Photos of 2023 by Daily Inter Lake photographer Casey Kreider

Kristina Ramirez and Jesse Good watch as the sun peeks out from a layer of clouds before dipping below the horizon at Foys Lake on Friday, Dec. 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Two bull elk stand in a snowy field apart from the rest of the herd near Highway 206 on Friday, Dec. 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Steve Frank fly fishes in the Flathead River on Wednesday, Oct. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies' Junior Bergen (5) celebrates after a 35-28 overtime win over Furman in an FCS Playoff game against Furman at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Friday, Dec. 8. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The sun sets over Glacier Bank Park as the Range Riders face the Idaho Falls Chukars in their last home game of the 2023 season on Wednesday, Sept. 6. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies quarterback Clifton McDowell (17) scores a touchdown on a 20-yard run in the second quarter against Delaware at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies wide receiver Keelan White (6) catches a 31-yard reception in the second quarter against North Dakota State in the FCS semifinals at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A great horned owl perches in a tree near Egan Slough on Sunday, Feb. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A moose grazes in the brush along the Iceberg Lake Trail in Many Glacier on Sunday, June 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Two anglers haul their ice fishing gear across the frozen surface of Flathead Lake near Somers on Thursday, Feb. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Participants race down Sugar Hill during the Barstool Ski Races at Cabin Fever Days in Martin City on Saturday, Feb. 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Participants race down Sugar Hill during the Barstool Ski Races at Cabin Fever Days in Martin City on Saturday, Feb. 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier quarterback Jackson Presley (12) completes a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Van Scholten (14) in the second quarter against Helena Capital at Legends Stadium on Friday, Sept. 29. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Law enforcement personnel take a suspect into custody after an assault with a weapon call turned into an armed standoff between Second and Third Avenue West North in Kalispell on Tuesday, April 11. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A competitor crashes into the water at Whitefish Mountain Resort's pond skim on Saturday, April 8. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A moose grazes in a marsh along Highway 89 near Browning on Sunday, June 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Shown is part of a 14.4 acre parcel of BNSF Railway land and a section of the Great Northern Historical Trail west of Meridian Road in Kalispell on Tuesday, April 25. Kalispell City Council recently gave the go-ahead to purchase the tract of land to extend the Parkline Trail. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Nick Kardelis bowls a frame at Glacier Lanes in Columbia Falls on Friday, Nov. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier wide receiver Kole Johnson (4) holds on to a 33-yard reception in the second quarter against Bozeman in the Class AA state championship at Van Winkle Stadium on Friday, Nov. 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier starting pitcher Nick Zegna (38) delivers in the first inning against the Missoula Paddleheads at Glacier Bank Park on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A kayaker navigates a section of the Wild Mile along the Swan River during the Expert Slalom event at the 48th annual Bigfork Whitewater Festival on Saturday, May 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A kayaker navigates a section of the Wild Mile along the Swan River during the Expert Slalom event at the 48th annual Bigfork Whitewater Festival on Saturday, May 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Visitors pay their respects at The Wall That Heals at the Glacier High School soccer fields on Thursday, June 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A Marine bugler plays Taps at dusk at The Wall That Heals at the Glacier High School soccer fields on Thursday, June 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Former NFL and Flathead Braves quarterback Brock Osweiler speaks with campers at the start of a pair of free football camps hosted by Osweiler at Legends Stadium in Kalispell on Saturday, July 1. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Duke Tomlinson holds his 15-month-old son Rusty on his shoulders before the start of the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Kalispell on Friday, March 17. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Panoramic view of Iceberg Lake and the Ptarmigan Wall in Many Glacier on Sunday, June 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Columbia Falls' Max Everett (13) scores on a header in the second half against Bigfork at Carlyle Johnson Park in Bigfork on Tuesday, Sept. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Columbia Falls' Josie Harris (12) scores a goal past Bigfork keeper Irelynd Vigil (0) in the first half at Carlyle Johnson Park in Bigfork on Tuesday, Sept. 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier running back Kash Goicoechea (6) scores a touchdown on a run in the first quarter against Helena at Legends Stadium on Friday, Sept. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Golden retrievers and their owners gather at Haymoon Resort in Whitefish for GoldenStock Montana to support Montana Precious Gold, Golden Retriever Rescue of Montana on Saturday, Sept. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Paint splatter flies as a player gets hit during a game of five-on-five at Montana Action Paintball near Kila on Saturday, Sept. 23. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Bravettes celebrate after Avery Chouinard's (13) game-winning three-pointer as time expired against Missoula Hellgate in the Western AA Divisional Championship at Flathead High School on Saturday, March 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Gil Parent, from Milbank, South Dakota, navigates through the barbed wire crawl obstacle at the Spartan Races in Bigfork on Saturday, May 6. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Elmer King, of Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania, who placed first in the Ultra 50K race, crawls through a water obstacle at the Spartan Races in Bigfork on Saturday, May 6. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies defender Sawyer Racanelli (9) blocks a punt in the first quarter against Delaware on Saturday, Dec. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Attendees gather and hold candles while members of the Flathead High School Choir sing at the Christmas Blue Light Tree Lighting ceremony outside the Flathead County Justice Center in Kalispell on Thursday, Dec. 7. The event is held to support the families of fallen officers and to honor the officers, highway patrol, firefighters, first responders and all those who serve and protect. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies wide receiver Keelan White (6) catches the game-winning 13-yard touchdown reception in overtime of an FCS Playoff game against Furman at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Friday, Dec. 8. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Grizzlies wide receiver Keelan White (6) catches a tipped pass in the end zone for a two-point conversion in overtime against North Dakota State in the FCS semifinals at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Seven sets of twins enrolled at Cayuse Prairie School on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Bottom row, left to right, Rylan and Ethan Harmon; Ingrid and Annika Scott; and Stephanie and Alex Gurtscheff. Back row, left to right, Jason and Jack Jessop; Charlie and Evan Dowell; Lily and Jack Ringhofer; Teaghan and Quora Roe; and Timber and Madisyn Williams. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Law enforcement investigate a vehicle along Appleway Drive near the scene of an alleged shooting at a hotel on U.S. Highway 2 West in Kalispell on Tuesday, Feb. 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Noah Dowler (44) throws down a dunk in the second quarter against Flathead during crosstown basketball at Glacier High School on Friday, Jan. 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tayton Hardman leaps off a bridge into the Flathead River with his friend Fischer Lee in Evergreen on Tuesday, July 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Bailey Roberts practices her casting technique in the Flathead River on Thursday, April 6. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A farmer cultivates a field in Lower Valley on Tuesday, May 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Carol and John Free dance to the German music played by The Bavarian Echoes at The Great Northwest Oktoberfest in Whitefish on Saturday, Oct. 7. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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