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Court rules Big Mountain Jesus statue can stay

The statue of Jesus can remain on Big Mountain, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

Essex evacuation order lifted, Highway 2 reopens

With rain and cooler temperatures over the Sheep Fire, Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry has lifted the mandatory evacuation of Essex, effective 6 a.m. Monday.

Fires close access to Bob Marshall and Great Bear

Access to the Bob Marshall and Great Bear Wilderness has been temporarily closed due to the number of wildfire buring in the region.

Essex evacuation ordered; Highway shut down

Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry ordered a mandatory, but precautionary, evacuation for Essex today and Highway 2 was closed at milepost 176.8 and 185.

New season, new chapter for Bulldog soccer

Bulldog soccer opens a new chapter this season with fresh faces leading the team on both the pitch and the sideline.

Lady Bulldog soccer draws from experience

Lady Bulldog soccer is poised for another successful season with a strong group of returning starters highlighting a talent-laden roster.

Taking issue with request to water trees

I read with amusement, irony and annoyance the Whitefish Pilot’s Aug. 12 story titled, “Councilor asks residents to water thirsty trees.”

Flathead air quality at 'very unhealthy' levels

Theater group repairs damaged Steinway piano

Marston Fire scorches more than 3,000 acres

Land deal targets 15,000 acres near Whitefish Lake

Crews work to protect Essex from Sheep Fire

Smoke isn't slowing tourist visitation

Local artists create book of fashion sketches

Council OK's assessment for parking garage

Downtown businesses will pay a special assessment to offset some of the cost of Whitefish’s new parking structure.

'Roller coaster' year for resort tax

Whitefish resort tax collections are having an unusual year with fluctuations from month to month compared with the previous year’s collection.

City puts unique items on auction block

Highway and railroad reopen, Sheep Fire at 500 acres

U.S. 2 along the southern edge of Glacier National Park reopened to traffic Saturday morning as did the BNSF Railway line through the Middle Fork Corridor.

Write-in candidate challenges for mayor

City accuses county of spot zoning in lawsuit

Loula's pies to be featured on TV show

Traffic flow, parking changes at schools

School budget includes pay raises, new teachers

Bulldog football enters season with high expectations

93 West road work to wrap up next week

The end is in sight for commuters who have slogged through two consecutive years of road construction on Highway 93 west of Whitefish.

Thompson Fire grows, more trails closed

Continuing growth of the Thompson Fire in Glacier National Park has prompted expanded trail closures in the south-central area of the park.

Anonymous $200,000 donation boosts birth center project

North Valley Hospital has received an anonymous $200,000 donation toward the Birth Center expansion project.

Thompson wildfire grows in Glacier backcountry

Local teen announces candidacy for HD5

Bears getting into unsecured garbage around Whitefish

Whitefish hikers airlifted from Glacier wildfire

Man faces felony weapon charge

Sun Road re-opens on east side

The east side of the historic Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park has reopened following its closure last month due to a wildfire.

Crittenden voted Griz football captain

University of Montana senior Derek Crittenden has been voted by his peers as a captain of the Grizzly football team this season.

Bulldog fall sports start-up dates

Practices begin next week for Whitefish High School fall sports teams.

Group continues push for vote on City Hall

Whitefish’s rejection of a petition to put the City Hall project up to a public vote hasn’t stopped a group from pushing forward with its effort to cap spending on the $14.95 million city facility and attached parking structure.

Musicians collaborate at Festival Amadeus

Festival Amadeus brings top-tier musicians from across the globe to Whitefish each summer to showcase their talents. Often those musicians have never met, much less played together.

Preschool raises funds for employee battling cancer

A Whitefish preschool is rallying around one of it’s employees as she fights cancer.

Eric Scott Gustafson

Eric Scott Gustafson was born Dec. 22, 1965 in Whitefish to Don and Zoe Gustafson. He passed away July 28, 2015 at Health Center NorthWest from Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 49.

Michael D. Hower, Sr.

Michael D. “Mike” Hower, Sr., 51, of Berwick, Maine, died unexpectedly on Friday morning, July 31, 2015 at Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, NH.

Sports Shorts

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'Family tees' at WLGC

Whitefish Lake Golf Club has installed new tee markers that can be used for the entire family. The new dark blue tees are about the size of a round dinner plate and placed on each hole so the family can play together.

Whitefish 10U goes 1-3 at regional

The Whitefish 10U All-Star’s baseball season came to an end last month in West Linn, Ore. at the Pacific Northwest Regional Tournament.

14U falls at regional

The Glacier All-Stars 14U team went 3-2 at the Pacific Northwest Babe Ruth Regional Tournament last week in Lewiston, Idaho.

Glacier All-Stars 15U headed to World Series

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Huckleberry Days festival this weekend

The 26th annual Huckleberry Days Arts Festival will take place Aug. 7-9 at Depot Park in Whitefish.

Whitefish business traced to Ohio presidential candidate

Reports emerged last week tying a Whitefish-based business to a well-known Republican presidential candidate.

Police calls: Bear trapped inside Iron Horse bedroom

Monday, July 27

Commission ensures changes to city charter are vetted

I am an elected Commissioner on the Whitefish Local Government Review Commission. Over the last seven months we have had public meetings every two weeks where we reviewed the Whitefish Charter, which guides our ability to make local laws relevant to the city of Whitefish, as well as our form of government.

Not backing down on City Hall vote

The city of Whitefish’s position on public votes now is clear: If the mayor and city councilors support your proposed referendum, go for it. If we do not, our lawyers will stop you.

Wisconsin to be paved in September

Wisconsin Avenue will get a much needed overhaul this fall.

66 new condos at Monterra will complete project

The Monterra condominium development has received approval to add another 66 units to the project that first began more than a decade ago.

Flathead leads state in visitor spending

The Montana tourism industry continues to boom with visitor spending reaching new levels.

City budget talks focus on pay raises

Whitefish City Council is working its way through some of the personnel pieces of the fiscal year 2016 budget.

Two die in Trumble Creek house fire

Two people are dead after a massive fire destroyed a house on Trumble Creek Road near Whitefish Monday morning.