A volunteer firefighter arriving at the Heart Butte Fire Department Aug. 8 to prepare the engines for a parade was met with a surprise – the rural department fire hall’s rear door had been broken.

A Polson-based developer who this summer has been seeking a permit for a 97-slip marina located in Bigfork Bay has withdrawn their application, citing a failure to complete a requested engineering ...

Last week we established that the Tiger Woods/John Daly meme could be useful in examining strains of outdoor-loving humans. Tigers, the meme tells us, are the formal, sometimes highfalutin sort that ...

A freak rockfall on one of America’s most scenic mountain roads has left a Kansas City family grieving a husband, father and grandfather who spent his life teaching them to stop and look twice at the ...

Prior to my Bozeman friends’ hiking the Swan Range this past weekend we agreed to meet for coffee at the Hungry Bear Bar and Grill in Condon. Awaiting their arrival, I struck up a conversation with ...

In 2015, Montana passed legislation to address bullying, although it was primarily to deal with school-related bullying situations. Little did anyone expect in 2026 there would be an onslaught of ...

The Texas-based developer who owns Kalispell Center Mall has backed out of a request for funds from the city’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district after beginning the application process earlier ...

As the deadline for a candidate to withdraw from Montana’s U.S. Senate race comes to a close, both Democrat Alani Bankhead and independent Seth Bodnar have said they’ll stay the course, concluding a ...

Whether you’ve been here for decades, or you’re new to the Flathead Valley, our reporting is here to help you feel smarter and in the loop about the issues most important to Northwest Montana. With ...

Greetings, Beacon Nation. I’m Tristan Scott here with a morose edition of your Monday Roundup. One of downtown Whitefish’s most enduring restaurants, Wasabi Sushi Bar and Ginger Grill, abruptly ...

Another edition of the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo will commence at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in Kalispell this week, with Grammy-nominated country singer Walker Hayes kicking things off on ...