West Glacier News

A June 28, 2009 1:16 AM A A A A The Kids With Cancer cyclists pose for a snap shot at the start of their ride back to Edmonton.

WEST GLACIER - The entire Going-to-the-Sun Road is open for vehicle access Glacier National Park officials have announced.

A motorcycle gang drove to meet our Kids With Cancer cyclists and make a donation Saturday as we pedalled between Rocky Mountain House and Pigeon Lake.

Tuesday 6/23 5:21 a.m. Someone stole over 100 gallons of gasoline from a Columbia Falls golf course.

Celebrating after pedalling 1,000 metres vertically in 18 kilometres on Logan Pass on the Road to the Sun Highway are, left to right, Othelia Jenkins, George Gagnon, Nick Lees, and Marjorie O'Connor. Photograph by: Nick Lees, The Journal, Edmonton Journal LONGVIEW / Elisabeth Lees hurtled down a steep hill towards the U. S.-Canada border crossing ...

9:29 a.m. A silver Audi has been sitting on a dirt road in the Foys Lake area for approximately three days.

Flathead Valley not only provides artists with picturesque landscapes to explore with their brush and palette, but it offers a mini cultural Mecca for locals and out-of-town visitors.

VAUGHN - Security forces cordoned off a Minuteman III missile site Tuesday evening to check the possibility of a fuel leak from the propulsion system of an unarmed missile, the Air Force announced Wednesday.

Monday's transition to digital television was very smooth. In fact, it was much smoother than any of our engineers anticipated.

WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park plowing crews are closing in on Logan Pass during their annual Going-to-the-Sun Road spring snow removal.

One was evidently attempting to choke the other. 1:58 a.m. A woman reports that her inebriated husband punched her in the face.

WEST GLACIER - Glacier National Park officials said Thursday that two laptops and two desktop computers were stolen from the Apgar Ranger Station in the park some time between May 23-24. No other items were reported missing.

If Glacier National Park had an official park flower, beargrass would reign as winner, with the glacier lily following close behind.

Premier Ed Stemach and his wife Marie, honorary chairwoman of Kids Kottage, at the charity's fundraiser on Friday with Oscar-winning fundraiser Bob Westbury his wife Marilyn.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Friday's verdict acquitting three W.R. Grace executives makes it clear the entire trial was a struggle for the prosecution .

Additional Glacier National Park roads are now open or are anticipated to open, providing increased access to the park.

School trustees in West Glacier have approved a four-day school week starting in the fall, while voters in Bridger narrowly rejected adopting the same schedule.

After a week of snowstorms and drifting that caused the temporary closure of all east side roads at Glacier National Park, the snow has stopped and today the east side park staff are plowing roads and clearing access to buildings.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Good morning and happy birthday John Madden . On the Beacon today, Bob Spoklie intends to expand his West Glacier gravel pit from two to 24 acres and though public outcry is likely, there may be little anyone can do to stop it.