Flathead Housing Sales Drop in First Half of 2008 (Flathead Beacon)
While Montana may not be suffering as severely the economic and housing slowdown that the rest of the country is grappling with, the Flathead real estate market in the first half of 2008 appears to be declining significantly from the boom of the last several years. “There’s some reality that we have to face up to,� Bryan O’Connor, a real estate agent at Trails West Eagle Bend Realty in Bigfork, ...

Library expansion depends on funding (Whitefish Pilot)
I would like to respond to some recent articles that were written about the library location in Kalispell. I was on the Flathead County Board of Trustees for more than 10 years, so I know the background of the library system.

Land sold to help protect lake (Billings Gazette)
KALISPELL - Even as real estate developers continue their legal battle to subdivide the wild northern shore of Flathead Lake, the neighbors around them are lining up to explore the possibility of protecting their place.

Animals become victims of tough times (Missoulian)
Editor's note: Each Sunday, the Missoulian is examining how the nation's economic downturn is affecting western Montanans. Horse sanctuaries are getting hammered with calls. Veterinarians are euthanizing more elderly animals. Cats are inundating local animal shelters.