Spartan race challenges thousands

The second incarnation of the Montana Spartan Sprint on Saturday near Bigfork promises to be even bigger than the inaugural race a year ago.

Read up on elections, then vote

It’s election season again.

Donation to help protect our kids

Did you read the good news on the front page today? Whitefish philanthropist Mike Goguen has stepped forward with a big donation to support a local cause.

Obama's prison initiative right move

The recent announcement that the U.S. Justice Department is going to extend clemency to some drug offenders prompted predictable criticism from some law-and-order Republicans.

Sign police out; good neighbors in?

It happens like clockwork in the weeks leading up to a primary or general election. Calls start coming in to the Flathead County Planning Office, the Sheriff’s Office and even the Inter Lake office. Concerned citiz…

A pipeline to dark side of politics

Tech levy a needed school expense

There are 3,000 digital devices in Kalispell Public Schools directly related to instruction for the 6,000-plus students in the district.

Feeding the Flathead's rich legacy

After 25 years, Community Kitchen Feeding the Flathead remains an all-volunteer program that works miracles with modest means.

Commissioners slip up on slump

The Flathead County commissioners’ recent decision to reject a sizable federal grant to stabilize a section of bluff north of Kalispell has left a lot of people scratching their heads.

Megaloads are a real big problem

Megaloads through Kalispell? Really?

Protect our access to public land

Although it’s far away in the middle of Montana, another case of private landowners trying to block public access has cropped up and it’s worthy of statewide scrutiny.

Annexation needed for rail park

A proposed annexation of a 40-acre Flathead County Rail Park just east of Whitefish Stage Road seems to be a necessary step for continuing momentum that has been built toward the park’s development.

Obamacare... by the numbers

The Obama administration and some leading Democrats took something of a victory lap last week after revealing that they had achieved a target of “enrolling” about 7 million people in Obamacare by Monday’s open enro…

Creston Auction and Country Fair this weekend

If it’s spring, it must be time for the Creston Auction and Country Fair.

Cheers to our many local beers

Three cheers for Great Northern Brewing Co., which is in the throes of a major expansion project at the downtown Whitefish brewery. This week, crews rolled out the old tanks and replaced them with bigger ones that …