Court filings allege LOGE Glacier Park and its CEO defaulted on debts months before abruptly announcing plans to shutter the historic Essex hotel. Employees at the Inn said there were signs of financial distress in the months leading up to the closure.
By Tristan Scott
After months of deliberation, the district settled on an amount that would maintain current programming, provide a cost-of-living adjustment to its teachers and allow it to bring more support staff onboard. Without the levy’s passage, the school could face programming cuts.
By Mariah Thomas
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
By Colton Martini
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.
By Zoë Buhrmaster
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.
By Mariah ThomasThe trio, who linked arms to stop a vehicle they believed was transporting a mother and daughter from the Whitefish Customs and Border Protection station, received fines and suspended prison sentences. They painted their actions as a moral cause after the hearing.
Vehicle reservations will not be required anywhere in the park in 2026, but private parking at Logan Pass will be limited to three hours. Tickets for an express shuttle will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
There are multiple reasons a business owner or entrepreneur should consider financial planning for themselves
How a simple ticket can change everything
Local artists create curated collection of iconic park posters that celebrate the beauty and spirit of Glacier National Park
A showing of strength in The Canyon
The “No Snow Barstool Ski Show” will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday in place of the beloved races following lack of snow
In order to reach the result demanded by the Gianforte administration, the BLM acted without meaningful tribal consultation or public input
Free speech is not a license for anonymous attacks or faceless smears
It feels like at every turn, they’re robbing us blind
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Many of Main Street’s older buildings do not have fire suppression systems. The reason is a complex web of state and city regulations and on-the-ground factors.
Social service providers recently completed data collection for the annual Point-in-Time survey, which they say has become challenging in recent years as the homeless population resists participation
Three years after the Essex landmark sold to LOGE Camps, an out-of-state hospitality company, its board of directors discovered a real estate portfolio "in significant distress" and began winding down operations at all active properties. The Izaak Walton Inn is expected to close March 6.
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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
