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.
By Beacon Staff
Plus, Alpine Theatre Project's fall youth musical, “Disney's Finding Nemo JR,” will feature 140 kids from across the Flathead Valley.
By Lauren Frick
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 Doherty
At Two Sisters Cafe, Susan and Beth Higgins are serving up Blackfeet-raised bison, with a side of education, for the unversed tourists and seasoned travelers alike
By Jules Lingenfelter
The nonprofit organization is making headway on two new trail systems in the Whitefish Range and Crane Mountain in Bigfork
By Zoë BuhrmasterThe president’s first Kalispell visit, and the first by a sitting president since 1975, was aimed at boosting Republican congressional candidate Aaron Flint, who is locked in a dead heat with Democrat Sam Forstag
Commissioner Ian Wargo’s amendments prompt FWP to commit to stakeholder meetings on lake trout suppression and Flathead Lake management
The Discover Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards dinner and fundraiser takes place Nov. 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn
The questions clients actually ask, from fees and fiduciary duty to succession planning
FVCC’s largest scholarship fundraiser takes place on Oct. 30 at Wachholz College Center on its Kalispell campus. Tickets go on sale Sept. 15.
Braves and Griz alum Dylan McFarland will be inducted into the Legends Wall of Fame during the crosstown clash between the Wolfpack and Braves football squads on Thursday night
Tim Torgerson will perform alongside nine other finalists as part of the Whitefish Songwriter Festival’s first-ever “It’s All About the Song” Songwriting Contest on Sept. 18 at the O’Shaughnessy Center
The choices we make today will determine whether our children inherit a state with running rivers and productive soils
Koch’s listening and practical approach make her the right choice for House District 4
Nonpartisan judicial elections protect courts from political influence and dark money
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The celebration brought together 16 centenarians from across the state to share their stories and offer words of advice
Ian Wargo's four amendments would cut the lake trout limit to 20, keep limits on pike, bass and rainbow trout, and change river hook rules; comments due Oct. 9
A former grizzly recovery coordinator says the internal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service directive would mean “a whole lot of dead and injured grizzly bears”
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
