Community solar project from Flathead Electric Cooperative highlights opportunities in renewable resource development

Lance Ring was sentenced Tuesday for raping a 6-year-old girl last year

Weapon ban does not violate the Second Amendment, court says

Bigfork Art and Cultural Center exhibit showcases fiber and fabric art, along with community-involved project

New restrictions limiting pot providers to three patients take effect

Victim was beating to death with a baseball bat

Drop in oil prices, huge wildfire act as double punch to northern neighbor Alberta’s economy

Revenues outweigh costs for Northwest Montana Fair, held over Aug. 17-21

Budget comes in $13 million less than previous year, due largely to fewer major capital improvement projects

Seventh annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival runs Aug. 28-Sept. 4 in Bigfork

nurse was funded by a four-year $120,000 anonymous grant for the past four years

Governors have used planes to travel the vast state since the 1960s

Claimed thousands of signatures gathered for the measure had been lost or improperly invalidated

Former longtime local teacher Carlene Brooner reflects on half a century of molding the valley’s young minds

The Beacon takes a look at some of the valley's educational history, along with current school needs, and developments in sustainable practices