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2 months ago | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Tristan Scott |Zoë Buhrmaster
In 2015, nearly a century after the Montana Power Company (MPC) began operating what was then called Kerr Dam on ancestral land to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CKST), the tribes acquired the hydroelectric project as independent operators, having acted as co-licensee with MPC since 1985. Tribal leaders changed the name to the Se̓liš Ksanka Qĺispe’ (SKQ), and it has since been under operational ownership of the tribes’ power producer, Energy Keepers Inc. (EKI).
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Search in https://flatheadbeacon.com/ Government The new code, inspired by the years-long disrepair of the old Outlaw Inn in Kalispell, entails that all buildings deemed unsafe will be under the fire department’s purview By Zoë Buhrmaster January 22, 2025 Kalispell city councilors approved a municipal code modification that will place vacant or unsafe buildings under fire code, a change triggered by the unsafe conditions of the former Outlaw Inn, which has sat vacant and in deleterious...
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Profile Remnants of a bygone era fade with the passing of luminary George Ostrom, who died on Jan. 1 at age 96, but the memory of his compelling life remains ever vivid. By Zoë Buhrmaster January 21, 2025 For George Ostrom, the word “bored” didn’t exist.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Local The proposed amendment would place unsafe buildings like the Outlaw under fire code regulation, allowing city officials to enforce violations as civil offenses By Zoë Buhrmaster January 16, 2025 Kalispell City Council discussions over the past few months concerning the former Outlaw Inn’s disrepair will culminate in a council vote next week as city leaders consider amending municipal code to include vacant or unsafe buildings.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Infrastructure Flathead County officials say the decision to partner with a local water and sewer district was born of a mutual need to upgrade outmoded systems and serve the region’s growing population. Meanwhile, a water-quality watchdog group says disposal of wastewater into an aquifer near Flathead Lake deserves a higher level of scrutiny.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
As a lawsuit proceeds between the nonprofit Flathead Warming Center and the city of Kalispell, the local low-barrier homeless shelter on Tuesday released a community connection guide introducing plans for a new law-enforcement liaison position and announcing its intent to host periodic community meetings. The guide also delineates some of the center’s standards for ways the community can engage with the organization.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Environment Local, state, tribal and federal agencies detected and prevented 42 mussel-infested boats from entering the Flathead watershed through over 100,000 boat inspections in 2024 By Zoë Buhrmaster January 4, 2025 The Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS) celebrated another successful year of evading an infestation of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in local waters, crediting early and aggressive inspection methods which prevented 42 mussel-infested watercrafts from entering the...
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
flatheadbeacon.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Infrastructure The Montana Ground Water Pollution Control System permit would allow Lakeside County Water and Sewer District to implement a new residential wastewater disposal system By ZOË BUHRMASTER December 18, 2024 The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) extended an open comment period for the public on a permit that would allow the discharge of treated wastewater to groundwater at new septic facilities in Somers, a mile north of Flathead Lake.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
Protesters lined up, sat down and linked arms at the entrance to the Richard & Maurine Neuberger Center’s (RMNC) parking garage. Some caught their breath after running from the front of RMNC where the protest had begun with two PSU students chaining themselves to the building’s doors. Protesters organized in front of RMNC on May 23 out of solidarity with students who had chained themselves to the doors of the building and been arrested.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
psuvanguard.com | Zoë Buhrmaster
The following article contains content depicting graphic images and details regarding an injured child. Some individuals may find this disturbing, we advise reader and viewer discretion when proceeding. Rachel Jones answered her phone around 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2023. The call came from Helen Gordon Child Development Center (HGCDC), where her 2-year-old daughter, Clementine Jones, attended daycare.
