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Photos: Whitefish businesses offer deals for electric cowgirls
Photos: On Friday, November 15, from 5 to 9pm, get ready to saddle up for a night of excitement at Ladies Night Ou…
North Valley Food Bank’s ready-to-heat meals a solution for housing insecurity
With an increasing number of customers visiting North Valley Food Bank (NVFB) experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness, ready-to-heat meals are filling …
All-State Music Festival an honor for students and educators
Seven Whitefish High School music students were selected to attend the All-State Music Festival in Billings Oct. 18-20.
Photos: Witches sweep down Whitefish River
Dozens of residents and their fluffy friends dressed as witches for a fun, spooky venture sweeping and paddling down Whitefish Lake and River on Oct. 17.
New nonprofit looks to create communal 'making place'
The Making Place, a newly formed nonprofit in Flathead Valley, is striving to create a community makerspace for artists, makers and creators of all kinds.
Game check stations see uptick in traffic for opening weekend
Northwest Montana hunters are off to a successful start to the general big game season.
Fire department open house inspires families
The City of Whitefish Fire Department hosted an open house on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Looking Back: Record snowfall; Second Street resurfaced
A look back at past Pilot articles by Julie Engler
Roundup for Safety funds lake rescue boat
Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Roundup for Safety program awarded $20,492 in grants supporting community safety projects proposed by six local nonprofit organizations in early October.
Police Calls: Driver reckless, not drunk
The police calls section is presented for entertainment purposes and does not reflect the nature or the volume of the calls received by local law enforcement.
Diane K. Boyd's “A Woman Among Wolves” book release
Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Monta…
Hunters Against Hunger program donates to food pantries
Since its inception in 2014, over 373,464 pounds of meat has been donated through the Hunters Against Hunter program and distributed to Montanans experiencing food insecurity through 29 local food pantry sites, inc…
Whitefish's Halloween costume contest revived
There are lots of spook-tacular festivities happening over the next week. At night, the legendary, hauntingly old tradition of the Whitefish Halloween costume …
Chronic wasting disease detected for first time in wild deer in Flathead Valley
Chronic wasting disease was recently detected in a white-tailed deer in Kalispell.
Great Fish Community Challenge nets record $6.7 million for local nonprofits
Whitefish Community Foundation awarded $6.68 million to 80 Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations during the Great Fish Awards Ceremony Tuesday evening.
Growth policy big topic with Community Development Board
The Whitefish Community Development Board denied a request for a parking variance and recommended approval for some city housekeeping tasks at its meeting last week.