

Otter Fodder: We will make a splash
Editor’s note by Vince Lovato Welcome to the first edition of the Flathead Otter. My wife, Michelle and I started YMO Media & Marketing...


The Beagle meets the Otter
Thanks to our readers and advertising partners, The Bigfork Beagle begins its second volume with this issue. You might notice a new...


Montana’s hidden epidemic Jacob’s story is too familiar in Montana
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series reported by our summer intern, Alanis Stallknecht, a Bigfork High School graduate and...


Fall Futbol
Fall brings American soccer to Bigfork and the Vals and Vikes got off to a busy start. See more pics on Page 1, Facebook and...


From Bogart to Brando, Bigfork hosts retro film fest
BIGFORK -- At last year’s festival we showcased Classic Westerns, and although we didn’t fill the theater the people who attended were...


Fall Futbol
Fall brings American soccer to Bigfork and the Vals and Vikes got off to a busy start. See more pics on Page 1, Facebook and...


Bigfork Senior News Sponsored by Bigfork Drug
Medicare 101 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19, at Bigfork Community Center; by the Agency on Aging. Are you, spouse or parents...


Summer on the Swan River
(Editor’s Note: This is the first of a monthly column on happenings in the Swan River Valley.) Predicting the ever-changing course of the...


Furry Faith...Found Are you looking for flowers or weeds?
My brother and I are great friends. But we have had a small amount of mutual competition about some areas of our lives. Case in point,...


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Passing Fancy
The Vikes won their first two games of the season using a stingy defense and a high-flying offense. See our website, Facebook page and...


The Beagle Bio Jennifer Shelley: Sure as shootin’
There’s no place like Montana, according to Jennifer. In any season, you’ll be drawn into her enthusiasm for the Flathead Valley. Summer...


Surviving Physical therapy: Knee replacement was easy
After my first leg-realignment surgery in June, I underwent a predictable level of rehabilitation and I was blessed to be led in my...


Checking in
Bigfork K to 8 students got to meet their new teachers and classmates at a welcome event Aug. 30. Watch the slideshows below the main photo.


Taking a dip
This helicopter takes a dip out of Blue Bay to drop on the fire a few hundred yards up the side of the mountain in mid-August before the...









