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Whitefish Winter Carnival festivities take on Oz theme
January 7, 2025 1:25 p.m.

Whitefish Winter Carnival festivities take on Oz theme

The month-long celebration kicks off Saturday with a "Wizard of Oz" theme that tells all: ‘There’s snow place like home.'

January 3, 2025 midnight

Big Mountain area to vote on resort tax

Residents of the Big Mountain Resort Area District will vote on implementing a resort tax this month. Mail-in ballots are due Jan. 21.

Chair 2 down for holiday ski rush
December 25, 2024 1 a.m.

Chair 2 down for holiday ski rush

The busiest week of the ski season is upon Whitefish Mountain Resort and a major lift – Chair 2, the Swift Creek Express – is to remain closed until after the holidays.

School transportation improvements discussed in Whitefish after bus fire
December 20, 2024 1 a.m.

School transportation improvements discussed in Whitefish after bus fire

Whitefish School District held a K-12 connect session last week to brainstorm solutions to improve student transportation after a Rocky Mountain Transportation activities bus caught fire Nov. 23 while at a speech and debate tournament in Ronan.

Whitefish students play it forward with guitar raffle
December 13, 2024 midnight

Whitefish students play it forward with guitar raffle

Two Whitefish High School seniors, Lauren Rossi and Bailey Kallal, have teamed up for a DECA project to raise funds for North Valley Music School.

Whitefish High School theater presents 'Clue'
November 14, 2024 1 a.m.

Whitefish High School theater presents 'Clue'

Whitefish High School theater presents "Clue" on Nov. 14, 15 and 16.

Whitefish targets willow trees at Riverside Park for removal
November 8, 2024 midnight

Whitefish targets willow trees at Riverside Park for removal

The Whitefish Parks and Recreation Department is removing willow trees at Riverside Park this fall and replacing them with safer, more sustainable native tree species in the spring.

New Flathead Valley nonprofit looks to create communal making place
November 3, 2024 midnight

New Flathead Valley nonprofit looks to create communal making place

The Making Place, a newly formed nonprofit in Flathead Valley, is striving to create a community makerspace for artists, makers and creators of all kinds.

Songwriter festival rebrands as Downtown in the Round
October 10, 2024 1 a.m.

Songwriter festival rebrands as Downtown in the Round

“I was a young troubadour, when I rode in on a song.... And I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone,” sings George Strait in “Troubadour.”

Haskill Creek Farms shop shutters, citing unclear zoning regulations
October 6, 2024 midnight

Haskill Creek Farms shop shutters, citing unclear zoning regulations

Haskill Creek Farms closed all operations at its Voerman Road location southeast of Whitefish on Sept. 28 following a 30-day notice from Flathead County informing the owners that their operations were illegal for the zoning of the property.

Mountain range mural sweeps color through Whitefish tunnel
September 11, 2024 1 a.m.

Mountain range mural sweeps color through Whitefish tunnel

Whitefish artist Grace Isabell has been painting a new mural of Whitefish’s surrounding mountain ranges in the pedestrian tunnel beneath the Baker Avenue viaduct.

Whitefish’s Rocky Mountain Transportation under new ownership
September 1, 2024 midnight

Whitefish’s Rocky Mountain Transportation under new ownership

After 78 years of dedicated service driving school bus routes, managing the oldest Hertz rental location in the country, supporting Glacier National Park red bus tours, and operating Whitefish’s SNOW Bus, Whitefish-based Rocky Mountain Transportation Company has new ownership.

A life of hang-gliding published in 'The Wings of Men'
September 1, 2024 midnight

A life of hang-gliding published in 'The Wings of Men'

Newly published “The Wings of Men” dives into 50 years of flying hang gliders and light sport trikes around the world.

August 28, 2024 midnight

Whitefish schools to use artificial intelligence program

Whitefish School District classrooms can use the artificial intelligence program Magic School Inc. this school year.

Whitefish hosts Huckleberry Days this weekend
August 6, 2024 1 p.m.

Whitefish hosts Huckleberry Days this weekend

The huckleberries are ripe and so is the excitement for the 35th annual Whitefish Huckleberry Days.

Boaters aid firefighters in dousing blaze on Lower Stillwater Lake island
August 2, 2024 midnight

Boaters aid firefighters in dousing blaze on Lower Stillwater Lake island

A small island on Lower Stillwater Lake near Olney caught fire from a smoldering campfire on July 23 and the eventual response included private boat owners.

Whitefish's Stella Hobbs tops podium in grueling gravel race
July 31, 2024 midnight

Whitefish's Stella Hobbs tops podium in grueling gravel race

The Last Best Race was on par with its slogan “for neighbors, racers, n’ adventure chasers” as an estimated 550 participants, 125 volunteers and over 1,000 supporters and spectators gathered in Whitefish last weekend for the fourth edition of the gravel race.

Local authorities saw few problems at Under the Big Sky music festival
July 18, 2024 midnight

Local authorities saw few problems at Under the Big Sky music festival

The “watering hole” was a popular spot at the Under the Big Sky music festival last weekend in Whitefish as temperatures soared amid a summer heat wave.

Valley duo Denim Gold set to take the stage at Under the Big Sky
July 12, 2024 midnight

Valley duo Denim Gold set to take the stage at Under the Big Sky

If Americana country singer and songwriters Hannah King and Michelle Rivers have one thing in common, it’s that they both know how to make it as independent artists.

Efforts persist to rebuild wildlife connectivity with highway crossings
July 11, 2024 midnight

Efforts persist to rebuild wildlife connectivity with highway crossings

For humans, roads are more than infrastructure. They can be cultural phenoms or a symbol of freedom.

Whitefish School District outlines academic and athletic bond requests
June 28, 2024 midnight

Whitefish School District outlines academic and athletic bond requests

Over the last decade the Whitefish School District has grown by 2.17% while Whitefish High School has grown by 2.74%. The 2023-24 school year was no exception to the trend.

The next generation of Alpine Theatre Project begins
May 30, 2024 midnight

The next generation of Alpine Theatre Project begins

For the last 20 years, co-founders of the Alpine Theatre Project Betsi Morrison and Luke Walrath have seen through 77 productions and brought countless artists to the valley.

Art students touch up sidewalk murals in Whitefish
May 15, 2024 midnight

Art students touch up sidewalk murals in Whitefish

Paintbrushes, frog wizards, pollution and Whitefish Lake — if you’re wondering what the missing link is here, a Whitefish High School advanced art student might be able to tell you.