Business customizes vehicles with specialty designed wraps

Wrap Hive can take a plain trailer and turn it into a creative slate, with straight lines, contrasting colors and high-quality images.

Flathead Business Watercooler

Happenings related to business

Cybersecurity one of fastest growing sectors in business

Cybersecurity represents one of the most urgent and growing sectors in business today, and the University of Montana College of Business is working diligently to meet the demand.

UM supports entrepreneurial students through Startup Studio

Each Tuesday afternoon this spring semester students meet in UM’s Startup Studio, a room on the third floor of the University Center where students of all majors explore their business ideas and receive feedback from one another.

Productions earn grant funding to film across Montana

A total of 101 applicants requested more than $16 million in grant dollars this year, with $1.5 million available through the competitive grant program for fiscal year 2024.

Ina Mae Clarke, 80

Ina Mae Clarke, 80, a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend passed away on April 23, 2025.

Legals for May, 4 2025

ABS Park continues to expand opportunities for young athletes

In almost 80-degree weather, parents and spectators watch a high school baseball game on the park’s main field, cheering with every pitch and hit. A younger group of boys gather on the adjacent field for an after-school Sluggers practice.

New director looks to lead Evergreen Chamber of Commerce

In recent years, the Evergreen population has continued to grow with the greater Flathead Valley, introducing new businesses and places for residents and tourists alike. Dorrington hopes to keep up with that change, using it to Evergreen’s benefit to expand community, social and business options.

Traveling back in time – Railroad display models historic Flathead Valley in miniature

Trains once chugged through the center of Kalispell, making the community a railroad hub and helping it to thrive as a commercial center. A spur line connecting the city with Somers provided a connection point to a sawmill on the north shore of Flathead Lake.

Perfect 5-for-5 for Hollensteiner; Pack boys win

Will Hollensteiner did not lose an event Saturday.

Protesters rally in Kalispell on May Day to 'depose Trump'

Around several hundred Flathead Valley residents participated in the nationwide May Day protests against the Trump Administration on May 1.

School election ballots due by May 6

Voters are reminded to turn in ballots for school elections.

Border Patrol says detainment and release of immigrant in Whitefish justified

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said Friday its officers' actions in detaining a Venezuela man in Whitefish last week were "vetted and legally justified."

7 people are dead after a pickup and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say.

Law roundup: Phantom heavy machine operator plagues fairgrounds

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Charles 'Chuck' Powell, 91

Charles "Chuck" Powell, 91, passed away peacefully in Kalispell on April 17, 2025.

Automotive students medal at state SkillsUSA conference

Two Flathead High School automotive students brought home gold and bronze at the Montana SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference in Great Falls.

Venezuela man detained by Whitefish Border Patrol is released after week of protests

A Kalispell man from Venezuela detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents last week was released Wednesday night following days of protests outside the federal agency’s Whitefish office.

Legislators give tearful goodbyes as session gavels out

Sen. John Esp said he heard about a good trick to stop from getting emotional, as some senators and representatives delivered goodbye speeches on the final day of the 2025 Montana Legislature.