ARTICLES BY ELSA ERICKSEN
Authorities identify teenager who died near Jewel Basin Road
Authorities identified the teenager who died near the location of a party off Jewel Basin Road earlier this month as 18-year-old Xander Snake.
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Bigfork’s ‘trash couple’ builds community through giving back
Chris and Cheryl Zabel are easy to spot along the roads around Bigfork in their neon vests and with their overflowing garbage bags. At least twice a week for the last six or seven years, the couple has dedicated time to cleaning up Bigfork.
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Lakeside pageant queen rocks and rolls to Mrs. American finals
Starla Hilliard-Barnes, a Lakeside mother of four who has been paralyzed twice and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, was crowned Mrs. Montana American in May and will be the first woman to compete fully from a wheelchair for the title of Mrs. American later this summer.
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Flathead Valley’s first scholastic chess club flourishes in Bigfork
On Wednesday nights at the Community United Methodist Church, the constant click clack of plastic chess pieces is punctuated by triumphant but restrained declarations of “Check!”
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Swan River School fifth grade teacher says goodbye after 28 years
In Shelley Emslie’s fifth-grade class at Swan River School, students listened with rapt attention while Emslie explained the rules of her traditional end-of-year auction. As the bidding began, the students squealed with excitement and flashed the multicolored money they had earned over the course of the school year.
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Lakeside pageant queen rocks and rolls to Mrs. American finals
Starla Hilliard-Barnes, a Lakeside mother of four who has been paralyzed twice and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, was crowned Mrs. Montana American in May and will be the first woman to compete fully from a wheelchair for the title of Mrs. American later this summer.
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PacifiCorp planning to dispose of Bigfork dam
PacifiCorp, the electric power company which has operated the Bigfork Hydroelectric Project since 1954, has begun the process to remove the dam from its generation portfolio.
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Kalispell 'Rosie' receives American Spirit Award from National World War II Museum
Blanche Garrett was just 15 years old when she arrived at a shipyard near Portland, Oregon, lied about her age and found a job as a welder constructing the behemoth Victory and Liberty ships that shuttled troops and cargo across the oceans to the frontlines of World War II.
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Conservation District to review Bigfork Bay marina proposal
A proposed 97-slip marina in Bigfork Bay under consideration by the Flathead Conservation District has drawn pushback from residents concerned the project would alter the character of the bay.
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Regal Ensemble kicks of summer chamber concert series
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Regal Ensemble kicks off summer chamber concert series
Despite dedicating most of his life to the piano and classical music, Jordan Nieman still struggles to describe the wordless rise and fall of intertwined notes and the give and take as musicians work together to bring a piece of music to life.
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Regal Ensemble kicks off summer chamber concert series
Despite dedicating most of his life to the piano and classical music, Jordan Nieman still struggles to describe the wordless rise and fall of intertwined notes and the give and take as musicians work together to bring a piece of music to life.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO
Bigfork Neighborhood Plan updates commended by planning board
The Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee received positive feedback on its Bigfork Neighborhood Plan updates from the Flathead County Planning Board at a workshop last week.
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Conservation District to review Bigfork Bay marina proposal
A proposed 97-slip marina in Bigfork Bay under consideration by the Flathead Conservation District has drawn pushback from residents concerned the project would alter the character of the bay.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO