Week in Pictures June 21-27
Rachel Kroon of Wasilla, Alaska, waves to her family as she and others begin the 33rd Annual Whitefish Lake Run on Saturday. Kroon is in town visiting family. She ran the race with her sisters Aby Spear, of Florence, Mont., and Charis Thorness, of Kalispell.
Kintla Lake, the northeasternmost lake in Glacier National Park, mirrors clouds over the mountain peaks in this aerial view taken Friday morning. Upper Kintla Lake is to the left of Kintla Lake.
Josh Gross of Las Vegas, NV races around the circuit Friday afternoon while practicing for the 9th Annual Coors Light Legend Thunder Race, which starts Saturday at 7 p.m.
Patrick Levitt of the Montana Bagel Company transfers a tray of formed bagel dough to a baking rack on Friday afternoon. Levitt said on average they make 25 dozen bagels for each store.
Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake Flathead High School art teacher and FVCC Adjunct Instructor Susan Guthrie of Kalispell works on a painting on Thursday along Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park. "My job for the summer is to paint," said Guthrie. Guthrie and 29 other artists were in Glacier this week prepairing work for the 3rd Annual Plein Air Paint Out event at the Hockaday which opens this evening at 5 p.m.
Emily von Jentzen, pictured here in June, on Saturday become the third person to swim the length of Flathead Lake and the first woman to do so.
Bobby Syvertson of Glacier, left, and Daniella Rinehart of St. Mary, Mont. head up to the snow field at Logan Pass to do some snowboarding on Thursday. Yesterday was the first time Logan Pass was open to vehicles.
Baron James Foster, left, was found guilty Thursday of deliberate homicide.
Sally Cook, 95, rides down “The Floater” zip line at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Wednesday afternoon.
Jerry Stansberry watches his step off of his deck at his home near Trumbull Creek west of Columbia Falls on Wednesday afternoon. Water from the creek flooded Stansberry’s property, but did not cause any damage to the interior of his home because it is raised 18 inches above the water.
Mayor Tammi Fisher, right, speaks with Philip and Donna Harris after delivering the "State of the City" address on Wednesday at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce June Luncheon.
Makenzie Miller in her home on Wednesday in Helena Flats.
Matt Denison of Superior, right, and Dean Hazuka of Marion prepare to take their shots on Saturday at the Merical Mountain Rendezvous in Marion.
Ron Burow mows the lawn Tuesday afternoon on his property that overlooks part of the Flathead Valley off of U.S. 2 West. The valley has received 4 inches of rain so far this month, causing grass to grow plenty deep in places.
Teri Schneider, sister to Michele Miller. wipes tears away from her eyes while listening in Flathead County District Court during the trial of Baron James Foster, who is charged with Miller's homicide.
Billings Mayor Tom Hanel, left, shows Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer the damage caused by a tornado that hit the city's Rimrock Auto Arena, Monday in Billings, Mont. Schweitzer on Monday declared a state of emergency for the area hit by the tornado on Sunday.
Todd Malone, center, stands with sons Sean, 17, left, and Danny, 14. A former Eagle Scout himself, Malone leads his sons’ Boy Scout troop, serving as a father figure not only to his own two sons, but also to other area teens involved in the troop.
Mary Bang stands in front of the North Valley Music School in Whitefish, where she has just been hired as the new Executive Director.
