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.
Inspired by childhood family camping trips and root beer floats, the James Beard-nominated executive chef at Herb and Omni may have crafted his signature dish
For nearly 40 years, the internationally acclaimed Japanese-born photographer and Coram resident has chronicled Glacier Park’s most charismatic creatures
Having celebrated her 100th birthday on New Year's Day, Swan Lake resident Donna Roberts is among the last survivors of the original All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the only documented player from Montana. As professional women’s baseball makes its long-awaited return, her story offers a rare glimpse into the lives of the pioneers who first proved that women could play on a national stage.
For more than 50 years, the Flathead Snowmobile Association has been maintaining designated snowmobile routes across northwest Montana, providing grooming for multiuse trails and bolstering partnerships to ensure motorized access
For generations of local skiers, these little mountains were critical stepping stones to the Big Mountain
From here on out, I intend to celebrate early and often
The Flathead Valley’s extensive range of dining options has planted this far-flung corner of Montana on the map as a pleasure center for foodies. As winter revs up our appetites, we revisit some of our favorite meals from the past year.
Born of a winter travel delay in County Limerick, this calming, caffeinated elixir demands no excuse for a snow day
Even nearly a century after it was built, the Whitefish Depot still plays an important role for the railroad
From award-winning collections of poetry to historical fiction horror, wild game cookbooks and wildlife activity books for kids, these Montana-centric titles offer something for everyone
Looking to spice things up during a slow part of the year, Whitefish’s Blackstar Brewery introduces a new burger every week
In their new documentary “Journey to the Sun,” the Lefler brothers explore and celebrate the challenging history of Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road
As one of the earliest — and only — homesteaders to occupy Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island, Herman Schnitzmeyer nearly starved to death before turning his attention to photography, a talent he used to capture a turning point in the American West
The Progressive Vet PAC poured millions into the Senate primary during its final weeks in support of Democrat Alani Bankhead. Now, it says it’s shifting its focus to back a Democratic candidate running in Kansas.
With the Flathead Valley leading the pack in wildfire risk and home insurance challenges in Montana, fire officials, insurance industry experts, lawmakers, and other stakeholders are searching for solutions to extinguish the ever-spreading problem of insurance unaffordability and scarcity.
As the state’s party chair defends the shift — which requires members to pay dues, sign an affirmation of support and spells out a procedure for suspending or terminating party members — some current and former legislators raised concerns with the new bylaws’ legality, and with the amount of power it puts in the hands of the State Central Committee and chair.
