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4th annual Feed the Need concert takes place Thursday night
KALISPELL, Mont. — In Kalispell, the fourth annual Feed the Need benefit concert returns Thursday night, aiming to raise thousands for the Flathead Food Bank. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a full lineup of country artists taking the stage at 7 p.m. It’s pay-what-you-can at the door, with...
Valley Press-Mineral Independent
Kalispell angler Terry Krogstad wins Fall Mack Days
The 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, came to an end Sunday with a total of 19,144 lake trout entries. Last year’s fall total was 18,414. A total of 335 anglers entered the event with 116 turning in...
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15 Montana Burger Spots Travelers Keep Coming Back To
Montana might be famous for its mountains and wide-open spaces, but locals and travelers know it hides another treasure: seriously good burger joints. From old-school drive-ins that have been flipping patties since the 1930s to modern spots using locally raised beef and bison, Big Sky Country serves up some of the best burgers you’ll find anywhere. Whether you’re road-tripping through Yellowstone or exploring small mountain towns, these 15 burger spots are worth every detour.
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Montana Shakespeare in the Schools performed at Kalispell Middle School
KALISPELL, Mont. — Kalispell middle schoolers traded their regular lessons for live theater on Monday. More than 300 Kalispell Middle School students got to watch as Montana Shakespeare in the Schools turned their auditorium into a stage for "Richard III." “This is the 11th year that we’ve brought Montana...
KPAX
Food bank benefit concert features Drake Milligan, The Voice contestants
Char-Koosta News
Over 18K Lake Trout Entered in 2025 Fall Mack Days; Next Mack Days Starts In March
FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2025 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes came to an end on a Sunday November 2nd with a total of 19,144 lake trout entries. A total of 335 anglers entered the event with 116 turning in 1 or more lake trout. 2024 Fall total was 18,414. The 2025 Mon-Thurs total was 5,369 and Friday to Sunday 13,775 and 2024 it was 3,811 Mon-Thurs and 14,603 Friday to Sunday.
extrachill.com
Under The Big Sky 2026 Lineup: Chris Stapleton, Zach Top & Cody Jinks
Under The Big Sky is set for July 17–19, 2026 at Big Mountain Ranch in Whitefish, Montana, and just dropped a barn-burning lineup led by Chris Stapleton, Zach Top and Cody Jinks. The three-day ranch festival leans into outlaw country, Americana and roots-heavy acts across multiple stages. Chris Stapleton.
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Feed The Need Stage Set For November 13th
The 4th Annual Feed The Need Concert is next Thursday, November13th at the Wachholz College Center on the FVCC campus. With SNAP benefits in doubt and the continuing Government Shutdown, this year’s event is of even more importance. This is a star-studded concert, including Nashville rising star Drake Milligan,...
Lake County Leader
We Dance Our Prayers: Ronan Stake hosts tribal performances, workshops
The Ronan Stake Relief Society invited speakers and performers from local tribes to present stories and crafts from their cultures on Nov. 1 at the Ronan Performing Arts Center, followed by workshops at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meeting house. Much of the stake lies within the reservation boundaries of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Stake President Adam Smith said he approved the One Community program “to strengthen the bonds of understanding with our indigenous neighbors, inviting them to share their deeply held values.” The keynote talk, "Similarities Between the Salish and Christian Communities," was given by Myrna Dumontier, who is both a Christian and a Salish Knowledge Keeper. “Our traditions have come to us by various paths,” she said, “but our hearts are joined by love.” She told stories of the ways that parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles instilled in her a respect for the sacred, which was bound up with family and others. “We were taught to be silent and listen and observe,” she said, "living amid all of creation with gratitude, with humility, with generosity.” She remembers her grandmother “calling us to the fire” and “teaching us her ways of finding
Flathead Beacon
The Columbia Falls Academic Foundation’s Wild and Scenic Film Festival is back,
Featuring 10 films about nature and adventure in the annual fundraiser for enhanced academic programing for Columbia Falls students. “You can experience everything from kiteboarding on the Egyptian coast to climbing the Italian Dolomites,” said Kim Wortman. Wortman, a local realtor, serves as the foundation’s chair. “It’s going...
Lake County Leader
Port Polson Players launch season with "out-of-this-world" premiere
The Port Polson Players kick off their 51st season with a regional premiere and out-of-this-world production of “Closer.” The new play by Teresa Hu is part two of the Route 66 Trilogy, loosely based on the 1951 hit movie, “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” The production features 20 Mission Valley performers. The play is set in the Crash Site Nightclub on the outskirts of Tucumcari, New Mexico, where up-and-coming folk singer Reena McKenna encounters a mysterious stranger after hours, following a worldwide UFO scare. She must first determine if the stranger is an alien from another world, which is closer than we think. Ultimately, Reena – and the audience – must decide if his message will indeed determine the fate of the entire planet. With its mix of comedy, drama, mystery, magic and wholesome wisdom, critics call the show “boldly provocative.” The timing is also otherworldly, noted director Neal Lewing, “especially given that several alien sightings have recently been reported across the nation.” "We are beyond excited to kick off the Players' 51st season with this show, and have the perfect cast for it," he added. “Closer” plays at Polson’s Log Theatre on the Lake at 7 p.m. Fridays
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Comedian Tig Notaro bringing Out of Nowhere Tour to Kalispell
MISSOULA, Mont. — Emmy- and Grammy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro will perform in Kalispell next summer as part of her “Out of Nowhere” Tour, the Wachholz College Center announced. Notaro will take the stage on June 11, 2026, bringing her signature dry wit and storytelling to the Flathead...
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Under The Big Sky 2026 Lineup: Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, Cody Jinks & More
Under The Big Sky 2026 has announced its lineup featuring headliners Chris Stapleton, Zach Top, and Cody Jinks. The three-day festival takes place July 17-19 at Big Mountain Ranch in Whitefish, Montana. The lineup also includes Ryan Bingham, The Texas Gentlemen, Of Monsters and Men, Stephen Wilson Jr., Charles Wesley...
Whitefish Pilot
Photos: Somewhere over the Rainbow Connection
Whitefish Legacy Partners celebrated the opening of a new Whitefish Trail section, the Rainbow Connection, between Murray and Rainbow Lakes on Sunday. The additional 1.6 miles of single-track trail connects to the overarching Beaver Lakes area Whitefish Trail system. Previously, trail users would have to loop around on Beaver Lakes and Beaver Lease Roads to connect parts of the trail, but now it can be done all on single-track, with a view. At the top of the Rainbow Connection, there is an overlook bench that offers sweeping views stretching from Murray Lake to Glacier National Park in the distance. The hill that the Rainbow Connection is built on has been logged in recent decades and is fairly clear and expansive. The vision for the trail section has been in the works for many years. From scouting and mapping out the ridgeline, to grant writing, to building a new sign, to local donors contributing bit by bit to bring the trail together, Jedd Sankar-Gorton, Legacy Partners programs director, said that the section is an amazing example of “many people owning a trail.” Angus Matheson, a local trail builder, put in long hours to ensure the trail would be completed on time