Some days you’re lucky and some days you’re good. Last night at the CFHS football field, the Wildcats were both, as they ran over the Browning Indians 42-0. The star of the show was Stephen Baumgartner (20), who was often closer to the photographer than to the defenders pursuing him. Baumgartner ran for four touchdowns […]

This Thursday, Ethel McNett will put in her usual 14-hour workday, providing in-home health care and running her shop, The Pottery Studio in Kalispell. She’ll also, quietly, celebrate her 74th birthday. “It’ll be business as usual I suppose,” she said. “There’s always more to get done.” At an age when many are long retired, McNett […]

Investigators said Thursday that a third vehicle caused a crash that killed a state trooper and a couple from Hungry Horse. Roy A. Moore, 42, and Ginger Wilborn, 30, died in the Aug. 26 head-on collision that also killed Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Evan Schneider, 29. Investigators said video from Schneider’s on-board camera shows a […]

There are a lot of horror stories involving the 40 miles of Cape Caution, which is part of the inland passage from Seattle to Alaska. Weather there is unpredictable – it’s where the warm summer waters of the Japanese current collide with the ice cold Bering Sea. There is fog, sudden storms, big ground swells […]

NEW YORK – From the perspective of their pocketbook, Americans had a good solid year last year. The standard of living rose and the middle class grew while the number of wealthy actually shrank somewhat compared to 2006. At the same time, the official poverty rate was basically unchanged. And the number of Americans without […]

While Montana may not be suffering as severely the economic and housing slowdown that the rest of the country is grappling with, the Flathead real estate market in the first half of 2008 appears to be declining significantly from the boom of the last several years. “There’s some reality that we have to face up […]

Good morning; on this date in 1957 Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” was published. There’s a ton of news on the Beacon today, including the announcement that Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden will be speaking in Kalispell Sunday. Check in here later as we get more information on the when and where of the […]

9:53 p.m. Stolen: a chainsaw and prescription drugs from a vehicle in Olney. 12:15 p.m. A complete list of all the tools stolen from a job site is being made. 1:53 p.m. A trap has been set for a feline suspected to be responsible for a rash of bites in the Willow Glen area. 4:11 […]

Like everything else at Glacier High School, the boys golf program is still in its infancy. Nonetheless, the defending Class AA state champion – which tied with Billings West in 2007 – is poised to make a run at another state title behind senior star Larry Iverson III. Iverson, the 6-foot-2 defending Class AA state […]

Our Democratic and Republican national conventions are the grand spectacles of our political tradition. Today they are choreographed by programming professionals. Segments are timed precisely. Media savvy politicians skillfully rally the faithful and stimulate them to action. The unexpected is carefully guarded against. Any “suspense” is planned. Historically, conventions have not been staged events. They […]

If you’re looking for superior live music, head to Montana Coffee Traders in Columbia Falls where pickers gather once a month to shake the blues out of you. On the first Friday of each month, the popular coffee shop and restaurant extends their normal hours to feed patrons a little dinner with a side of […]

Bigfork High School Principal Thom Peck will not be returning to the school for the 2008-2009 academic year. Peck declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding his departure, saying that more information should be available in the next week. “I’ve been advised by counsel to wait until the settlement,” he said. “I can say that […]

On the last work day before the first school day Bigfork’s School Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of High School principal Thom Peck. The reason for Peck’s leaving remains unknown. The separation agreement was signed by Peck on September 3rd during an Executive Session of the Board. During the session Peck invoked his right […]

Live Music: Friday: Can’t Hardly Playboys at Red’s; Good Wood Trio at Scotty’s; Dan Dubuque at The Cottage; Silver’s Platter at Blue Canyon; DJ Q at Finish Line; Splinters at Great Northern; Sonny King at Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red’s Saturday: Craig Wickman at The Lodge; Splinters at Great Northern; Mobile Beat DJ […]

Vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, will speak at Flathead High School at 644 Fourth Ave. W. on Sunday, Sept. 7, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and though the event is free and open to the public, tickets are required. The six-term senator was chosen as Barack Obama’s running mate last […]