With the warm weather of summer comes the hot fishing on Flathead Lake. Anglers now are enjoying a brisk yellow perch fishery. While many anglers prefer to fish for the bigger lake trout, the small perch provide an exciting fishery for the creel and the frying pan. Perch, a non-native species to Flathead Lake, are […]

HELENA (AP) – Montana’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 2.3 percent in May and the state now shares the lowest unemployment rate in the nation with Idaho, the Department of Labor and Industry said Tuesday. The national unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in May, while North Dakota and Wyoming had unemployment rates of 3.3 percent […]

A wolf killed a domestic calf Saturday in the Pinkham Creek drainage near Eureka, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks confirmed Tuesday. It’s the first kill blamed on the Northwest Montana Lydia pack. Kent Laudon, FWP Region One wolf specialists, identified Lydia as a new breeding pack last year. His team collared an adult from the […]

I have a dishwasher. OK, not a world-changing revelation. But in the last 10 years of living on my own, it’s the first dishwasher I’ve ever had. It’s a technological advancement. No more wrinkly fingers, no more dirty plates. I’m moving this week from my Kalispell apartment complex to a small – surprisingly affordable – […]

A sign of the times in Columbia Falls. Developments are popping up everywhere, with SOLD signs popping up like dandelions soon afterwards.

CHICAGO (AP) – Distance runner Seth Grossman of Kalispell and javelin thrower Marissa Tschida of Missoula have received Montana’s Gatorade track and field athlete of the year awards. Grossman won the 1,600- and 3,200-meters at the state Class AA track and field championships. He won the 1,600 title by 3.71 seconds, with a time of […]

Detailed results from the Columbia Falls Invitational Swim Meet, held in C-Falls this weekend: 2007 Columbia Falls Invitational – 6/16/2007 to 6/17/2007 Team Results Combined Team Scores 1, Bitterroot Swim Team, 1442. 2, Columbia Falls Swim Team, 1198. 3, Shelby Water Otters, 906. 4, Conrad Swim Team, 334. 5, Cut Bank Sharks, 332. 6, Plains […]

Kalispell city employees will be picketing tonight to call attention to a dispute over longevity pay between their union and the city. City employees plan to demonstrate outside city hall beginning at 5 p.m., then will move inside to make statements to the council during the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting, […]

People who love rivers can help show their support for their waterways June 23 in the Montana Raft Co. 11th annual cleanup. The focus of the cleanup will be at public river accesses on the North Fork and Middle Fork of the Flathead River. Montana Raft Company is providing all of the necessary equipment for […]

I’m pushing 30, now accustomed to the creaks and pops that accompany inconsistent exertion. I stare at a computer much of the day, sit with poor posture and, aside from the occasional Nerf basketball game, get little consistent exercise. In any startup business environment, there are scarce hours to schedule in a yoga, pilates, or […]

The Danny On Memorial Trail attracts more hikers than any other trail in Flathead National Forest—around 14,000 each summer. Its flower-filled slopes blossom with glacier lilies in June, tall white beargrass stalks in July, and huckleberries in August. But this summer, the hiking trail converts into more of a backcountry experience. In past seasons, Big […]

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Poet Robert Frost famously wrote of taking the road less traveled and many local runners are heeding his advice. In the Flathead you don’t have to go far to find a trail. They wind alongside streams and rivers, snake through meadows, switchback up and down mountainsides and chase train tracks out of town. On these […]

Disk golf enthusiasts or beginners wanting to learn the game will enjoy the course north of Whitefish. Located on the east side of Whitefish Lake and just past the Stillwater State Forest boundary, the 18-hole course is a gem for outdoor recreation. The regular rules of golf apply to this disk-throwing game. Each hole is […]

WEST GLACIER (AP) – A 48-year-old Columbia Falls woman who became separated from her hiking partner in Glacier National Park was found Friday. Rhonda Stevens was rescued by helicopter on a saddle in an area between Mount St. Nicholas and Striped Elk Lake. She was not seriously injured, and declined medical treatment on scene, park […]