Last-minute generosity might push the Melita Island purchase project to success. With just nine days left before a deal-ending deadline, an anonymous couple has contributed $1 million toward the ...

Concerning good causes: a fund-raiser to purchase Melita Island on Flathead Lake for the long-term benefit of Boy Scouts struck us as one of the best to come along in years. This was an effort that ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Polson Rural Fire responded at 7:45 a.m. on Monday to the report of an RV on fire on Melita Island Road. Fire was pushing through the roof when the firefighters arrived on scene.

'Phoenix Patrol' hopes to raise Melita Island from the ashes of fond memory. KALISPELL (AP) -- A whiff of dry ponderosa or the cool smell off Flathead Lake can trigger the memories for Larry Johnson.

Three children and three grandchildren later, Judy Guenther, 53, and Robert Guenther, 54, are back on Melita Island this weekend as visiting alumni. They are invited guests to what has become an ...

The Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America continues to make progress on a woodland transformation project on Melita Island in Flathead Lake. Stress on trees due to root rot, dwarf mistletoe and ...

Melita Island Melita Island smells like a campfire, except near the outhouse, where it doesn't. The 64-acre island, a mile off shore in waters north of Polson, is shaded by soaring ponderosa pines, ...