''The Flathead Beacon'' is an American

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serving northwest

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, owned by the American television personality

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Founding

The Flathead Beacon was founded in 2007 by

, who was best known for hosting the talk show Maury. But Povich had roots in traditional journalism. His father,

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, covered sports for

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. Maury Povich started his career as a television news anchor, and he started a new news outlet to honor his father's legacy. Povich owns a home with his wife,

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, in

Kalispell, Montana Kalispell (, Montana Salish: Ql̓ispé, Kutenai language: kqayaqawakⱡuʔnam) is a city in, and the county seat of, Flathead County, Montana, United States. The 2020 census put Kalispell's population at 24,558. In Montana's northwest region, ...

Operations

The first edition of the ''Beacon'' was published in May 2007, and ran to 24 pages. The founding, and current, editor-in-chief is Kellyn Brown.

Recognition

The Montana Newspaper Association named the Flathead Beacon the state's best large weekly 10 times since 2009. In 2014, Outside Magazine ranked the Flathead Beacon the 58th best place to work in the United States, citing the "intense employee pride in the publishing company".

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External links

* {{Official website, flatheadbeacon.com Newspapers published in Montana

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