ARTICLES BY ELSA ERICKSEN
At the Bigfork VFW, a place of healing and remembrance
Behind the powder blue Bigfork VFW on Montana 35, big changes have quietly taken shape this summer: a community-driven effort to install four veteran and first-responder memorials and create an oasis for healing and remembrance.
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Bigfork's new Hawaiian restaurant is a spot for locals
Hawaiian Fork Grill is admittedly bare bones: Its slim menu features a mix-and-match assortment of four mains and four sides, with three different size options (Small Fork, Regular Fork and Bigfork). The seating area is small, catered more toward grab-and-go than a dine-in experience.
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Governor honors longtime FWP employees at Wayfarers State Park
Dave Landstrom, freshly retired from Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, thought he was going to Wayfarers State Park on a sunny Wednesday afternoon for a swim in Flathead Lake. Lynsay Makuth thought she was organizing a lunch at the state park’s picnic area to celebrate her retired colleague.
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An ancient craft in the modern world: the New Agrarian School charts new path forward with first executive director
Reed Miller is in an interesting position: he’s been tasked with bridging the gap between the ancient art of blacksmithing and the modern world that has all but caused its extinction. In his role as the first executive director of Bigfork’s New Agrarian School, he will attempt to do just …
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New principal takes the reins at Somers Middle School
Julia Maxwell may be a mustang now, but the fifth-generation Cascade graduate will always carry some allegiance to the school that raised her and inspired her to become an educator in the first place.
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Does avant garde music have a place in the West? Bigfork's Philip Freeman thinks so
Since moving to Bigfork from New Jersey in 2023, Freeman has established the lone outpost in the West for the genre-bending music that pushes the boundaries of conventional sounds.
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Lakeside water and sewer board approves water rights workaround for luxury development
If approved by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the five-year agreement with Flathead Friends, also known as Discovery Land Company, would secure temporary water rights allowing the company to move forward with the initial phases of Territory 1889, the planned 350-home development and private golf course on …
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Lakeside water and sewer board approves water rights workaround for luxury development
If approved by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the five-year agreement with Flathead Friends, also known as Discovery Land Company, would secure temporary water rights allowing the company to move forward with the initial phases of Territory 1889, the planned 350-home development and private golf course on …
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Bigfork's new Hawaiian restaurant is a spot for locals
Hawaiian Fork Grill is admittedly bare bones: Its slim menu features a mix-and-match assortment of four mains and four sides, with three different size options (Small Fork, Regular Fork and Bigfork). The seating area is small, catered more toward grab-and-go than a dine-in experience.
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Kalispell firefighter fails but comes back even stronger to fulfill dream
A proficient rock climber but poor student, he envisioned a future career as an emergency medical technician on search and rescue missions in the mountains. His high school teachers suggested he set his sights on something more attainable: perhaps as a flagger on a construction site.
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Good Grief: Flathead Lake summer camp offers healing for grieving children
For children grappling with the death of a loved one, Good Grief Camp is a place of healing and remembrance
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Montana's largest reining event slides into Kalispell
The competition is hosted by the Montana Reining Horse Association and is the largest reining show in the Pacific Northwest.
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Good Grief: Flathead Lake summer camp offers healing for grieving children
For children grappling with the death of a loved one, Good Grief Camp is a place of healing and remembrance
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County green lights illuminated kayak tours near Bigfork despite opposition
The Flathead County Board of Adjustment on Aug. 4 voted unanimously to grant a conditional use permit to the Rocky Mountain Glass Kayak Company for guided sunset kayak tours launching from a private residence on Peterson Lake, despite opposition from other residents on the lake.
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