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Blue Cow Car Wash expands herd into Evergreen
With this new innovation, the Blue Calf is able to accommodate dually pickup trucks and vehicles up to 8 feet tall.
Joe and Colleen Unterreiner receive Kalispell Chamber’s highest honor
The award honoring them and several other community members and businesses were handed out at the chamber’s annual Grand Event Wednesday night at the Wachholz …
Mulled cider celebrates season’s flavors
The key is using freshly pressed apple juice to capture that fresh, crisp aspect of fall.
Cafe bases menu on connection with herb manufacturer
The cafe’s best-selling menu item is the avocado toast which features smashed avocado, lemon juice, sea salt and red pepper flakes on sourdough bread.
Microfarm provides locally grown flowers to Flathead Valley
Located in Lakeside, the farm provides locally and organically grown flowers to the Flathead Valley.
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Western Montana timber company honored with forestry award
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte traveled to Plains last week to honor and bestow the annual Forest Products Award to a family-owned business based out of Libby.
New Kalispell gym aims for purpose behind training
An abandoned truck repair shop in downtown Kalispell has found new life as a CrossFit gym thanks to a duo of fitness lovers, Jessie and Kyna Williams.
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Crab cakes one of most requested recipes
One of the most requested recipes from FVCC’s Culinary Institute of Montana is Chef Howard Karp’s crab cakes.
Fusion restaurant showcases flavors of Eastern Europe and Central Asia
With dishes like samosas, pilaf, pho, gyros, and dumplings, Chef Yussupov incorporates a wide range of flavor profiles into the menu, and since their grand ope…
Soap, candle shop opens in Columbia Falls
When Leanne Wagner took her family’s yearly beef purchase to the butcher to be processed, her husband told her to ask for every part of the cow. She wasn’t sur…
Legacy furniture meant to be passed down for generations
The custom, hand-made chairs, tables, rockers, and barstools have been referred to by clients as “legacy furniture,” pieces that are made to last and can be pa…
St. Regis tapped to take part in $1 billion hydrogen project
The U.S. Department of Energy last week announced that it would spend up to $1 billion developing the technology in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding of the three states.
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Explore Whitefish doubles funding to housing nonprofit
A nonprofit working on affordable and workforce housing issues in Whitefish is set to receive a substantial increase in funding from an optional fee collected …