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Glacier National Park plow crews grapple with deepest snow in more than a decade
It’s feeling like spring in the valley, but at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park road crews are still in the thick…
Mystery snails turn up in Flathead Lake
Dumping aquarium pets into local waters can negatively affect the ecosystem — and the consequences don’t always come at a snail’s pace.
Northwest Montana 2024 state Legislature primary voter guide
Ahead of Montana’s June 4 primary election, the Daily Inter Lake sent questionnaires to state Legislature candidates running in contested races in Northwest Mo…
Knudsen campaign says Dems’ complaint lacks specifics
The campaign for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has responded to a complaint filed by the executive director of the Montana Democratic Party that accu…
A Home at the Samaritan House: Expansion project nearly 20 years in the making
The Samaritan House is adding two apartment buildings and will see an expansion of its administrative office on its campus on former Army Reserve property in K…
Flathead County administrator's contract renewed
Flathead County commissioners on Tuesday approved extending the contract for the county administrator for another three years.
Revamped bipartisan border bill likely doomed in approaching U.S. Senate vote
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats are pushing for a second attempt to pass a bipartisan border security bill that failed in February after Republicans walked …
Law roundup: Animals, and humans, behaving badly
A woman in Columbia Falls may have watched one too many movies and TV shows when she called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office allegedly expecting first responders to help her with a cat in a tree.
A self-inflicted hit of pepper spray drives off an attacking grizzly in Grand Teton National Park
A grizzly that accidentally inflicted itself with a burst of pepper spray while attacking a hiker in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park won't be captured or k…
Gianforte supports limited financial assistance for Flathead Reservation law enforcement
In a recent letter, Gov. Greg Gianforte said he is amenable to providing temporary financial relief to Lake County for as long as three years in the transition period following the county’s withdrawal from handling…
A Home at Samaritan House: Service organization aims to help veterans, families with expansion project
When the temperatures dropped this past winter, 70-year-old Dave Anderson faced losing a limb — his second limb — to frostbite.
Glasgow couple sue Child Protective Services, accusing them of deceiving court
The family of the teenager who was taken by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Child Protective Service has sued in federal court, alleging several civil rights violations when the social w…
Law roundup: Man suspicious of what cat dragged in
A neighbor allegedly experiencing “some trouble” told the Kalispell Police Department high school kids who were “dressed funny” went onto their property either looking for or trying to catch a cat, left and later r…
Over 1 million claims related to toxic exposure granted under new veterans law, Biden announces
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden, aiming to highlight his legislative accomplishments this election year, traveled to New Hampshire on Tuesday to discus…
Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyers rested their defense Tuesday without the former president taking the witness stand in his New York hush money criminal t…
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the new…