Straight from the Hart Hart Jewelers in Whitefish, Montana specializes in handcrafted fine jewelry, created with Montana Fancy Sapphires that can be found in all of the colors of the rainbow. Owner Wes Hart has been in the jewelry industry for 45 years. He started out...

Service with Integrity Travis Sallee was raised in the auto repair industry, but he never became a mechanic. His mother urged him not to, after seeing her husband labor in the business. “She kind of drilled that into my mind,” Travis explains. “Then I had a dad who...

The Good Seed Whitefish, Montana’s Good Seed Company is on a mission: re-establish the community practice of selecting, saving, and sharing seeds for common use. “It’s how our ancestors survived disruptive change for 10,000 years,” says Robin Kelson, the company’s...

To amalgamate means to merge or join into a single body. The endeavors of local business owner Jen Elden is just that – the merging of her passions. One of those passions was what brought Jen to the Flathead Valley in 1996. She had just graduated with a degree in...

Feeding a community with locally sourced ingredients and a whole lot of love. You don’t necessarily need to be a native of the Flathead Valley to become a wonderful addition to this community. The owners of Piggyback Barbeque left Texas seven years ago before life...

Discover Historic Downtown Kalispell Just days after the town of Kalispell was laid out, before true roads were constructed, buildings began rolling into town, literally. They came on logs, rolled continuously, from the town of Demersville, just a few miles to the...

Our Downtown Toy Shop When Mary Witbrod came to Whitefish from Virginia in 1983 she knew she would stay. “This area spoke home to me more than anywhere else I’d ever been. It reminds me of where I lived in Germany.” Denise Magstadt was born and raised in Helena and...