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Flathead Beacon • 25th September 2019

Tracing the Life of D-Lo

Larger-than-life Whitefish native Dillon Candelaria left an impression on everyone he met. Now, after his sudden death, his friends, family and community are ‘smashing life’ just the way he taught them.

Flathead Beacon • 14th February 2018

Rebranding the University of Montana

Nearly a decade after a spate of mishandled sexual assaults brought unwelcome scrutiny and divided the community, UM hired a bright-eyed young president and a former football hero to try and halt its rapid decline.

Flathead Beacon • 28th August 2019

The Disappearing Referee

High school sports have a big problem, and it has nothing to do with the players on the field. It has nothing to do with the fields and gyms where the games are played.

Flathead Beacon • 12th September 2018

Fight of Her Life

Kimberly Peacock is still smiling more than a year after a devastating diagnosis, but in a community rocked by a spate of cancer cases among high school students, some parents are asking, ‘Whose kid is next?’

Flathead Beacon • 20th June 2019

The Coaching Conundrum

A funny thing has been happening to Sam Tudor in the last few weeks. It’s been two months since the 43-year-old boys basketball coach announced his surprising resignation after five years on the job.

Flathead Beacon • 29th April 2019

PODCAST: Fighting the Aquatic Invaders

As officials scramble to preserve Montana's waterways from invasive mussels, we look back at an old and ongoing battle against non-native fish with one of the researchers at the forefront of the fight.

Flathead Beacon • 13th March 2019

The Outlaw at the Movies

Four decades ago, the Outlaw Inn was the glimmering star of Kalispell, home to movie stars, major film productions and, unfortunately, one of Hollywood’s most notorious flops.

Flathead Beacon • 27th February 2019

Browning's Beautiful Game

Dan Connelly, head coach of the Browning High School Runnin’ Indians boys basketball team, stands with his arms folded and his eyes on the thousands of empty seats in the gym around him.

Flathead Beacon • 29th May 2019

Booking in the Busy Season

Millions of visitors are spending billions of dollars in Montana every year, and as tourism continues to boom in places like the Flathead Valley, the industries charged with handling those guests are developing at an equally rapid pace.

Flathead Beacon • 21st June 2019

Friends of Lake Mary Ronan Racing to Preserve Threatened Waters

Concerned local residents and their government allies are fighting to save Lake Mary Ronan, the quiet 1,500-acre body of water near Dayton that is home to one of the only broodstocks of kokanee salmon in Montana.

Flathead Beacon • 1st August 2018

Quiet Lion

Once a child prodigy and now a Division I college commit, Libby’s Ryggs Johnston is out to prove he’s one of the best golfers in the country.

Flathead Beacon • 12th December 2018

Free as the Byrds

“Aw, the Byrds all want to fly,” Maureen Byrd says, the irritation in her voice obscuring the unwitting pun she’s delivered. “The ground is not fast enough.”

Flathead Beacon • 15th May 2019

'We Shouldn't Have to Choose'

Every year, Flathead tennis players are forced to make a choice between their academic futures and their athletic aspirations. Four Bravettes impacted this year say that's not fair.

Flathead Beacon • 16th November 2018

Flathead Football Falls Just Short in State Championship Game

BILLINGS — The tears flowed as freely as the snow fell on the Flathead High School sideline. Pouring from the faces of coaches, players and staff was the weight of 48 years of championship frustration ...

Flathead Beacon • 8th October 2018

Mister Baseball

Josh Fields’ professional baseball career ended tantalizingly short of stardom, but a decade later the one-time pitcher has found peace, purpose and family in his hometown.

Daily Inter Lake • 22nd April 2017

One-and-done FVCC program won big

Years before taking Fennis Dembo and the University of Wyoming to the Sweet 16, Jim Brandenburg started a basketball program at Flathead Valley Community College that lasted just one wild, and wildly successful, season.

Daily Inter Lake • 31st December 2016

Artist Unkown: Questions still unanswered about restored Glacier murals

Fifteen massive murals, painted by an unknown artist, were recovered, restored and re-hung more than 100 years after a railroad tycoon first commissioned them.

Daily Inter Lake • 30th May 2017

Bigfork senior finds family, future after addiction

Denim Carlson was 'high or drunk every single day' by his sophomore year in high school. Then he vanished. This is the story of how he reappeared.

Daily Inter Lake • 30th September 2016

A victory for Libby

LIBBY — Years ago, before the mills went away and the terrible secret of the mine was revealed, the whistle blew to signal the end of a shift and thousands of workers streamed down U.S. 2, admiring the splendorous Cabinet …

Daily Inter Lake • 18th February 2017

100 days of solitude

Poet Amy Pearson volunteered to spend more than three months, alone, in the middle of the middle of nowhere as a fire lookout in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, an experience that taught her nothing and everything.