The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Tuesday included the following: 7:03 a.m. Someone kicked the door down at an establishment on Reserve in Evergreen. 8:41 a.m. A tailgate was ripped off a truck at a used car dealership in Evergreen. 11:29 a.m. A Lakeside resident called in because someone left a message […]

On a weekend when Whitefish Mountain Resort hosted its second Corn Cup, there was no corn snow to be found. Weather systems converged to pelt the resort with two feet of deep powder and conditions more akin to January than the final weekend in March. Late Friday night, snow began to fall catapulting the resort […]

Good morning and happy Bunsen Burner Day. On the Beacon this morning, Becky Lomax writes about a Whitefish photographer teaching workshops for those trying to make the switch to digital shooting. Big Mountain was dumped on this weekend. In Kalispell, the Vipers women’s rugby team has finally fielded enough players to begin competing regionally. Crews […]

HELENA – The schedule has been set for former President Bill Clinton’s Tuesday trip through Montana. Clinton will start out in Havre at 9:45 a.m., at Armory Gymnasium at Montana State-Northern. The former president will then hold a second “Solutions for America” event at Great Fall’s Expo Park at 1 p.m. Clinton goes to Helena […]

BOZEMAN – The owner and founder of the Yellowstone Club, a millionaires-only gated community south of Big Sky, says it is no longer for sale. Tim Blixseth had been negotiating for months with Boston-based CrossHarbor Capital Partners to sell the club for a reported $455 million. But Blixseth says the deal just didn’t come together. […]

Kalispell City Council meets tonight at 7 p.m. for a work session to discuss road impact fees for new commercial and residential developments. Members of the Kalispell Impact Fee Advisory Committee will make recommendations as to the dollar amounts the city should charge the new developments for their traffic impacts. While no formal votes by […]

It started sometime in early January, between the wintry days of grey and blah and, well, more days of grey and blah. I had the travel itch. By early March I was starting to feel desperate and googling for cheap plane tickets to remote locations. And just a few weeks ago, it struck full on […]

HELENA – The state Department of Public Health and Human Services has removed the games from the computers of more than 3,000 employees, after some employees complained that their new computers didn’t include the games. “It sends a clear message that computers are not to be used for non-work activities,” department Director Joan Miles said […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Monday included the following: 12:31 a.m. A Bigfork resident called in because some kids in an older Chevy pickup just blew up his mailbox and drove away. 12:47 a.m. A Eureka Ambulance rolled over on U.S. Highway 93 while en route to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. […]

The best of Northwest Montana’s soccer stars kick off another season on Tuesday when the Flathead Rapids hold their first day of tryouts at the Mike Stebbins Soccer Complex east of Kalispell. The Rapids are a collection of men’s soccer players 18 and older who participate against the best soccer players from other areas like […]

Crews have begun plowing Chief Mountain Road in the northeast corner of Glacier National Park and on Tuesday will begin plowing parts of the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Stephanie Dubois, the park’s acting superintendent, said the spring plowing is “a good opportunity to remind the public that the Sun Road is under rehabilitation” and that visitors should […]

BOZEMAN – A jury has awarded a developer $3 million in a lawsuit in which he argued the city of Bozeman undermined his plans to purchase and develop land north of the city. The 12-person jury deliberated for about four hours at the end of a four-day District Court trial before settling on the award […]

HELENA – Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen says his proposal for a superdelegate primary received a warm reception from fellow Democratic governors meeting this weekend in Montana. Bredesen has proposed a two-day superdelegate primary for June after the last voter primary, in hopes that the party can pick its nominee early and avoid a bitter summer […]

HELENA – Former President Clinton will visit Helena, Great Falls and Havre next week to campaign for his wife. Kevin O’Brien, a spokesman for the Montana Democratic Party, says Clinton will stop at all three cities on Tuesday. He says the sites and times will be announced later. O’Brien says the party thinks Clinton’s visit […]

After brushing a fleck of grass off her shirt and readjusting her hair, Amber Cagle hit Cyrena Canfield in the chest with a forearm. Canfield was pleased. This is practice with the Vipers, Flathead Valley’s only women’s rugby team. The women – and girls – show up with all kinds of different motives. Some are […]