After nine years away from the pageant circuit, Kalispell’s Madyson Rigg was crowned Miss Montana USA. Now, the 26-year-old is balancing her work with the Glacier Institute, her deep civic ties, and the responsibilities of the state’s most coveted pageant title.

After slipping off a snow-covered trail in Glacier National Park and losing both shoes, 19-year-old Matthew Read hunkered down in a tree shelter for three nights and awaited his rescue. When help finally came, he was overcome with relief.

All three election officials in the northwest Montana county have resigned in frustration, joining the national ranks of beleaguered administrators quitting their jobs amid baseless claims of voter fraud from county leaders and their constituents

Performers representing a wide range of music genres and sounds will be playing throughout the region

Along the primitive and pot-holed North Fork Road, residents are split on how to address the wear and tear on an increasingly busy corridor bordering Glacier National Park

Four decades after its creation, the Flathead Basin Commission is poised to integrate with a new region-wide commission. Despite concerns that the merger will dilute focus on the critical headwaters, state administrators describe the new commission as “leaner and meaner.”

Republicans in the Montana Legislature introduced a record number of constitutional amendments this session. Nearly all of them are failing to make it on the ballot.

As rising operating costs and chronic staffing shortages shutter mental health facilities locally and statewide, a decade of stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates has forced state lawmakers to start crafting solutions

A local boy and his family share their experience with a pediatric cancer diagnosis and the lessons in living that came with it

DREAM Adaptive Recreation recently partnered with the Whitefish Veterans Support Team to offer instruction and equipment for visually impaired veterans on Big Mountain while the nonprofit works to meet the rising demand for adaptive sports

Former Governor Marc Racicot stepped out of retirement to warn Montanans about threats to democracy. Now, the Republican Party he once knew is cutting ties with him.

The Whitefish Skatepark Association is in the final phase of fundraising to expand the Dave Olseth Memorial Skatepark, set to break ground this summer, and local skateboarders plan to bring the same opportunity to Columbia Falls

Regarded as the most prestigious honor in the restaurant world, the James Beard Foundation has recognized two chefs working at the top of their game on opposite ends of the Flathead Valley

Retirement awaits Flathead County Animal Shelter Director Cliff Bennett, who first took over the shelter in February 2010

As land managers grapple with unprecedented demand for new recreation uses on the Flathead National Forest, a growing segment of the public is raising conservation concerns while a perceived lack of transparency erodes their faith in the agency