4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (782+ words) Grouse Mountain Lodge is located at 2 Fairway Drive in Whitefish. (Maggie Mercer/Whitefish Pilot) Ryan Tomm is the new general manager of Grouse Mountain Lodge. (Maggie Mercer/Whitefish Pilot) The new event pavilion at Grouse Mountain Lodge is complete. (Maggie…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (531+ words) After restoring the Great Northern Railroad’s only remaining Bruck, Whitefish historian Paul Snyder was selected as a 2026 recipient of the Montana Historical Society’s Heritage Keeper Award. The Bruck’s roots go back to the early 20th century, when a one-coach rail line…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (354+ words) Passenger view driving through the U.S. 93 West of Whitefish construction zone on Aug. 29. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot) A smoother surface and a return to some two-lane travel are expected to bring reprieve to drivers passing through the U.S. 93 West of Whitefish construction…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (620+ words) Whitefish Pilot Guest opinion: The plight of the adorable pika For anyone lucky enough to spend time hiking in Montana’s alpine ecosystems, you’ve probably had the privilege to see the American pika frenetically running around collecting vegetation or “hay” in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (419+ words) Whitefish Pilot Guest opinion: Keep our roadless areas wild for generations to come Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule threatens over 6 million acres of Montana’s pristine public forests. Stripping these critical safeguards invites industrial logging and road building into our…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (590+ words) Montana is changing. Our population is growing, communities are expanding, subdivisions are reaching farther into the urban interface, and development is putting increasing pressure on the lands that make Montana special. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Montana's population reached nearly 1.145 million…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (97+ words) Whitefish Pilot Guest opinion: We can be both pro-logging and pro-Roadless Rule As a young man I worked as a logger and a sawmill hand, and I still appreciate the wood-products industry. I've also spent years as a wilderness advocate…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (285+ words) Firefighters have gained 82% containment on the Skillet Fire west of Olney about three weeks after its start. Despite the severity of fires across the nation and the limited availability of resources, fire managers were provided with the crews, equipment and…...