The Missoula smokejumper and union leader would be the first Democrat Montanans have sent to the U.S. House in three decades; Republican Aaron Flint conceded around midnight
By Mariah Thomas
Polls are closed as voters across Montana cast ballots for local, state and federal offices
By Beacon Staff
Since 2007, Swan Valley Bear Resources has worked with landowners and agencies to reduce human-bear conflicts, starting with the number one attractant: garbage
By Kay Bjork
A family's multi-generational hold on a Flathead Lake bluff meets an architect who grew up with the same water in her blood
By Tristan Scott
In 'The Way Around: A Field Guide to Going Nowhere,' Missoula author Nicholas Triolo delivers a meditation on movement — and what circling back can teach us
By Maggie DohertyAbsentee ballots went out Oct. 9, and Election Day is Nov. 3. Flathead Valley voters will weigh an open U.S. Senate seat, an open western congressional seat, a state Supreme Court contest, three ballot measures and a full slate of legislative and county races. Here’s what to know.
Sixteen Glacier entries include vault toilets, sewer lift stations and generator repairs, among about 1,500 projects nationwide
Lessons on planning for charitable giving without fear
The Discover Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner and fundraiser takes place Nov. 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn
FVCC’s largest scholarship fundraiser takes place on Oct. 30 at Wachholz College Center on its Kalispell campus. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.
Whitefish's 2-1 victory over their crosstown rival on Saturday at Smith Fields helped the Bulldogs secure their first state title in three years.
They join more than 30 artists who will perform in the Flathead Valley from July 16-18. Tickets go on sale Nov. 6.
During these next seven days existing anxiety can morph into hopelessness, frustration, even anger,
The Surface Transportation Board should reject it
Montana does not need to choose between protecting taxpayers and treating broadband and cable providers neutrally
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Absentee ballots went out Oct. 9, and Election Day is Nov. 3. Flathead Valley voters will weigh an open U.S. Senate seat, an open western congressional seat, a state Supreme Court contest, three ballot measures and a full slate of legislative and county races. Here’s what to know.
Economic headwinds have triggered a shift in spending trends as visitors seek low-budget trips while weather, the airport runway rehabilitation project and Glacier Park’s new entry system have caused fluctuating visitation patterns
Federal wildlife officials and hunting groups say wolves in the Northern Rockies have recovered; conservation groups say the agency ignored historic range where wolves no longer live
A six-part series on notorious Flathead Valley militia leader David Burgert, who vanished into the wilderness after a shootout with sheriff's deputies in 2011
