The Whitefish Mountain Resort Ski and Snowboard Team will be holding an informational meeting and orientation on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Whitefish Library. Anyone interested in the Freestyle Team, now entering its second year as a combined ski and snowboard program, should attend the meeting to learn more […]

For most of history in most of the world, power has only changed hands as the result of violence. In the modern era, still only in a minority of the world, democracy has changed that. Democracy makes real change possible by a peaceful process of elections. In the record-breaking and historic election that just occurred […]

Live Music: Friday: Can’t Hardly Playboys at Red’s; Dan Dubuque at The Cottage; The Splinters at Great Northern; Tim Torgerson at Blue Canyon; Canyon Creek Ramblers at Craggy Range; Sonny King at Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red’s Saturday: Jack Waller Trio at The Cottage; The Splinters at Great Northern; Billy Christian at East […]

Whitefish Golf Course wrapped up its season at the end of October, and now the Outback Ski Shack has slid back into its winter location in the parking lot. The Glacier Nordic Center course is prepped, just waiting for snow. The cross-country ski shop specializing in high-end gear opened up for the winter season earlier […]

HELENA – Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg drew a critical response from Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday after peppering a legislative GOP caucus with criticism of government spending. Speaking to Montana House Republicans as they prepare for the biennial legislative session that begins in January, Rehberg said the difference between them and Schweitzer “couldn’t be […]

Republican commissioner-elect Jim Dupont and out-going commissioner Gary Hall may hail from the same political party, but local interest groups say they expect the commission to have a more conservative bent come January. With only three commissioners, and several controversial issues set to carry over into next year, that could mean a significant rightward shift […]

HAVERHILL, N.H. – A county treasurer who lost her bid for a fourth term last week to a 20-year-old Dartmouth College student from Montana blames her failed candidacy on “brainwashed college kids.” Republican Carol Elliott said students just voted for the Democratic ticket, which included Dartmouth junior Vanessa Sievers. Sievers won by nearly 600 votes […]

Good morning, and happy birthday to actress Whoopi Goldberg, 53. On the Beacon this morning, Republican commissioner-elect Jim Dupont and out-going commissioner Gary Hall may hail from the same political party, but local interest groups say they expect the commission to have a more conservative bent come January. A 20-year-old Dartmouth College student from Montana […]

Glacier High School enters the Western Class AA divisional volleyball tournament on a roll and ranked No. 3 in the conference. The Lady Wolfpack finished the regular season with a 12-9 overall record, but more importantly an 8-4 conference mark. They will host sixth-seeded Missoula Hellgate tonight at 7 p.m. Flathead earned the No. 5 […]

With about $2 million sunk into restoration work for a contamination that occurred more than a decade ago at the Flathead County landfill, administrators are working to purchase environmental insurance for the solid waste department – and prevent future clean-up costs. “It’s insurance – until you need it it’s a waste of money, but when […]

8:49 a.m. A window was broken out of a business on Montana Highway 2. There is no report as to what is missing. 10:41 a.m. Someone was shooting about a quarter mile away from a home in the Star Meadows area. It was legal. 12 p.m. There were questions about carrying weapons. 3:07 p.m. A […]

Steve Stunning, of the Ajax Advertising Agency, has spent every day since the Fifth of July working on television spots for the three most important retail merchandising days of the year. All them arrive within 60 days of each other: Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the malls behind the costumes and the weird masks are […]

Like all skiers and snowboarders in November, Merrick Kacer itches to get on snow. The new director of the ski and snowboard school at Whitefish Mountain Resort has skied plenty, but never among the snowghosts on Big Mountain. “I believe one of the worst days here will be better than the best day I’ve had […]

I was shocked – SHOCKED – to receive an e-mail Monday from the campaign of Barack Obama. I thought all those people were either a. on vacation, b. frantically applying for administration jobs or c. moving to moving to Minnesota or Georgia to help out in tight Senate races because they just…can’t…let go of election […]

On a chilly November day 50 years ago, a group of undersized boys from Flathead High School stepped onto their home field and made history. Lined up against a formidable Butte squad, the only team to have beaten the Braves that year, these Kalispell boys knew what was at stake: Lose, and the season was […]