Open in NewsBreak

East Glacier Park Village

See all locations
Customize your news
48°F
publisher avatar

Business

Whitefish Pilot

publisher · 1.1K followers

Local pet care company expands across Montana

Happy Tails 406, a locally owned pet-care company, has seen exponential growth since Veronica Clarno started it five years ago. Clarno started Happy Tails 406 in hopes of offering a personal and trustworthy approach to pet care in the valley. “I just wanted to do something big for my community and I saw the lack of pet services,” Clarno said. Her main goal in starting the business was to be able to provide trustworthy, reliable services to the community, she said. Clarno admits the early days of the business were tough. She spent a lot of time finding a way to market that worked specifically for her and the company. She has since hired five additional staff members to help provide pet care services throughout the Flathead Valley. Happy Tails 406 offers a variety of at-home services for dogs and cats such as check-ins, administration of medication, walking and feeding. They also offer pet taxis to transport animals, as well as overnight care. Even though the Happy Tails 406 team has grown, Clarno is proud to continue working daily with the animals. Clients use a pet portal to easily schedule services and check in on their animals. “The ability for

Montana · 1d
article img

Whitefish Pilot

publisher · 1.1K followers

Guest opinion: Family farm taxed out

To the governor and legislators: I never thought it could happen, but our state is going to tax us to death with property taxes and price us completely out of our home and beloved farm that we built from scratch 21 years ago. We put that farm, with two homes on it, in a family trust where our family lives and works. We created that trust about six years ago. Because of our age, we had to retire and moved to Bigfork this year to be closer to necessary services. Our family now lives and works on that farm in Kila. We do not rent it or make any money off it. It is a family residence that has now doubled in price for taxes because Nell and Joni don’t have an address there anymore. Our Bigfork home, where we do live, is over double the taxes that were levied in the past. God knows why; I guess the state believes we don’t actually live in Bigfork either. I wonder where the state thinks we do live? We left for vacation for two weeks, and when we got back, the appeal form was in our mailbox. I attempted to appeal

Montana · 1d

NBCMontana

website

Symposium addresses housing challenges in Whitefish

WHITEFISH, Mont. — The cost of housing in Whitefish is creating challenges for residents. Local groups were invited the public to a housing symposium to hear from local experts about housing market data and resources. The housing challenge in Whitefish extends beyond people trying to buy their first home....

Whitefish, MT · 2d
article img

Flathead Beacon

website

For 50 Years, RMO Has Carved a Cultural Niche in the Flathead Valley

In 1976, after a young Don Scharfe was kicked out of the University of Montana for his lack of participation and after he worked for the U.S. Forest Service clearing Idaho’s trails, he showed up in downtown Kalispell with a $7,000 loan from his parents. He sold his truck and put a down payment on the 3,000-square-foot shop at 135 Main Street that had been housing Eagle Shoe Store since the building was erected at the turn of the 20th century.

Kalispell, MT · 1d
article img

Flathead Beacon

website

Join the Flathead Beacon Team!

The Flathead Beacon is hiring a Sales and Distribution Manager. It’s a position that doesn’t open up very often. The Beacon is a family-owned, independent media company based in downtown Kalispell. It has long been recognized as one of the best in the region, and it will mark its 20th year in 2027. Our flagship online newspaper draws millions of page views annually and has been named Montana’s best online newspaper three years in a row. We also print Flathead Living, an award-winning glossy lifestyle magazine, along with a stable of other publications aimed at families, foodies and travelers.

Kalispell, MT · 2d

Whitefish Pilot

publisher · 1.1K followers

Logging projects moving more quickly under new federal forest policy

Flathead National Forest announced the Big Mountain Fuels Reduction Project on Feb. 20. A mere two months later, machinery was rolling, and timber was being harvested from the slopes at Whitefish Mountain Resort. Now, the project is nearly wrapped up as snow starts to fall ahead of ski season. A two-week public comment period was provided ahead of the 200-acre project, intended to protect the ski resort's infrastructure from wildfire risk. Deemed by forest officials to not have significant environmental effects and seen as addressing a high-risk area, the project was categorically exempt and authorized as an emergency. It represents just one of many local timber projects that are moving forward more quicky and with a narrower opportunity for public scrutiny following policy changes at the federal level. Locally, foresters say the new rules are generally proving to be more efficient, while conservationists express concern over environmental effects and a rushed public participation process. In March 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the immediate expansion of timber production in national forests. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins followed the order with an April 2025 memorandum declaring a wildfire emergency across 59% of national forest land. Emergency authorizations were

