community-led plan seeks to guide the future of development in and around Bigfork while promoting outdoor access and sustainable tourism

A bloc of 37 conservative state legislators lauded Rosendale as a “courageous” antidote to the “bureaucratic party establishment” in Washington

The public is invited to learn more about the project and provide comment at an in-person and virtual open house on Aug. 23 and 24