Three months ago when Tucker Juneau started interning as a Shield Keeper for Blackfeet Eco Knowledge (BEK), he struggled to identify with his deep roots in the Blackfoot Confederacy. Although he had experienced some cultural traditions, like sweat lodge ceremonies, he felt too westernized. He needed more guidance. “I was looking for a door into […] The post On the Blackfeet Nation, Shield Keepers are Working to Reverse Historical Trauma appeared first on Flathead Beacon.| Flathead Beacon
It all started 50 years ago when 27-year-old logger Dennis Buck sustained a severe injury while working out near Hungry Horse Reservoir. The rugged roads and terrain made the trip impassable, resulting in his crewmates calling for a nearby forest service helicopter. The makeshift operation took too long, however, and he died before he could […] The post 50 Years in Flight appeared first on Flathead Beacon.| Flathead Beacon
Updated at 3:30 p.m. Glacier National Park officials on Oct. 4 closed the alpine section of Going-to-the-Sun Road as winter weather buffeted the scenic highway’s upper reaches over the weekend, blanketing the Logan Pass area in snow and rendering it impassable to motorists between Avalanche Creek on the west side and Jackson Glacier Overlook on […] The post Winter Weather Closes Section of Going-to-the-Sun Road appeared first on Flathead Beacon.| Flathead Beacon
A 53-year-old man who is suspected of vandalizing more than 20 vehicles and repeatedly discharging a firearm last week in downtown Kalispell has been arrested in Portland, Ore, according to the Kalispell Police Department. Brian D. Werner of Kalispell was booked into the Multnomah County Jail and will be extradited to Flathead County to face […]| Flathead Beacon
Braxton Mitchell’s involvement with Turning Point, a non-profit founded by Charlie Kirk, dates back to 2019.| Flathead Beacon
Glacier National Park logged more than 718,000 visitors in August, according to new park data, marking a 4.1% decrease compared to the same month last year. Despite the dip, overall visitation remains steady. Through the end of August, more than 2.4 million had visited the park this year — a negligible increase from the 2.4 […]| Flathead Beacon
When West Glacier Elementary School students and staff left for the summer, the district thought its transportation situation was figured out.| Flathead Beacon
Living without electrical hookups often comes with compromises, but when Jane Hyman and her partner decided to commit to off-the-grid living in 2016, there was never a question of whether she would give up sewing with a machine as they settled into life up the North Fork. Hyman is the owner and operator behind Needle […]| Flathead Beacon
When Land to Hand moved into the old Glacier Gateway Elementary School in Columbia Falls, a bigger space gave them a chance to dream bigger about how they wanted to meet the needs of families in the area.| Flathead Beacon
When Rob Ratkowski was in his first year as the director of Glacier Park International Airport in 2017, the airport broke 40,000 passengers that July for the first time, prompting him to throw a party for his staff. Fast-forward eight years and the airport this July saw a record-breaking 86,954 passengers, an 11.7% growth compared […]| Flathead Beacon
Officials with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks still don’t know how a nonnative brown trout ended up in the Flathead River upstream of Pressentine Fishing Access last month. But given the river system’s history of circumventing brown trout invasions, they say the recent detection was most likely the result of an illegal […]| Flathead Beacon
When U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced last month that the administration was taking steps to rescind a decades-old policy to restrict road building and timber harvests on 58.5 million acres of national forest lands, she justified it as another step by the Trump administration to remove “absurd obstacles” that have stymied forest […]| Flathead Beacon
Kalispell city officials are gathering residents’ thoughts on a new land use plan that will determine how city land is developed over the next 20 years, a change to growth policy mandated by the Montana Land Use Plan Act (MLUPA) that lawmakers passed during the 2023 legislative session. Land use policies dictate how land can […]| Flathead Beacon
Prior to May 10, 1910, the 1 million acres that are now part of Glacier National Park were part of the Flathead Forest Reserve. Although the glacier-capped mountains and deep blue lakes were just as beautiful before President William Howard Taft signed the legislation creating Glacier as they were afterward, the designation of this area […]| Flathead Beacon
The issue of Flathead Lake’s water levels has entered the state legislature with a resolution to treat recreation on par with the rest of the water’s various uses. Senate Joint Resolution 18 requests that decision-making bodies who oversee the lake’s water levels “ensure that recreation needs be measured fairly compared to hydropower, fish, and irrigation […]| Flathead Beacon
My workshop for Free the Seeds last weekend focused on seeds as spices. I strongly encourage you to buy spices whole and grind them in small batches at home. Whole spices last longer, and freshly ground ones have superb flavor. You also save money, primarily because you’re not throwing out half-used jars that have gone […]| Flathead Beacon
In 2015, nearly a century after the Montana Power Company (MPC) began operating what was then called Kerr Dam on ancestral land to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CKST), the tribes acquired the hydroelectric project as independent operators, having acted as co-licensee with MPC since 1985. Tribal leaders changed the name to the Se̓liš […]| Flathead Beacon
For George Ostrom, the word “bored” didn’t exist. Between smoke jumping into the Bob Marshall Wilderness, greeting the Flathead Valley every morning as a KOFI radio announcer, starring as Richard Widmark’s stuntman in adventure film “Red Skies of Montana,” erecting the largest weekly newspaper in Montana, chasing down grizzly bear stories, helping compose the Wilderness […]| Flathead Beacon
The Glacier Range Riders have started to build out their roster for the 2025 season, beginning last week with resigning three players from last year’s team, and the organization expects to announce more signings in the coming weeks. The first trio of signees, announced in a press release Tuesday, is made up of infielder Gabe […]| Flathead Beacon
Following a decennial redistricting process that reshaped Montana’s legislative districts, Democrats picked up an additional state legislative seat in Flathead County, which remains deeply Republican. Republicans won two of three state Senate races and ten of 11 state House races in Flathead County, according to preliminary results from Flathead County. Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kila, was […]| Flathead Beacon
