Chris’ Tea Cottage is located in an old principal’s office in the Museum at Central School in downtown Kalispell. It’s a charming store in an equally charming location, though recently a young girl expressed concern over standing in a place that she has long learned to avoid: the principal’s office. “That didn’t sit well with […]

HELENA – A Kalispell man has claimed a $150,000 Montana Cash jackpot. Adrien “Rick” Criner Jr. bought his winning ticket for the Nov. 5 drawing at Rosauers in Kalispell and claimed his prize Wednesday. Criner works for Eddy’s Bread and says he buys Montana Cash tickets once in a while. He says he almost passed […]

BILLINGS – Air Force officials say they found deficiencies during a recent nuclear inspection of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The inspection at the base near Great Falls, from Oct. 26 to Nov. 10, evaluated the unit’s readiness to execute nuclear operations and found “deficiencies in several areas”, according to an […]

HELENA – Democratic leaders chosen to control a deadlocked Montana House promised Wednesday to govern from the middle, while Republican leaders in the Senate say they will use their advantage in that chamber to put the GOP’s imprint on state spending. On Wednesday, the parties picked their new leaders for a Legislature that convenes in […]

The Flathead County Parks and Recreation Board is developing a plan for a county-wide system of pathways to connect all the valley’s major population centers to each other, as well as Flathead Lake, Glacier National Park, Flathead National Forest, and state and county parks. The pathway system will include on-street pedestrian and bicycle routes as […]

The speakers at Wednesday’s Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon were, in some ways, a study in contrast. Bob Nystuen, president of Glacier Bank, described the many ways the Flathead’s local banks were prospering despite the national economic downturn. Then Nystuen introduced Jim Lyon, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank […]

HELENA – Republican Roy Brown said Monday that he lost by a 2-1 margin to Gov. Brian Schweitzer because the Democrats had more money to spend and used it on attack ads. “I was outspent by a huge amount and much of the money was spent on false attacks,” Brown said in an e-mail to […]

BILLINGS – A spokesman for the Yellowstone Club says the exclusive resort for the super-rich has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure financing for a planned expansion. The members-only club in Montana’s Gallatin Mountains boasts a private ski hill and golf course and counts Dan Quayle and Bill Gates among its members. Spokesman Bill […]

Semitool Inc. says it is laying off about 100 workers at its plants in Kalispell and Libby. The firm has about 800 Montana employees including 37 workers in Libby, so the layoffs will affect just under 13 percent of Semitool’s Montana work force. Workers were told to consider the layoffs permanent. Semitool is the third-largest […]

Kalispell City Council members gave a mixed response Monday night to a request by executives for grocery store chain Super 1 Foods to figure out how to erect a sign along Main Street, should the company wish to open a new store in the old Tidyman’s building. While council members expressed a strong desire to […]

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Good morning; today is Veterans Day. On the Beacon this morning, a tough time at Semitool, which announced it was laying off 100 workers from its Kalispell and Libby facilities. Executives for Super 1 Foods inquired about moving into the old Tidyman’s building at the Kalispell City Council work session Monday. After four years of […]

Two things pump up the skier adrenaline preseason: falling snow and ski flicks. For annual fundraisers, Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation provides the visual fuel for ski and snowboard junkies to amp up the excitement for the upcoming winter. The latest Warren Miller flick rolls into town this weekend, Nov. 14-15. Children of Winter pounds […]

12:54 a.m. Someone’s drunken ex-husband was arrested after he smashed a window. 1:53 a.m. A man, who choked his girlfriend and broke her cell phone, was taken to jail. 3:13 a.m. Four vehicles were parked behind a casino. 7:13 a.m. A Whitefish man broke down his ex’s door. 11:21 a.m. Two Browns Mountain Road neighbors […]

Flathead County Commissioners made it halfway through proposed subdivision regulations Monday, before tabling the remaining rules for next week and setting aside a special date to tackle the controversial streamside setback regulations. All three commissioners said they needed more time to read through and follow up on the public comment they had received regarding the […]