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‘The Nutcracker’ coming to Bigfork
The Northwest Ballet Company will perform “The Nutcracker” at Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts over Thanksgi…
Brats, Baseball, Bigfork
Bigfork Baseball is hosting their second annual fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 14. “Our High School team is only partially funded by the school -- coaches sti…
TJ and Toot Sward back turning grocery receipts into school supplies
“It’s kind of gotten to be a joke, because I’ve got friends that do Sudoku and it’s supposed to keep your mind alert and all kinds of stuff; I say let me tell …
Debate over recreational boating and erosion on Flathead River
“We had heard a lot from landowners in recent years about concerns with erosion,” Flathead Conservation District resource conservationist Samantha Tappenbeck s…
Fall Mack Days begins early
The 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake will begin two weeks early on Sept. 5 and will end on Nov. 3. The event dates were moved up to try and alleviate the cold mid-November temperatures anglers hav…
EPA grant funds program to monitor pesticides in water
Currently, “We have almost no data of what's in our water” in terms of pesticide residue, says Malison.
BLUAC appoints new member; work begins to update neighborhood plan
The Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee appointed Laura Perry to an open seat during its Thursday, Aug. 29 meeting. Perry has a background in real estate, development and mortgages, and has worked in Californi…
Bigfork-Ferndale native makes name for herself in pro archery
When Emily McCarthy steps up to the target she only has a minute to assess her shot before pulling back on her bow and firing.
Brevik at BACC
As a Montana native, Ron Brevik began riding motorcycles at the age of twelve. “I was promptly pulled over by the law enforcement for not having a driver’s license”, he remembers. “That didn’t stop me.”
HAPPENINGS: CFBB auction, Ron Brevik at BACC, community yard sale
CFBB auction, Ron Brevik at BACC, community yard sale
Three Bigfork organizations take on the Great Fish Challenge
“I think one of the stats we looked at for the applicants this year is that 95% of the nonprofits participating in the challenge, regardless of where they’re l…
Storm batters Bigfork
“That thunderstorm just kind of came blazing up the lake with super strong winds and really heavy rain. It just knocked out power all over the place,” Flathead…
Bigfork school board signs off on Swan River cooperative agreement
In an effort to create opportunities for seventh and eighth grade football, track and cross country at Swan River, Bigfork covers the costs to operate those pr…
Fundraiser for student athlete injured by lightning strike receives tens of thousands in donations
The GoFundMe was organized by the student’s older sister, Maddy Schaefer, on Wednesday and has since received money from over 600 donors. Schaefer wrote on the website that her brother is “stable at this time and a…
Body of missing Whitefish climber recovered from Glacier
The body of missing mountaineer Grant Marcuccio, a 32-year-old man from Whitefish, was recovered Sunday from alpine terrain in Glacier National Park. Glacier Park officials said in a media release on Monday that Ma…
Fifty-one acres near Swan Lake preserved in conservation easement
“It’s what we like about Montana, and what everybody likes about Montana, so I thought we’d try to do our share to preserve a very small piece of it,” Paul Joh…