Bigfork News

SPOILER WARNING: A latenight gathering for non-serious palaver that does not speak of that night's show.

The Fort Peck Summer Theatre, under the leadership of new artistic director Andy Meyers, has announced the lineup for the 43nd anniversary season.

Summer is making its way into the Flathead, and while it brings tremendous outdoor opportunities, the valley also comes alive indoors, as stages heat up in theaters from Bigfork to Whitefish.

After spearheading a successful overhaul of the state's workers' compensation system, considered to be the most important jobs bill of the last session, Republican Rep.

Monday 5/7 8:19 a.m. A Whitefish man complained that his estranged wife threatened to cut down his bushes.

The Flathead County Health Department has received reports of eight cases of whooping cough connected with an elementary school in Columbia Falls and the Swan River school east of Bigfork.

While some of the best track athletes in Western Montana gathered in Kalispell for the Archie Roe Invitational last weekend, Bigfork freshman Makena Morley was on her way to Spokane for the 36th annual Bloomsday Run.

Warm temperatures are expected to return this week and just in time for the opening of several campgrounds throughout the Flathead National Forest.

Wednesday 5/2 9:07 a.m. A dog in a red collar has been spending time in the neighborhood of Good Country Road, snarling at unsuspecting residents.

Tuesday 5/1 7:40 a.m. An Evergreen parent reportedly couldn't get their 8-year-old out of bed.

Sunday 4/29 7:31 a.m. A Kalispell man who went to bed with what he thought was a pulled muscle woke up and realized that he had been stabbed in the leg during a fight the night prior.

Due to overwhelming requests, Lee Ritenour has extended the deadline to enter the 6-String Theory Global Music Competiton to May 10th.

Tuesday 4/24 8:33 a.m. A woman in Bigfork reported that a man has been posting threatening signs on her property.