From the Royal Burger at Richwine’s Burgerville to the fresh-baked pies at Loula’s, here are few entrees, restaurants and local chefs we dished on over the last year

Under new ownership, the historic lodge will remain closed for winter as construction delays stalled plans for renovation. But one man and his pistenbully hopes to preserve the Essex area’s most beloved tradition

Highlighting the best Flathead Valley athletes from the fall sports seasons

At a pair of recent binational meetings, tribal and First Nation governments said any solution to pollution in the international watershed must include IJC intervention, with Sen. Tester urging a unilateral reference if Canada refuses to engage

City council elections were held Nov. 7 in Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Whitefish, where voters also approved reallocating a portion of the resort tax for community housing

Hundreds of housing units are cropping up in the once-empty area northwest of Kalispell. With limited resources at its disposal, one small, rural school district is left to accommodate the wave of new children moving to the area.

As conservation groups emerge from court victorious in their mission to stop controversial logging projects, the future of the Yaak Valley and its timber industry remains in limbo

Voters are also being asked to decide if they support reallocating a portion of the city’s resort tax to go towards funding community housing programs

Every fall, biologists and avid birders clock hundreds of hours on nearby mountaintops to count migrating birds of prey, part of a global network of sites collecting raptor population data to help identify threats to species and aid conservation

Growth, housing development, homelessness and water rates are among top issues; election to be held Tuesday, Nov. 7

Another spate of train-caused grizzly bear deaths in northwest Montana has drawn attention to an overdue federal conservation plan that includes $2.6 million in funding from BNSF Railway to mitigate bear-human conflicts on the landscape

As wild bighorn sheep populations experience die-offs across the West due to respiratory disease, park scientists used a decade of GPS data to discern how Glacier’s sheep might communicate disease in the event of an outbreak

Stagnant salaries, high housing costs and a souring public opinion around education have made it difficult for school districts to recruit and retain teachers. This fall, the Flathead Valley’s public schools are feeling the effects.

What to look forward to this fall: Bigfork’s bump to Class A, dynastic soccer programs and strong distance runners

Amid congressional efforts to defund Glacier National Park’s vehicle reservation system, park administrators and stakeholders defend it as an adaptive tool that has evolved based on public feedback