The first events for the festival, now in its 49th year, kick off Friday, May 24

Cocktail samplings, hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction are all part of the festivities

If voters approve amending the city charter, the council would then hold a public hearing before voting on a resolution to establish what compensation they would receive

The June 15 event will include ticket giveaways for attendees, who will have a chance to win tickets to Yo-Yo Ma’s August show, Mannheim Steamroller’s show in November, and select Glacier Symphony performances

The Kalispell born and raised artist has been running a downtown gallery for almost a year, while continuing to create the vibrant, but familiar landscape paintings that have captured her artistic interest

The area in question was given to the city through an easement in 1983 and once held a boardwalk that fell into disrepair and disuse

Discussion about the development proposal prompted calls from multiple members of the council to revisit the city’s Legacy Homes Program, which is intended to promote the development of affordable housing

Many of the ceramic human figures depicted in Braun’s new large format book are painted over with icons, symbols, logos and designs that stamp them permanently with the subjects of the artist’s concern.

Last Gun says his art references traditional Piikani painted lodges and other traditional cultural imagery, and then reinterprets those designs in ways that are both familiar and new through an artistic lens he thinks of as “Indigenous geometric abstraction.”

The feedback from visioning sessions is meant to assist city officials as they update the growth policy, a master planning document that is supposed to guide the city through growth and development over a 20-year period

Plans for the development include 12 studio-style units, three one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units on a .54-acre parcel of land

Mark O'Connor loves to think of fiddling as playing the American Violin, and Maggie O'Connor finds inspiration in tracing the influences that contribute to the particular strain of violin music that has taken root here.

The kora is a 21-string instrument that originates in West Africa, and has been compared to the harp, lute and guitar.

Applicants, on average, shared that they had moved 1.5 times in the last three years, and 60% of applicants said they were at risk of leaving Flathead County due to lack of affordability or an inability to pay rent

The idea that the community may view tourism more negatively than in the recent past is supported by the results of a survey issued last fall