Whitefish News

WHITEFISH - Jens Bracht, of Lake Front, Wash., fired a second-day, two-under 69 to expand his lead to six shots in the 73rd annual Whitefish Lake Fourth Lake Fourth of July golf tournament Friday.

Idaho Timber of Montana says it will close its plant in Whitefish with the loss of 26 jobs.

It's been a good year for the Flathead Attention Home. First the emergency youth shelter moved into a spacious new house in Kalispell in May.

Tuesday 6/23 5:21 a.m. Someone stole over 100 gallons of gasoline from a Columbia Falls golf course.

Live Music: Friday: Fish Fry and Diedre Heaton at The Raven; The A Street Band at Fatt Boys; Smart Alex at Great Northern; Dangerous at The Salish; Sonny King at Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ Red's Saturday: Dangerous at Ricciardi's; John Floridis at Belton Chalet; Brad Lee at Lodge at Whitefish Lake; Todd & Bad Rock Canyon at The Sitting Duck; ...

Caitlin Sterchi, from Whitefish High School, has been selected as the grand prize winner of Montana's Congressional Art Competition for 2009.

A Whitefish area couple has been charged with stealing more than $30,000 in tools from Flathead Valley construction sites and officials are looking into similar thefts dating back to 2005.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, more traffic fatalities. Marlene Kay Siblerud of Somers was killed in a three-vehicle crash just south of Somers Monday.

In addition to recreation and relaxation, Whitefish Mountain Resort can now add education to its long list of summer activities.

With the snip of a blue and red leash, the Hugh Rogers Wag Park made its debut Saturday morning.

The involved parties separated for the night. 6:52 a.m. A pit bull was running amok on Caps Road.

RONAN - Spencer Williams of Great Falls will be competing at the U.S. Amateur Public Links golf championships next month after winning a regional qualifier here Tuesday.

6:31 a.m. In Kila, a blue heeler was viciously attacked by a neighborhood pit bull.

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Wendy Compton-Ring walks to bicycles past the front entrance of Whitefish High School on her way to pick up her son from the last day of elementary school.

STARS TAKE A 42-24 LEAD IN THE ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST WYOMING. WYOMING LOOKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR LENGTH WHEN THEY MEET OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF EVENINGS, BOASTING FIVE PLAYERS BETWEEN 6-5 AND 6-8. MONTANA'S TALLEST PLAYER IS 6-7 JOEL BARNDT, WHO PLAYED HIS HIGH SCHOOL BALL AT BILLINGS CENTRAL AND IS HEADED TO MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS. THE ...

Live Music: Friday: Russ Nasset and the Revelators at the Great Northern; Sonny King a Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red's; Open Mic at East Shore Smoke House Saturday: Canyon Creek Ramblers at Belton Chalet; Barrel Stove at The Lodge at Whitefish Lake Sports: Friday: Montana Senior Olympic Summer Games at the Summit Art and Events: Friday: Polson ...

Abandoned and lonely, this old hydroelectric plant has sat untouched for nearly two decades.

Live Music: Friday: Dangerous at the Branding Iron; John DeLore at Coffee Traders in C-Falls; Smart Alex at the Great Northern; Canyon Creek Ramblers at the Craggy Range; Sonny King at the Blue Moon; Mobile Beat DJ at Red's Saturday: Katl O'Toole and Danny McIntosh at the Belton Chalet; Rob Quist at the Great Northern; Vocal Union acapella gospel ...

An old steam locomotive and rail cars will tour the Inland Northwest on July 3 and 4. The train will depart from Portland, Ore., on July 3, and will run on BNSF Railway tracks to the former Northern Pacific Railway depot in downtown Spokane by early evening.