Cost of Montana wolf hunting, trapping licenses reduced

Over the counter Montana hunting licenses and wolf licenses are now on sale.

Market for Music

Kalispell landmark Sykes' makes some changes but restaurant rocks on

What causes inflation and why is it bad?

What is inflation? Well, most of us think of inflation as rising prices. And, indeed, prices do rise during an inflationary period, but the price of all goods and services do not usually rise at the same rate.

China's largest online retailer to buy Montana beef

BILLINGS — China’s largest online retailer has agreed to buy $200 million worth of Montana beef over the next three years — equal to as many as 90,000 head of cattle — and potentially invest $100 million more in a new slaughterhouse in the state, under the terms of a trade deal that were disclosed Wednesday.

Reports: Trump selling DC hotel to investment firm for $375M

Reports: Trump selling DC hotel to investment firm for $375M

Abducting tourists and other reasons for mobile strategy

Summer’s here and the weather is groovy. Tourists are filling the entry lanes to Glacier National Park and many hotels in the Flathead. They are using their mobile phones in your store comparing prices, in restaurants browsing their favorite apps so they don’t need to talk with their family, and they’re taking pictures of the bears at Avalanche Lake so they can share them to Facebook when they get back to their hotel.

Impacts of inflation on the community and food banks

While the current rate of inflation is affecting all of us, it once again hits our low-income neighbors the hardest.

CFAC may cut back production

Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. gave a 60-day notice of pending layoffs Wednesday.

Thompson Falls man convicted of elder abuse

Local food blogger teaches cooking workshops

Women from around the Flathead Valley gathered in the Whitefish home of Glenda Smith on July 10 for a unique learning opportunity. Smith has attended a few workshops with Julie Laing, creator of the Twice as Tasty blog, and decided she wanted a personalized one for herself and some of her hiking friends. Their subject matter for the day: Indian spices.

Ski resorts report banner year

Ample snowfall early in the season and throughout the winter is getting much of the credit for a banner ski season at both Flathead Valley ski resorts.

Across U.S., Black Friday less frenzied

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year.

Hockaday’s Plein Air Glacier event set for September

The Hockaday Museum of Arts 15th annual Plein Air Glacier: Paint Out, Exhibition and Sale takes place in September with selected established painters from Montana and around the country painting in Glacier National Park and nearby Swan and Flathead Valleys.

Biden has long-term inflation plan, but voter patience short

Biden has long-term inflation plan, but voter patience short

Q&A: What did the Fed do Monday and who will it help?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve took several aggressive steps Monday to support an economy ravaged by the effects of the coronavirus. The amount of money involved is huge and the Fed's ambitions are vast: It wants to make loans available to companies and governments so they can pay bills and potentially avoid layoffs. It also committed to buy as much government debt and mortgage-backed securities it deems necessary to ensure those markets will function.

Study says state reappraisal was accurate

HELENA — The residential property values determined by the state’s 2009 reappraisal accurately reflect the sales prices of those homes that have sold, even in the Flathead Valley, an independent study released Thursday concluded.

Kalispell council OKs offers for Old School Station lots

City approves two offers for Old School Station

Home sweet home

Main streets across Montana are lending their storefronts, streets and histories to one artist’s mission to capture each in a painting.

Caterer switches to take-out barbecue in Whitefish

After serving the Flathead Valley barbecued meat for 15 years as a mobile caterer, Ed McGrew has transformed his business into Ed McGrew’s BBQ joint on Spokane Avenue in Whitefish.

Local economy benefits from neighbors to the north

The number of Alberta license plates in retail, hotel and restaurant parking lots tells the story at a glance. Canadians are spending time and money in the Flathead this winter, and they’re coming in droves.