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What happened this week in Whitefish? For information and details regarding Whitefish news, see our featured articles below.
Let ‘er buck: Local teen launches bull-riding business
When Korbin Baldwin isn’t in class at the vo-ag center, or on the wrestling mats at Flathead High School, he is li…
Love of Ireland, books
Kathy Borchers has a love of Ireland and a passion for books.
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The seventh annual celebration of all things German — steinholding, polka, and Hofbrauhaus beer — are the highlight of this year’s Great Northwest Oktoberfest.
Resort honored for work to save whitebark pine
After more than 20 years of working to protect the keystone species, Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday was recognized as the first Whitebark Pine Friendly …
Soroptimists take over annual fundrasier sale
For roughly 15 years Sam and Ruth Neff have organized and ran, along with the help of volunteers, an annual fundraiser yard sale at their home.
Play explores limits of human identity, technology
The Whitefish Theatre Co. presents its first Black Curtain theatre production of the 2016-2017 season with “Marjorie Prime” at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whit…
Exhibit features Blackfeet artists
Stumptown Art Studio’s current exhibition of 13 Blackfeet Nation artists is a great way to learn about Blackfeet culture and art.
Grizzly bear DNA database grows by the day
This summer, grizzly bears have been confirmed in the Big Hole River Valley of Montana for the first time in the last 100 years.
Sailing through my father's memories
Last month, I met two of the men who attempted to sail with my father in a tiny rowboat across the North Atlantic to evade Nazis and work for Norwegian freedom…
New owners take the leash at Tailwaggers
After Chase Pierce moved back home to Whitefish, he was paws-itive he wanted to own his own business. Fur-tunately, the purr-fect opportunity arose at Tailwagg…
Whitefish woman returns from simulated space mission
For an entire year, Carmel Johnston and five crewmates survived the desolation that is Mars.
Life of international intrigue
During the height of the Cold War, Don Clark recalls walking through the streets in what is now Russia when he noticed that he and his associate were being fol…
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Giving life to final dreams
When her mother was diagnosed with cancer nine years ago, Whitefish resident Courtney Laabs trained for an Iron Man triathlon as an outlet for her grief. But w…
The endless prost
Kevin Collom found what might be considered an unusual talent six years ago while holding a full stein of beer straight in front of him at the Great Northwest …
Guitar dreams
Emily Freudenberger grew up watching her uncle play guitar, but every time she tried to emulate him she couldn’t.