A firefighter battles the fully engulfed townhouse on Slopeside Drive on Big Mountain on Thursday night, Nov. 2, in Whitefish. At 9:42 p.m., Big Mountain Fire and Rescue responded to the report of a structure fire in a residential area near the ski slopes at Whitefish Mountain Resort. They were quickly joined by crews from the Whitefish, Kalispell, Columbia Falls and Evergreen fire departments. Nearly 30 firefighters battled the blaze for about five hours in freezing conditi…

January 7, 2018