(7/21) Unofficial till midnight, Kalispell has broken a high temperature record for the 2nd straight day. So far, it has gotten as warm as 98F breaking the previous record set in 1979 of 97F. Today also breaks a consecutive day record of 90+F days, at 14, from 1960.

Amid Record-breaking Stream Temperatures, FWP Enacts Unprecedented Angling Restrictions on North Fork Flathead River. The restrictions prohibit fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight and will remain in effect until conditions improve #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/23/ami…

I din’t think I’ve ever seen a storm like this in Missoula. Huge trees on cars, houses and buildings, people driving through intersections with no traffic lights

Glacier National Park Records Third-Highest Visitation Through First Half of 2024. Nearly 550,000 visitors entered the park in June, sending year-to-date visitation up 4.3% over 2023 #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/25/gla…

Jury Convicts Kila Man of Martin City Murder flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/25/jur…

All the Fun with None of the Buzz, the Story Behind Montana’s Only Non-alcoholic Bar. From a vintage horse trailer, co-owners and operators Uriah Rosenzweig and Mary Cortesi deliver a memorable drinking experience to Montana #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/28/all…

What Happened to the Montana Democrats? As the state's most popular Democrat faces an uphill battle to reelection in the U.S. Senate, questions about the viability of the party in a post-November landscape loom. #mtpol #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2024/08/08/mon…

“We were getting complaints about Rich McAtee on a weekly basis, and there was nothing I could do to offer the public any relief,” Scott Snelson, the former district ranger at Spotted Bear, said. #mtnews

Wild story, great reporting👇, mentions controversial former Flathead Forest Supervisor Kurt Steele, who’s now in Missoula.

Dozens of educators urged the Kalispell school board to raise salaries on Tuesday night after, for the first time in two decades, the school district and its teachers union began the academic year without a ratified contract Mintomo株式会社 flatheadbeacon.com/2024/09/27/tea…

How Anti-Trans Language Became a GOP Campaign Cornerstone. In their bids for Congress, Tim Sheehy and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke have made anti-transgender speech a central tenet of their political message #mtnews #mtpol flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/09/ant…

Every story is a local government story at the end of the day –– Tranel Accused Zinke of ‘Illegally’ Operating a Vacation Rental. Whitefish Officials Say Otherwise. #mtnews flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/14/tra…

Land and wildlife managers, timber companies, hunters, and conservationists have stitched together vulnerable working forests, using easements to protect private timberland from development. Advocates say a new model of forest management is taking shape flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/17/in-…

New year-to-date data shows Glacier National Park exceeded 3 million visitors through September, ushering 602,339 people through the park’s entrances last month for the busiest September on record flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/17/gla…

With broad public support and the endorsement of Gov. Greg Gianforte, the Montana Land Board's 3-2 vote on Monday gave conditional approval to a nearly 33,000-acre conservation easement on working forests between Kalispell and Libby flatheadbeacon.com/2024/10/22/in-…

As bull trout populations in the Bob Marshall Wilderness plummet to their lowest levels in more than 30 years, fisheries managers are seeking to limit angling opportunities originally introduced to promote the iconic species flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/01/in-…

dispatches from the Smith Valley Fire Hall Flathead Beacon More: flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/05/liv…

Read about who is running for local legislative seats, the statewide candidates’ final push for votes, and dispatches from our reporters on Election Day flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/05/liv…

By 3:15 p.m., the line was stretching around the block at the Flathead County Election Department, where individuals were waiting around 3.5 hours to register to vote. Flathead County residents can register to vote up until 8 p.m. tonight. flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/05/liv…

With line times at the Flathead County Election Department averaging 3 hours throughout much of Election Day, results may not be ready until hours after polls close. flatheadbeacon.com/2024/11/05/hig…