For 50 years, the Flathead River system has been designated under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, serving as the legislation’s inspiration after wildlife biologists John and Frank Craighead spearheaded the watershed’s protection stemming from the Spruce Park dam proposal on the Middle Fork

Over half of the clinic’s staff graduated from high schools around the Flathead Valley

The food truck offers up both sweet and savory dishes, along with a rotating cast of other menu items

Mark and Sam Schurke carved out a life in the Swan Valley offering hands-on adventures with rare Inuit sled dogs while raising two sons in the family business

Weathering 100 years of change, the soul of Northwest Montana lookouts endures

As the Flathead Valley gains acclaim as a top mountain-biking destination in North America, Whitefish-based trail-building company Terraflow earns national honors for its latest designs

At the coffee house in downtown Kalispell, the Nuila family's "library of tastes" is already filled with classics

After moving from a basement downtown to a storefront along U.S. Highway 2, the Columbia Falls Historical Society has settled into its new home

Daniel Lombardi’s first photography show explores a future without birds through the spiritual, science-fiction lens of his cyan images of the cautious, regimented process of bird banding

Local theater companies encourage children to join the action, saying that acting and performing can teach valuable skills that have benefits far beyond the stage

When you live in the Crown of the Continent, it can be hard to justify a weekend escape. With suggestions, your family will have an easy-to-follow getaway plan no matter the season.

As homeowners, builders and architects embrace Northwest Montana’s natural contours — ridge lines, dense alpine forests, crystalline lakes, and the ever-changing theater of weather rolling in from the Continental Divide — the region is experiencing a design renaissance

Bob Mislivec has played the accordion since he was 10, carrying on a cultural tradition and finding serendipitous connections. Over the last couple decades, he’s become a staple of the North Fork and Badrock Canyon music community.

Behind lawmakers’ efforts to curb drunk driving in a state with the highest rates in the nation is a nonprofit that started with a simple solution: handing out coffee cards to those who choose not to drive home drunk. The impact has been wider than the Montana Bar Fairies’ founders imagined.