6:36 a.m. Two people were camping where they weren’t supposed to be.  8:45 a.m. Someone was concerned about getting rabies from a dead bat.  9:43 a.m. A 4-year-old called 911. 9:49 a.m. Someone found a gun.  2:31 p.m. A stolen bike was found with a different lock on it.  3:22 p.m. A dog killed someone’s […]

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Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo prepares to welcome what could be a record number of attendees on Aug. 18-22

Tucked off the highway inside a campground just outside of Glacier National Park, Sunflower Café offers cuisine inspired by the owners’ world travels, from Southeast Asia to Central America, as well as the history of the location itself

While early summer heat waves devastated cherry crops across the Northwest U.S., Flathead Valley crops benefit from unique growing conditions and timelines

7:16 a.m. A bagpiper was concerned about a couple sleeping in a car. 12:29 p.m. Someone was unsure what to do with the two horses they had caught. 2:19 p.m. A child was kicked out of the waterpark. 2:25 p.m. A “fancy mountain bike” was lost off a vehicle. 3:32 p.m. A car was parked […]

8:05 a.m. Six piggies returned home. 8:09 a.m. A tied up dog was crying.  10:00 a.m. A dog was chasing some geese. 10:04 a.m. A woman felt that a kenneled dog with water and shade was stressed out. 12:02 p.m. A pigmy goat was attacked by a pit bull. 5:52 p.m.  Someone was concerned that […]

12:57 a.m. Someone was concerned a man was wiggling into traffic. 5:58 a.m. A caller put cat litter on a leaking jug of oil. 7:31 a.m. Someone stole a license plate from a trailer in the last six months. 7:46 a.m. A dog had a cut on its butt. 8:19 a.m. Someone who lost her […]

2:44 a.m. An arguing couple was just catching up. 6:29 a.m. A cow was outside its fence. 8:07 a.m.  A lawnmower ran over a phone book. 10:33 a.m. Two friendly dogs followed someone home. 11:45 a.m. Someone asked why semis and cars had different speed limits. 12:06 p.m. Truck brakes were disturbing the peace. 12:54 […]

Legacy Bike Park sold out each day of opening weekend as riders flocked to the Northwest’s newest downhill destination

Flathead Beacon editorial intern Skye Lucas introduces herself to our readers and listeners and talks to host Micah Drew about moving to Montana and jumpstarting her career in journalism

Five years before Dick Fosbury shocked the world by winning an Olympic gold medal using a new high jumping technique, an unknown boy from Flathead County High School was photographed using the same method

The two fatal crashes occurred along U.S. Highway 2 in Evergreen

12:11 a.m. A vehicle was stuck on top of a large rock.  1:52 p.m. A vehicle lost its brakes on a boat ramp and ended up completely submerged. The boat, however, floated.  3:25 p.m. A van was zooming around a neighborhood.  6:57 p.m. Someone threw a stop sign into a backyard.  7:37 p.m. Two bushes […]

12:06 a.m. A man was hurt in a dog fight.  10:27 a.m. Four purses and some shoes were found by a boat launch.  11:01 a.m. A man was playing air golf.  11:19 a.m. A horse went missing.  1:54 p.m. Vulgar rap music was being played.  2:01 p.m. Someone reported an excavator that appeared to have […]