Today host Micah Drew chats with Flathead Beacon Editor-in-Chief about the biggest trends affecting northwest Montana in 2021 and what stories he'll be paying attention to in the new year. Later, Micah eschews the news of the week to read a collection of entries from the infamous Flathead Beacon Police Blotter. There's a good chance this will become a regular segment on the podcast next year. There will be no new episode next week, but from everyone here at the Flathead Beacon have a fun, festive holiday week and a happy new year! Read more about all of this week's stories and get the latest ..read more

Several weeks ago, host Micah Drew sat down with founding Flathead Beacon member and former managing editor Myers Reece to talk about his departure from the paper, memories from his nearly 14 year tenure with the paper and his next career move to Portland, Oregon. Later, Micah runs through the latest stories from the last week including the end of the hunting season, an effort to change derogatory place names across the country and a tease of the winter issue of Flathead Living Magazine. Read more about all of this week's stories and get the latest breaking news at flatheadbeacon.com and sig ..read more

“It’s just the game you know. It can be so cruel sometimes. It’s a beautiful struggle and we love the game because it tests you on so many different levels. The game itself, the sport, the season, this journey teaches these kids so much about the things they’ll be facing in life.” ~ Glacier soccer coach Ryan Billiet.   Last weekend saw the culmination of yet another fall sports season as the state soccer championships played out across the state. The Class A and Class AA Boys both featured teams from the Flathead Valley. In Class A, the championship was a rematch of last year with Whitefi ..read more

This week the Flathead Beacon staff put together an issue dedicated to the arts, focusing on stories about artists, musicians and writers in the Flathead Valley. Host Micah Drew takes some time to run through several of the features of the issue before rounding up the latest stories from the last seven days including the vote on the Whitefish resort tax, the closure of Going-to-the-Sun Road and Kalispell's rules on marijuana dispensaries. Coming up, be on the lookout for a bonus episode of the Flathead Beacon Podcast that will feature a farewell conversation with outgoing managing editor Myer ..read more

"It has been in our hearts since we started that something would come to fruition in the Flathead, so it seems wild that everything fell together the way it did." ~Jeremiah Johnson Two and a half years ago, the Flathead Valley’s oldest craft beer establishment in downtown Whitefish closed its doors, The only thing brewing inside the iconic building since then has been rumors.    Just this week however, the Blackstar Draught House reopened its doors in a new partnership with Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Co. to bring the taproom and restaurant back to life. Jeremiah Johnson himself took s ..read more

It’s the first week of June which means summer is fast approaching, and to steal a phrase from Flathead Beacon managing editor Tristan Scott, :The best sign in the Zodiac is alighting on the horizon… Internicus." This summer, the Beacon’s editorial team will be welcoming Twinterns, with both a print and a photojournalist set to join us in the newsroom.   Thursday was day one for our photojournalist intern, Sarah Mosquera, and she spent it up the North Fork with Tristan shooting a Bear Aware workshop, followed by photo editing boot camp with media director Hunter D’antuono before being whi ..read more

It's once again time for another issue of Flathead Living to hit the stands. After a hectic week of compiling and editing the latest issue, magazine editor Myers Reece joins host Micah Drew to give an overview of the fall issue and highlight some of his favorite features readers can dig their teeth into this season. Later, Micah runs through the biggest stories from the last seven days, including a growing number of bear conflicts in the area, valley-wide bus driver shortages, and a plan to curtail aerial tours in Glacier National Park. Read more about all of this week's stories and get the ..read more

The old Flathead County Courthouse is the most iconic building in Kalispell, if for no other reason than everyone passing through the center of town has to drive in a circle around it. The courthouse building was constructed in 1905, and originally was built with an odd feature: the prominent clocktower never held a clock, just four blank holes, until 2015.   On the third floor of the courthouse lie the commissioners chambers and offices. Three commissioners, Pam Holmquist, Randy Brodehl and Brad Abell make up the elected government of the county, each serving staggered six-year term ..read more

The weather is starting to feel like fall and once again it is time for Friday night lights to bring fans to football stadiums across Montana. High school football kicks off this weekend and there are exciting storylines across the Flathead Valley, including the new coach at Flathead High School and the strongest kid in the country, Jake Rendina, getting ready for his final season under the lights for the Glacier Wolfpack.   To dive deeper into the world of prep football host Micah Drew talked to Anthony Nachreiner the former Voice of the Braves and KGEZ radio host who currently hosts the ..read more

It’s an even numbered year this year, which means the election season in the fall will feature 435 races for the U.S. House of Representatives. Unique this year is that our state will play host to two different Congressional races, as Montana gained a U.S. House seat following the 2020 census. The new open seat has launched crowded primaries as both major parties seek the best candidate to send to the general election.   Flathead Beacon managing editor Tristan Scott attended both the Republican primary debate and Democratic candidate forum last week and broke them down in this week’s edit ..read more