18:53 – Heather Fraley’s final time at cross-country state championship, good enough for sixth place 90 – Rushing yards by Wiley Fusaro in 33-7 loss to Missoula Sentinel 45 – Receptions by Fusaro, top five in the state 15 – Passing yards by Shay Smithwick-Hann; lowest total of season following highest total (257 yards) against […]

827 – Rushing yards by Josh Wilson, second in Northwest A with regular season over 1,119 – Wilson’s rushing total last year 248 – Wildcats’ rushing yards per game, tops in conference 6 – Different players to rush for a touchdown this season for Wildcats 18.3 – Points per game allowed by Wildcats, second-best in […]

51 – Blocks by volleyball star Alyssa Fierro, tops in the conference 32 – Next highest total number of blocks by individual player in conference 249 – Kills by Fierro, tops in conference by 28 550 – Rushing yards by Brad Bell, fifth in the conference Sports by the numbers is updated every Tuesday

While some diehard fans are content with living out their football fantasies from the comfort of their couches, others take a more intimate approach – they sign up to play. The Glacier Knights are a semi-professional football team based out of Columbia Falls with a diverse cross-section of players, from recent high school and college […]

What will Bigfork look like in five years, 10, 15? What do we want it to look like? Where will it grow, how, why? The Bigfork Steering Committee is tackling these questions by creating a Neighborhood Plan. “The document is our attempt to communicate with the county,” member Don Loranger said to the BSC. Loranger […]

GREAT FALLS (AP) – A study of grizzly bears in and around Glacier National Park estimates 240 of the bears live in a 2 million acre area. “It’s the first really rigorous population estimate for that area,” said Kate Kendall, a West Glacier-based research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, who led the study. The […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Sunday included the following: 12:59 a.m. A man threatened to kill a woman’s cats at a motel in Kalispell. 8:08 a.m. A disrespectful individual smashed a mailbox on Sunnyside drive. 11:27 a.m. A worried man called the Sheriff’s Department because he received some obscene pictures on […]

Kalispell City Council meets tonight for an informal work session, 7 p.m. at City Hall, to discuss two items. As city officials plan to move into a new building, City Manager Jim Patrick and Information Technology Administrator Erika Hess are recommending that the city switch from its current Centrex telephone system to a new Cisco […]

Good morning and happy Independence Day to our Zambian readers. It’s a cold, dark, rainy Monday morning in the Valley – a perfect opportunity to spend an hour or so reading the Flathead Beacon. For sports fans, check out our Sports Buffet, a roundup of the top stats and scores from weekend games. Myers Reece […]

While “researching” (re-procrastinating) a term paper I was working on last night, I stumbled across a hilarious compilation of apologies, excuses, denials, evasions and just plain nonsensical ways to say, “I’m sorry.” The piece, written by a New York Times Op-Ed contributor, is funny itself in an ad-lib-esque sort of way, but the footnotes that […]

KALISPELL (AP) – The Bonneville Power Administration, the region’s largest wholesaler of electrical power, has reached a 20-year agreement to purchase 50 megawatts of electricity from an Oregon wind energy project. It’s part of a BPA effort to increase the amount of wind energy it sells to meet new state regulations and consumer demand. “Public […]

Camping with the Scout troop is a little bit of a challenge in October and November. Two things get us – low attendance on weekend camps, as families are out hunting, and hunting season itself. We have to be careful to camp where we don’t have to worry about being seen and misidentified, or simply […]

This week, snows crept down Big Mountain to the bottom of Chair 1, and procrastinators are panicked. Even with Whitefish Mountain Resort’s delayed opening, less than 50 days remain until ski season. For those who hike to ski, even fewer days remain to get in shape for the thigh burning first day. “Your body responds […]

MISSOULA (AP) – For the past three weeks, even the most die-hard Montana football fans had questioned the Grizzlies’ lack of dominating wins. Coach Bobby Hauck said the offense hadn’t been playing up to its potential and even pollsters knocked them down a few notches from No. 1, despite an unbeaten record. Saturday, Cole Bergquist […]

BOZEMAN (AP) – Montana State scored all of its points in the final 16 minutes to post a 20-9 win over Sacramento State on Saturday. Tight end Elliott Barnhart had two key catches for 79 yards in the fourth quarter, the first a 39-yard touchdown pass from Cory Carpenter on a third-and-15 play that sparked […]