A Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient who participated in the D-Day Invasion, Melcher in 2018 died peacefully sitting in his favorite chair overlooking Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula. He was 93.

The only silver lining to all of this balloon business is that Americans have been awakened to the serious security threat posed by China

As weed becomes more potent more teens are becoming dependent and dangerously ill, especially from dabbing, an increasingly popular method of inhaling concentrated THC

If only the trailblazing Kalispell legislator and journalist Emma Ingalls could see how far women have climbed in Helena

Reservations are highly recommended – even on a Wednesday evening in autumn when the celebrated singer-songwriter and her husband booked a table for two

Putting 'Christ' back in 'Christmas' doesn’t require abandoning shopping

It was forty-odd years ago that this county’s voters approved the first-ever comprehensive plan to guide growth and development in the Flathead Valley and its surrounding ecosystem

For me, John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address comes to mind – 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country'

An ethics test is just one component of the state’s efforts to educate, monitor and enforce ethical standards among Montana’s elected officials

Even as news deserts expand, individual community-targeted newspapers continue to be published in Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia Falls and Bigfork

Much to the library director's chagrin, trustees are now scrutinizing another 2018 children’s book – the board’s fourth book challenge this year – titled, 'Why Children Matter,' by Idaho church pastor Douglas Wilson

Montana's withdrawal from the National Association of State Attorneys General was some move, considering that two years ago Austin Knudsen’s Republican predecessor was elected to lead the distinguished organization

To the Beacon’s many readers, I look forward to the day our paths cross