A 49-year-old California man is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend with an untraceable, military-style “ghost gun” ...

A relief measure touted by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte as a tonic for widespread frustration over Montana’s rising residential property taxes passed a key vote in the Legislature’s House ...

His performance at one point eliciting shouts of “Whitefish, Montana!” from the ESPN broadcast team, Jake Sanderson came ...

Lyle Olsen has met so many decent, dedicated, goodwilled people since his first seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service in ...

The Whitefish City Council at its Feb. 18 meeting voted 4-0 to revoke a conditional use permit it approved last year for the construction of a hangar at the city’s airport, ending the most recent ...

When will we start respecting Montana’s taxpayers? Across all levels of government – city, county, and state – fiscal responsibility should be a priority. Some have done a better job than others. For ...

I had the opportunity, during the second Bush administration, to engage in advising struggling democracies in a project then known as “democracy building.” It was enormously fulfilling work, and I saw ...

When you bake or roast vegetables and seaweed as snacks, its the seasonings that make them stand out, even more than their ...

When Jack Carroll received an email Friday explaining that his position with the Flathead National Forest was terminated ...

I am a former Forest Service employee from Lincoln County, and I continue to live and volunteer here. I am appalled at the cruelty and targeted nature of the White House firing employees in the ...

When I started fly fishing the sport still had something of an underground vibe. I remember practicing for months, casting on the lawn of the family home in sunny Southern California, well before I ...

The headline in the Beacon read, “Steady Growth Expected to Continue in the Flathead Valley.” Economists expect steady local growth despite persistent inflation and high interest rates. High prices, ...