Flathead Electric
Flathead Electric Co-op Plans Power from Dump
The 135-acre Flathead County landfill, near Kalispell, has been collecting methane gas produced by decaying garbage and burning it, to prevent the greenhouse gas from escaping into the atmosphere.
By next year, the gas will be used to drive a 1.6-megawatt generator hooked up to the Flathead Electric Co-op's distribution system. The generator will produce enough power for 900 homes.
City, Spirit Skate Shop team up for camp
Etiquette School for Skaters
If you’re a skateboarder, you’re going to fall.
At Kalispell’s Spirit Skate Camp, kids learn that falling isn’t failure. In fact, it’s what makes a skater strong.
Commentary: Like I Was Saying ...
Library Bogged Down by Bureaucracy
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The Flathead County Library Board of Trustees met last month and once again failed to make a decision, or even indicate a possible plan, on the future of the Kalispell library. Meanwhile, the abandoned Tidyman’s grocery store near downtown here continues to rot, its 52,000 square feet eager for books – or anything else to take its mind off the weeds, occasional graffiti and that feeling of being blight-stricken.
[read more]Flathead sisters host event to share their adventures teaching abroad
Traveling Tales from Turkey
Flathead High School graduates Karina Ek and her sister, Erin Ek, will give a cultural presentation featuring their photographs and selling artisan goods at Camas Creek Yarn. - Photo courtesy of Karina Ek
Karina Ek, 20, was nervous the day she arrived at a Turkish bank to begin teaching English classes to the bank’s employees. Nerves turned to fear, though, when her first question received only passive stares.
“I asked, ‘How are you today?’ and everyone just looked at me with blank faces; they had no idea what I was saying,” she said. “Here I was, a young American girl who’d been in their country like a month and I had to figure out how to teach a class of 60-year-old Turkish men. I was so scared.”
Census Report
Whitefish, Kalispell Fastest Growing Cities in the State
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Downtown Whitefish. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
HELENA – New census statistics show that Whitefish is the fastest growing Montana city since the start of the decade, while Billings remains the largest.
The population of Whitefish increased by 60.6 percent from the 2000 census to 8,083 residents by the summer of 2007. But it is still only the 11th largest city in Montana.
Billings, with an estimated population of nearly 102,000, topped the population list. It grew by 13.4 percent over the same time frame.
The other fastest growing places by percentage are: Kalispell (42.7), Belgrade (40.5), Columbia Falls (40.3) and Bozeman (38).
Traffic Crash
Browning Man Pleads Guilty in 2006 Crash
GREAT FALLS – A Browning man has admitted he was drunk when he crashed his vehicle into an East Glacier couple's car, causing the couple to suffer 30 broken bones between them.
Robert Lee Welch pleaded guilty this week in federal court in Great Falls to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The 26-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 2.
New canine day care center growing in popularity
Dogs Have Their Day in Kalispell
Fellow canines Cooper, Dauber and Beta, left to right, relax at Lucky Dog Day Camp south of Kalispell. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon
Dogs like to party too.
At the Lucky Dog Day Camp in south Kalispell, owners can treat their canines to a birthday party, complete with party favors, pupcakes, decorations and a birthday photo. But if what your dog needs isn’t a party, just a little companionship or a place to hang out while you’re at work, doggie day care services are available five days a week.
Libby Fatal
Authorities Identify Victim of Libby Crash
Lincoln County officials have identified the 34-year-old woman who was killed in a car crash near Libby.
The coroner's office says Luanne Graves died in a one-vehicle rollover on Secondary Highway 260 on Tuesday morning.
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