CHENEY, Wash. (AP) – Matt Nichols passed for 257 yards and three touchdowns and Eastern Washington rolled up nearly 500 yards of total offense in a 35-13 victory over Montana State on Saturday. Nichols completed 15-of-24 for the Eagles (4-2, 2-2 Big Sky), who held the Bobcats to 22 yards rushing on 32 carries. EWU, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – There’s not much extra money for the farm bill this year, but some senators have found a way to include $5 billion to reimburse farmers for weather-related crop losses. It’s a politically popular proposition in parts of the Midwest and West, but it’s causing heartburn for some environmental and farm groups who […]

Chary Miller has had two goals since elementary school: go to state as a junior, win state as a senior. She’s half way there. Last year, her first with Bigfork High School’s varsity basketball team, the Valkyries found themselves one point behind Livingston at state in Belgrade. “I remember that last game. We had the […]

If you missed our coverage of Flathead and Glacier’s first football game, catch up here. While the veteran team won handily, it appears Glacier has some real potential and this rivalry will become competitive in a hurry. The Griz won a defensive battle against Sacramento State, pulling away following a pair of an interceptions in […]

The rivalry has begun. The Flathead Braves defeated the Glacier Wolfpack 49-13 on a chilly Friday night at Legends Field in the teams’ first match-up since Kalispell became a two-school town. “The community has been waiting for this forever,” said Glacier coach Grady Bennett after the game. Flathead’s junior standout Brock Osweiler threw for 195 […]

KALISPELL (AP) – Hybrid trout in two lakes west of Hungry Horse Reservoir have been poisoned to make room for pure westslope cutthroat trout, state Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials said Friday. Fisheries crews completed the poisoning on Black Lake on Sept. 28 and on the smaller Blackfoot Lake on Monday. Crews used an air […]

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana asked his colleagues on Saturday to override President Bush’s veto of legislation that would expand a popular children’s health insurance program. “Every Republican must decide whether they will stand with the president and his veto, or stand with our children and their right to a healthy […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) – John Barnett passed for 224 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 91 yards and another score Saturday in Carroll’s 42-0 shutout of Rocky Mountain College. No. 2 Carroll (7-0, 6-0 Frontier) posted its 16th consecutive victory over Rocky Mountain (2-5, 1-5), its third consecutive shutout and continued its streak this […]

HAVRE (AP) — Montana Tech upset No. 14 Montana State-Northern 17-7 Saturday in a game that featured 12 turnovers. Matt Komac passed for 72 yards, including the game-winning 7-yard touchdown pass to Alex Grevas with 3:55 left in the third quarter, to spark Tech (4-3, 3-3 Frontier). Grevas’ touchdown gave Tech a 10-7. Corey Warner […]

After two straight years of losing in the state semifinals, the Flathead Braves, armed with a new coaching staff and the best quarterback in the state, began this season with their eyes set on the state championship. Then they lost their first two games. “With the new coaches, everything was good, everybody liked them,” said […]

Counter Assault sounds like a video game, but it’s really a serious business: the life and death, bear attack kind of business. The Kalispell-based bear and self-defense pepper spray manufacturer Counter Assault is one of the largest companies of its kind in the United States, distributing its sprays worldwide to a wide range of people, […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Thursday included the following: 7:55 a.m. A resident on Rainbow Drive in Kalispell reported a black bear walking through their yard on its way to the lake. 9:12 a.m. Gunshots were heard close to Edgerton School. 10:20 a.m. A worried observer called when they saw a […]

Good morning and happy International Moment of Frustration Scream Day. God, this holiday’s become so commercialized. Big news day for a Friday. On the Beacon, it’s all about football in the Flathead as Myers Reece previews tonight’s premiere inter-city showdown between Kalispell’s two football teams, Glacier and Flathead High. It’s brother against brother, neighbor against […]

The Montana Grizzlies play their first football game on the road Saturday, while Montana State’s defense faces the challenge of an Eastern Washington team that put up a record offensive performance in a last-second loss to the Griz last weekend. Top-ranked Montana (5-0, 2-0 Big Sky) will be trying to win its 13th consecutive game […]

Sometimes it’s hard to pick something to rant about when the entire world seems like a ward at Warm Springs, but a little jaunt to the gun range the other day gave me a target: KM Ranch Road is the worst I’ve ever seen it, a washboarded, pulverized travesty like too many other roads around […]