The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Sunday included the following: 2:33 a.m. A Kalispell resident called in after an intoxicated woman showed up at their door screaming that someone was after her. An unarmed man, also intoxicated, showed up shortly after. Deputies resolved the situation and no one was arrested. 5:14 a.m. […]

HELENA – The secretary of state’s office reports voter registration in Montana is up amid excitement over the race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. More than 626,000 voters are currently registered to vote in Montana’s June 3 primary. That surpasses the total of about 595,000 registered in 2004. And this year, voters will […]

GREAT FALLS – Four state senators plan to request a special session in June to consider a proposal that would provide an additional $30 million to fund Montana schools. Democratic Sens. Don Ryan of Great Falls and Sam Kitzenberg of Glasgow said they discussed the idea with Sen. John Cobb, a Republican from Augusta, and […]

It may not be quite time to dust off the fishing pole and cast it into the Flathead River, but while the sun is out and before it gets too busy with boat trailers, wander down to the Teakettle Fishing Access site in Columbia Falls. Offering tables and ample space for picnics, the state fishing […]

BILLINGS – Former President Bill Clinton emphasized the importance of each state having the opportunity to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee, telling a crowd of Montana Democrats on Saturday that he hopes they back his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. “We’re down to the last few states and the last few candidates, and I […]

KALISPELL – The former office manager of KOFI-AM in Kalispell, Kent Etchison, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently purchasing office supplies at the station’s expense in return for incentives from vendors. “He regrets what happened. Beyond that I don’t want to comment,” Etchison’s attorney, Jeffrey Roth of Missoula, said Friday. Etchison pleaded guilty to mail fraud […]

A day after his quadruplets turned 2 years old, Steve Biggs threw on his football pads and led the Glacier Knights to their first victory since 2004, snapping a 33-game losing streak. Biggs, a 45-year-old doctor who moonlights as a competitive bodybuilder, is the oldest player on the semi-pro Knights. At 6-feet-2, 265 pounds, he […]

Starting Friday night, kids plan on rocking the schoolhouse when Whitefish Theatre Company presents their annual kids musical. In a take off of the Emmy Award winning 1970s educational cartoon, kids do a hip romp through school subjects, singing about math, grammar, history, and biology. In the last rehearsal before opening night, 31 antsy cast […]

Good morning and happy Lost Sock Memorial Day. It’s snowing again in downtown Kalispell, though the guy on the radio this morning swore we’d see sunshine this afternoon. I hope he’s not just toying with us. On the Beacon today, Dan Testa writes about a conservation group that’s filed a request for documents relating to […]

Four Kalispell men face felony poaching charges for allegedly killing six big-game animals, including a bull moose, near Helmville. Benjamin Bolt, 21; his brother, Nicholas Bolt, 20; Benjamin Woodson, 24; and Brandon Mitchell, 22, were charged with possession of unlawfully taken wildlife, tampering with physical evidence and burglary, according to records from Powell County Justice […]

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he would like to see the race between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama continue to Montana’s June 3 primary, the last contest in the nation. Clinton has been under increased pressure in recent days to bow out and hand the Democratic presidential nomination to Obama. Although the race […]

Half the soldiers killed in Vietnam weren’t old enough to vote. The monumental injustice of that triggered the adoption of the 26th amendment in 1971, which lowered the voting age to 18. Montana Sen. Mike Mansfield noted that his leadership role in lowering the voting age was perhaps his proudest achievement in his long life […]

A 5-foot-something man with blond hair and a big grin strums his guitar for a cheering crowd. He wears a Rastafarian-style hat fitted with dreadlocks. “I’m too white to sing reggae,” John Dunnigan croons. “I’m too white to sing blues. I’m too white to sing anything but Barry Manilow tunes!” It’s Saint Patrick’s Day at […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Thursday included the following: 7:23 a.m. A boyfriend was arrested for hitting his girlfriend. 8:11 a.m. Another man, this one intoxicated, was arrested for beating up a woman. 8:41 a.m. An irate young man in Lakeside attempted to throw a chair through a wall. 11:24 a.m. […]

Live Music: Friday: Can’t Hardly Playboys at Red’s; Silver’s Platter at The Cottage; Special Debut at the Eagles; Christian Johnson and Friends at Garden Bar; Kiniption Fit at Great Northern; DJ Q at Finish Line; Bluestone Trio at Scotty’s; Sonny King at Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red’s Saturday: Silver’s Platter at The Cottage; […]