The rural K-8 district outside Bigfork wants to collect $1.5 million over 10 years to rebuild its building reserve fund, starting with furnaces that heat half the school
By Mariah Thomas
Montana’s rates of drunk driving have long been among the worst in the nation — but advocates, lawmakers, treatment specialists, law enforcement officers and more came together in the Flathead to discuss possible solutions Thursday in a first of its kind event.
By Mariah Thomas
For the past four summer seasons, Barclay’s Burgers has positioned itself along U.S. Highway 2 in Hungry Horse serving up burgers and fries with a twist
By Zoë Buhrmaster
After inheriting both her mother and grandmother’s ashes, Sarah Defelice traced her family’s deep Flathead Valley roots to the oldest section of the C.E. Conrad Cemetery where she laid them to rest while connecting with her past
By Maggie Dresser
After a flood and a remodel, the Swan Lake Trading Post celebrates a century serving a remote corner of Northwest Montana
By Justin FranzThe businessman and philanthropist, who donated more than $10 million to the college, died in July. His life will be honored at the college center — which bears his name — on Sept. 13.
Fruit drives, bear spray swaps, and safety talks fill Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' September calendar as local bear conflicts are on the rise
Piton Wealth Advisors started leaning into the overlap between their work and engineering a couple of years ago
Local artists create curated collection of iconic park posters that celebrate the beauty and spirit of Glacier National Park
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After a 2025 fall season filled with individual and state championships, several Flathead Valley athletes will be on the title defense over the coming months.
The free event, which will feature workshops, jam sessions and performances, will run from Aug. 4 through Aug. 6 in both Whitefish and Kalispell
Officials say new roads will improve wildfire management and "restore access" to the land. But access to what, and for whom?
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Commodity prices are up despite drought and the geopolitical climate contributing to the lowest U.S. wheat production since the 1970s. But Montana farmers say it’s not enough as input costs rise and tight margins persist.
As e-bikes explode in popularity, the mountain biking community continues to grapple with whether the new technology should be shunned or embraced
Faced with revised counting methodology that dramatically reduces the state’s estimated wolf population, commissioners approved a scaled-down quota of 300 wolves in Montana
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