Whitefish, MT · 1d

Hungry Horse News

publisher · 1.3K followers

Several logging projects OK’d on Flathead Forest

Nearly 5,000 acres of forestland along U.S. 2 have been cleared for a variety of treatments that Flathead National Forest officials say will reduce wildfire risk and improve ecological health. Officials described the stretch of forest between West Glacier and Summit as “overstocked, disease-prone and increasingly vulnerable to insects and wildfire” in a final decision notice signed Oct. 6. The Forest Service has prescribed a patchwork of commercial and precommercial thinning, clearcuts, whitebark pine restoration and prescribed burns to remedy the issue, which it has collectively titled the Granite-Moccasin Project. Commercial treatments make up 2,397 acres of the 4,930-acre treatment area, while noncommercial treatments account for 2,402 acres. Another 131 acres will be thinned to expand an existing utility corridor. About 8 miles of new Forest Service roads will be constructed during the project, most of which will be made impassable once activities cease. The Granite-Moccasin Project was first proposed in December 2025 and reviewed under an emergency action determination that the Trump administration introduced last year, which allows the Forest Service to forgo the typical objection period for projects in areas considered to be at high risk for catastrophic wildfire. A singular public comment period in January 2026 elicited

West Glacier, MT · 1d

Great Falls Tribune

partner publisher · 2.9K followers

Veteran Montana journalist to lead Great Falls Tribune

Lee Enterprises has tapped an award-winning veteran journalist and news leader with deep ties to Montana to be Publisher and Editor of the Great Falls Tribune. David McCumber, 74, steps into the role after serving in an array of leadership positions for the Tribune's parent company -- in Montana and elsewhere -- in a career spanning more than half a century. It's the latest news in several investments Lee Enterprises is making to bolster local news offerings in Great Falls after recently acquiring the publication from USA TODAY Network. “The Great Falls Tribune has a distinguished history and a bright future, and I am thrilled to get to play a part in that, and to join this community,” McCumber said. He expects to permanently relocate to Great Falls in January 2027 and will be in the city periodically until then. McCumber has served Lee Enterprises for more than 11 years in a variety of positions, most recently as the company’s senior reporter and as executive editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He also has worked as Lee’s Local News Director for the west, as a group editor for Lee’s Montana properties and as editor and general manager of

Great Falls, MT · 3d

Max Country

partner publisher · 279 followers

Heroes Rise Coffee Shutters Great Falls Drive-thru Over Winter Heating Problems

Heroes Rise Coffee shut its Great Falls drive-thru at 5600 7th Avenue South this past weekend. Owners say the building couldn't keep employees warm through winter, and they're hoping to find a forever home.

Great Falls, MT · 3d

The Peak

partner publisher · 311 followers

Heroes Rise Coffee Shutters Great Falls Drive-thru Over Winter Heating Problems

Heroes Rise Coffee shut its Great Falls drive-thru at 5600 7th Avenue South this past weekend. Owners say the building couldn't keep employees warm through winter, and they're hoping to find a forever home.

Great Falls, MT · 3d

KRTV News

partner publisher · 18.3K followers

Meadowview Village opens first completed home in Great Falls

A development planned to bring 163 homes to Great Falls marked the completion of its first house Thursday, offering a look at a project developers say could help meet the area’s housing needs.

Great Falls, MT · 6d

K'MON Country

partner publisher · 415 followers

KIB Homes Planning 22-unit Neighborhood Near Former Skyline School On 36th Avenue NE

A new residential development is coming to the farmland near the old Skyline School on 36th Avenue NE. Peace Skyline VR Phase 1 will bring 22 single-family homes to Great Falls as the city expands.

Great Falls, MT · 9d

theelectricgf.com

website

Benefis discontinuing some local services in financial restructure

Benefis Health System notified employees this morning that it was restructuring some services in Great Falls. The changes will begin implementation on Dec. 19 and continue into the new year, Benefis officials told The Electric. An employee update was emailed at 9:42 a.m. Nov. 3 and said that “the financial...

Great Falls, MT · 9d

We Are Great Falls

partner publisher · 719 followers

KIB Homes Planning 22-unit Neighborhood Near Former Skyline School On 36th Avenue NE

A new residential development is coming to the farmland near the old Skyline School on 36th Avenue NE. Peace Skyline VR Phase 1 will bring 22 single-family homes to Great Falls as the city expands.

Great Falls, MT · 9d

KRTV News

partner publisher · 18.3K followers

Benefis Health System to restructure services, citing financial pressure

Great Falls, MT · 9d