BILLINGS – An ultra-exclusive Montana resort under federal bankruptcy protection is hustling to raise cash to open for the winter season, as hundreds of creditors owed at least $399 million jockey to get their money back. The Yellowstone Club, which boasts a private ski slope on 13,600 acres near Yellowstone National Park, will run out […]

Local skiers will find new things afoot this winter at the Glacier Nordic Center in Whitefish. The Glacier Nordic Club that maintains the golf course ski area is raising their rates and adding new programs. The club, which launches the season with its annual potluck and auction on Dec. 6, has already been working at […]

8:21 a.m. A father, his daughter and her boyfriend were at odds. 9:06 a.m. A Bigfork man said that while he was at the hospital his medication had been stolen. 9:11 a.m. Six horses turned out to be adequately cared for. 9:40 a.m. A man said he stopped by a home in Columbia Falls to […]

Good morning and happy birthday to Scott Joplin. On the Beacon this morning, Jesse Perry is suing the Kalispell Police Department alleging he suffered permanent brain damage due to the excessive force they used when he was arrested in 2006. Reconstruction of Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun road will not be completed on schedule due to […]

Kalispell City Council is making the most of a short holiday week by taking up three of the most difficult issues it has dealt with over the last year in one work session tonight at 7 p.m. On the agenda are further recommended budget cuts in city departments to avoid insolvency in the general fund, […]

On Sunday, the University of Wyoming fired head coach Joe Glenn after six seasons at the helm of the school’s football program. Glenn, of course, was the wildly popular coach of the Montana Grizzlies before he left for Wyoming. At UM, Glenn led the Grizzlies to the national championship in 2001. Before his successful career […]

The Forest Service is suspending work on an environmental impact statement for a natural gas pipeline that NorthWestern Energy proposed building in the Flathead National Forest. NorthWestern says the pipeline won’t be needed until the heating season of 2012 or 2013. The Forest Service says work on the environmental analysis will resume when the company […]

We’re so immersed in our daily routines that we very rarely realize how much time and forethought is dedicated to our visual surroundings and the design and functionality of our everyday items. If I pay attention to my immediate surroundings – my desk – certain items I use every day come alive with the complexity […]

Kalispell farmer Chris Fritz considers himself pretty lucky. In April, he sold about half of his fall harvest in advance, taking advantage of prices that were almost double the 10-year average and offsetting some of his soaring input costs. In short, Fritz caught the market before the bust. “If I wouldn’t have contracted anything I […]

If you’re artistic and interested in making a little extra cash and getting your work out there, check out this press release from Flathead County: Flathead County Fairgrounds needs a mascot and a poster design to promote all the fun planned for the 2009 Northwest Montana Fair. The art will be used on the cover […]

MISSOULA – The cross-state rivalry between Montana and Montana State showcased Montana sophomore Chase Reynolds and junior Marc Mariani on Saturday, each scoring two touchdowns in a game that let the Grizzlies take advantage of five Montana State turnovers to post a 35-3 victory. With the win, coupled with Eastern Washington’s 33-26 upset of Weber […]

This is not about stand-up comedy or the legendary chain of comedy clubs. After all, this is a food column. So it’s about taking the ingredients you have on hand and creating a meal. It’s about improvising. If you’ve seen Iron Chef on the Food Network then you know the competitors have one hour to […]

NEW YORK – Here’s something to be grateful for: This Thanksgiving, the price of gasoline is expected to be below $2 a gallon. Some analysts foresee pump prices as low as $1.75 a gallon this winter. The average US price of a gallon of regular is now $1.99, according to GasPriceWatch.com, a price-tracking firm. The […]

BIGFORK – School District 38 in Bigfork has bought a defibrillator and is installing it in the new concession stand building at the school football field. Bigfork High School football player Jeffrey Bowman collapsed on the field on the first day of practice in August 2007. Bowman, 17, died a week later. His parents are […]

WEST GLACIER – Reconstruction of Glacier National Park’s historic Going-to-the-Sun Road will not be finished on schedule. Park officials say the construction timetable has become a victim of increasing costs and an anticipated budget crunch. Initially, planners hoped to rebuild the popular alpine route in about eight years, at a cost of $140 million. Last […]