Great Fish Community Challenge begins with launch party Aug. 8

Whitefish Community Foundation kicks off the 10th Great Fish Community Challenge on Thursday, Aug. 8 with the Great Fish Launch Party at Three Rivers Bank in Whitefish.

New chapter begins with opening of Bigfork library branch

Patrons flooded into the new building, complete with roughly two to three times the number of books compared to the previous location inside the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center building.

Range Riders falter in 8th

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Newcomer Patrick Wicklander dazzled in his Range Riders debut before things fell apart in the eighth inning and the Missoula PaddleHeads won 7-1 on Tuesday.

Legals for August, 7 2024

Legals for August, 6 2024

Remembering the Mann Gulch fire, 75 years on

Seventy-five years ago, earth and sky turned into fire.

Creating a world for recovery – virtual reality game aims to help brain injury patients

This is the premise of “The Last Reef” a video game created by NeuroAnimation, a company founded by Johns Hopkins University researchers Omar Ahmad and Promit Roy.

Kenneth Michael Burke, 81

After a very storied 81 years of life on this planet-Kenneth succumbed to his lengthy battle with cancer and died on June 9, 2024.

Polebridge’s Northern Lights Saloon creates unique menu to match location

The Northern Lights Saloon proudly lacks cell service and Wi-Fi which creates more opportunities for patrons to connect with nature, music, and fellow diners.

Flathead Business Watercooler

Happenings and events in the business community

Legals for August, 4 2024

PHOTOS: Classic cars and trucks rumble into Evergreen Show 'N Shine 2024

Scenes from the Evergreen Show 'N Shine car show at Conlin's Furniture on Saturday, Aug. 3.

Twins unbeaten, Mariners stay alive at State A tourney

POLSON — Stevyn Andrachick homered and Micheal Miller drove in four runs as the Glacier Twins defeated the Gallatin Valley Outlaws Friday at the Montana/Alberta Legion A Tournament.

Kalispell teen crowned Miss Amazing

Andrea Chandler of Kalispell was crowned queen in the teen division at the National Miss Amazing pageant. “The experience was just incredible. It was a dream come true,” Chandler said. “Even if I hadn’t won, I loved the experience. Every step of the way.”

Ronan native, law grad lands tribal judgeship

MISSOULA – “You know, five years ago if they told me I would be a graduate of the University of Montana law school, I wouldn’t have believed them,” said Bryan Dupuis Sr. “If they told me I could potentially be the next chief judge of the Blackfeet Tribe, I would have never believed them.”

Saenz Family Farms sows hope into locally grown remedies

Despite the garden’s first year's failure, Amanda Saenz persisted, realizing that she wanted to specialize in holistic remedies. She started taking herbalism classes online and learned how to grow and cultivate herbs to make teas, lotions and medicine.

Distinctive Nissan Pao powers through Evergreen

With just over 31,000 of the cars produced between 1989 and 1991 and originally marketed solely in Japan, the Pao is unique driving most anywhere let alone in the Flathead Valley.

Grime 2 Shine keeps truckin’ amid rising business costs

Montanans know that windshield replacements are inevitable. Whether it’s from a fun weekend driving gravel back roads or a daily commute to work, there are ample ways for a rock to hit a car.

PHOTOS: Pitamakan - Dawson Loop in Glacier National Park

Beginning at the Two Medicine Campground, the 18-mile Pitamakan-Dawson Loop hike first skirts around the flank of Rising Wolf Mountain before following Dry Fork Creek up to an intersection for Oldman Lake. Wildflowers of every color and early beargrass blooms line the trail as it meanders through interspersed meadows, gaining elevation along the way to the cirque cradling Oldman Lake below Flinsch Peak and Mount Morgan. Switchback up to Pitamakan Pass where turquoise-colored lakes Oldman, Pitamakan, Lake of the Seven Winds and Morning Star are fed by melting shelves of snow. A dizzying array of skyscraping summits rise up in every direction. Ascend further to the shoulder of Mount Morgan where the next panorama of pointy peaks is unveiled. Follow the tightrope trail around Morgan and Flinsch Peak, descending from Dawson Pass at a knee-buckling pace. Down through Bighorn Basin and back into the brushy forest where you march on until you're back where the adventure started.

Growing to grow: New Evergreen nursery provides quality plants

Gardening, a hobby that ranks high on most lists, is an accessible activity with tangible results and visible rewards for time spent, whether having a full garden or a few plants on the windowsill.