Standing in one of the handful of finished apartments in what is now the Eastside Brick building, the incongruity of it all can be unavoidable. The dwellings in the development – located in the old Kalispell general hospital between Fifth and Sixth Avenues East and between Seventh and Eighth Streets East – are truly urban. […]

Celebrating its 30th year, the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula drew quite a crowd last May. For those who missed it, a handful of winning films visit Whitefish this Friday night as a fundraiser for the Flathead-Kootenai Chapter of Montana Wilderness Association. Four of the films to be shown ranked as award winners. The […]

Kalispell City Council has a work session scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening to tackle four issues. Council will review Parks and Recreation Fees. A request for two more portions of the Three Mile Views preliminary plat are up for review. The establishment of a cash-in-lieu fee for downtown parking is up for discussion, as […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Sunday and Monday morning included the following: 2:42 a.m. A woman’s crazy boyfriend caused a disturbance when he tore things up and threw stuff around her apartment. 5:57 a.m. A naked man was seen running through the Kari Dodge parking lot. 9:43 a.m. Two rifles were […]

Good morning and Happy National Punctuation Day. It’s a brisk, sunny day here in the Flathead. Check out the Beacon’s community pages this morning, where Bigfork contributor Katrin Frye reports on the Bigfork Steering Committee’s endorsement of a massive bond to build new school structures. Whitefish contributor Becky Lomax writes about the arrival there of […]

There are few things more encouraging than watching an old, blind three-legged dog bounce around like a furry tripod, slobbering on itself and wheezing, completely unfazed by its own flatulence. It causes one, at least in my case, to look inward. How can I dwell on my little problems when that dog, off-balance and addled, […]

SWEETGRASS (AP) – The checkpoint into the United States appears like a fortress dropped in the middle of Interstate 15. Traffic north into Canada is sparse but the cars heading south into Montana move steadily, a stop-and-go line 15 minutes long. Drug dogs sniff bumpers and tailpipes. Officers direct commercial trucks to nearby lanes where […]

Kalispell Flathead 24, Bozeman 18 Great Falls 51, Kalispell Glacier 7 Whitefish 26, Bigfork 3 Columbia Falls 55, Ronan 16 Absarokee 32, Bridger 30 Arlee 26, Noxon 0 Baker 52, Forsyth 7 Big Timber 14, Manhattan 12 Billings Senior 58, Missoula Sentinel 7 Billings Skyview 27, Missoula Big Sky 14 Billings West 47, Helena Capital […]

After a 12th place showing at state in 2006, Flathead High School senior Seth Svennungsen, 18, has his goal set on No. 1 this year. A torn ACL skiing between his sophomore and junior year took Svennungsen out of track for a season. Svennengsun feels that overcoming the injury in time for cross-country last year […]

Committee member Don Loranger moved for the committee to support the Bigfork School Bond at their September 20th meeting. The motion reads: “The Bigfork Steering Committee, mindful of the importance of education to our children’s future and convinced of the need to enhance and improve Bigfork’s school facilities to better meet the need, energetically support […]

Committee member Don Loranger moved for the committee to support the Bigfork School Bond at their September 20th meeting. The motion reads: “The Bigfork Steering Committee, mindful of the importance of education to our children’s future and convinced of the need to enhance and improve Bigfork’s school facilities to better meet the need, energetically support […]

For four girls who have played volleyball together since middle school, been friends for as long or longer, and now are the senior captains for the Libby Lady Loggers volleyball team, their feelings about the state championship are direct and focused. “We want to win it,” Shelby Barton said. “Definitely.” Based on their undefeated season […]

When glass blower George Bland moved from Phoenix back to his hometown of Kalispell seven years ago, he brought a little piece of the Grand Canyon state with him. The white rectangular furnace, called a “glory hole,” along the wall of Bland’s garage isn’t eye-catching until he opens its circular door and releases what his […]

HELENA (AP) – Montana’s congressional delegation has become the first in the nation to post their schedules on the Internet, earning praise from advocates of open government. This week, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus started posting an online schedule detailing his meetings the prior day, following similar postings by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and U.S. Rep. […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Thursday included the following: 9:08 a.m. An animal-hater shot a rabbit and a cat out at Hope Ranch. The cat made it but the rabbit wasn’t as fortunate. 9:27 a.m. A man’s ex-wife fraudulently helped herself to some of his funds. 11:42 a.m. A grandma found […]