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The Flathead Beacon is a weekly print and daily online news source serving Western Montana’s Flathead Valley.

The Flathead Beacon is a weekly print and daily online news source serving Western Montana’s Flathead Valley.

Kalispell Grand Hotel, early 1900s. Photo courtesy Bruce Guthrie

The Tunnel Creek drainage and Great Northern Mountain and Mount Grant near Essex. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

Skydiver and stuntman B.J. Worth. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

Cedar plank smoked salmon. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon

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Kim Hilton boxes up his belongings on July 9, 2024. He was able to get a subsidized apartment in September after nearly a year of homelessness. His right leg was amputated after five months of living in his truck. He lost his second leg several months later. He believes he'd still have both legs if he hadn’t become homeless. Aaron Bolton | Montana Public Radio

Maggie Voisin skis in the Alaska backcountry with Teton Gravity Research. Photo by Nic Alegre