New restaurant opens in Hungry Horse
The Great Bear Cafe, located across the highway from the Huckleberry Patch in Hungry Horse, celebrated its grand opening last week.
Ruder Elementary expansion nears completion
The new addition to Ruder Elementary School is getting closer to completion.
New furniture shop nods to Columbia Falls' past
A new furniture and home decor shop named Monaco has recently opened on Nucleus Avenue, becoming one of Columbia Falls' latest additions to the town's growing business community.
Home Ranch Bottoms has new owners, new aspirations
After passing through a string of different landholders throughout its 40-year history, the ownership of Home Ranch Bottoms, a rustic restaurant located 30 miles up the North Fork Road, has once again changed hands.
Teakettle Quilt Guild to host show in new location
Annual quilt show has new location
Hangar fire extinguished at airport
Glacier Park International Airport fire crews responded Friday morning to reports of smoke coming from an airport hangar at approximately 9 a.m.
Die-hard fan photographs C-Falls games for 50 years
For the last half-century, even the most die-hard of Columbia Falls basketball fans would be hard-pressed to remember a game played on home court where local photographer Randy Bocksnick was not on the sidelines snapping pictures of the action.
Call of duty: Army colonel steps up to help as substitute teacher
When Columbia Falls schools closed late last March and transitioned to remote learning for the remainder of the school year, Kelly Smith, father of two energetic teenage sons, gained real-time clarity on the value of an in-person education.
Dark Sky defender: Intern recognized for work in Glacier National Park
Armed only with a sky quality meter, a pencil and a datasheet, Iree Wheeler recently joined the ranks of this planet’s “Dark Sky Defenders” after receiving the distinction from the International Dark-Sky Association.
Lake Five resort case will go to bench trial
A lawsuit filed last spring by Friends of Lake Five Inc. against Flathead County will go to a bench trial after each party’s motions for summary judgement were denied by Flathead County District Court Judge Amy Eddy during a pre-trial hearing last week.
Paul Bunyan Bar and Grill opens near Coram
The Paul Bunyan Bar and Grill, located next to the Packer’s Roost between Martin City and Coram, is now open.
White Raven Winery opens in C-Falls
A winery that’s able to pour a glass of red made from grapes crushed, fermented, aged and monitored in its own cellars, under the shadow of snow-capped Montana peaks near the banks of a glacier-fed river, is about as rare as a white raven in a murder of its charcoal black relatives.
Board OKs variance to replace burned C-Falls apartment building
The Columbia Falls Board of Adjustment last week approved a variance that will allow the owners of a nine-unit apartment building that burned down in August to rebuild, albeit with a different design.
After beating cancer, C-Falls girl aims to walk again
At the tender age of 10, Columbia Falls fifth-grader Kymber Johnson has already had to brave her way through a gauntlet of staggering hardships.
Caregiver finds niche in emergency placement foster system
Amy Ream has had it in her heart to take care of displaced children ever since she was first able to read the “Anne of Green Gables'' and “Elizabeth Gail” novels she was drawn to as a child growing up in Columbia Falls.
New C-Falls school opens in response to pandemic
A new child-care education program called Riverside Learning Camp is opening in Columbia Falls later this month.
RV destroyed by fire in Hungry Horse
No one was injured, but a recreational vehicle was destroyed after it caught fire at 235 First Ave. S. in Hungry Horse at around 3:30 p.m. Friday.
C-Falls teacher picked for NY Times Teaching Project
As a world traveler who has taught overseas in countries such as Morocco, Columbia Falls English and French teacher Jeanette Price continually seeks to connect her students with the outside world.
Historic Schafer Meadows airstrip restored
Using old equipment and horse power, remote landing site gets a face-lift
The remote Schafer Meadows airstrip located deep in the Great Bear Wilderness is being restored through a collaborative effort.
Columbia Falls planning board OKs scaled-back downtown project
The Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board last week recommended approval of an amended plan for the city square off Nucleus Avenue owned by developer Mick Ruis.
In a quiet school, Glacier Park seedlings are flourishing
The halls of Columbia Falls High School remain still during the coronavirus crisis, but tucked away on the southern side of the building, a small corner of life continues without interruption.