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Columbia Falls Planning Commission gives Teakettle Heights positive recommendation
The Columbia Falls Planning Commission on Wednesday sent a positive recommendation for the Teakettle Heights subdi…
Hospital announces pay cuts, furloughs due to virus
Citing concerns over steep declines in revenue due to the coronavirus, officials with Kalispell Regional Healthcare on Monday announced hospital executives, physicians and executive directors will be taking pay cut…
Flathead resident dies of coronavirus
The Flathead City-County Health Department on Monday morning confirmed the first death of a Flathead County resident related to COVID-19 in Flathead County.
Spring brings birds, the middle kind
A woman lacking social graces allegedly flipped off another woman who confronted her about putting a leash on her German shepherd while out walking on East Oregon Street.
Toole County has 25 coronavirus positives, mostly senior citizens
Toole County has 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday — a number composed of mostly adults 60 years of age and older.
From military service to hunting, boat inspector has led a full life
Garland “Ham” Hamilton is a man with plenty of stories and he’s very willing to share them.
Injection mold firms ramp up Montana Mask production
Local makers of the sought-after Montana Mask are taking operations to the next level in an effort to equip a wider swath of front-line responders with filtrat…
Online Easter services planned
Editor’s note: This list is not all-inclusive, but includes several local churches that reached out to the Inter Lake.
Montana novelist remembered as a 'writer's writer'
Montana novelist Peter Bowen has died at age 74
Invisible enemy unveiled by Montana lab researchers
Researchers at Montana's Rocky Mountain Laboratories have been working hard to put a face on an invisible enemy that has turned the world upside down
Officers play Easter bunny to spread joy to children
A late-night idea turned into hundreds of Flathead Valley children getting Easter baskets this weekend from area law enforcement officers.
Men separate after backpack melee
Kalispell Police Department received a report that a man used bear spray in a parking lot to keep another man away, but missed. The incident supposedly was over stolen money in addition to a backpack being stolen b…
Mail service largely uninterrupted
Neither snow, nor rain, nor a pandemic stops the U.S. Postal Service from delivering mail.
Self-employed workers struggle to navigate unemployment
The infectious COVID-19 virus has touched every corner of the Flathead Valley’s business community, including self-employed workers such as hairstylists and massage therapists. For many of these independent entrepr…
Local food banks to benefit from Town Pump grant
In the four weeks since the coronavirus made its way to Montana, food banks in communities across the state have experienced a shortage of food and also an alarming increase in demand.
FVCC hosts online fundraising workshop for nonprofits
For many local nonprofits, fundraising can be a challenge, but a new online workshop offered by Flathead Valley Community College may help pave the way to greater success.