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Construction of new Flathead County jail celebrated with groundbreaking ceremony
Nearly 20 people involved with the project posed for the photo-op, including the three county commissioners, Sheri…
Presentation explores historic trails
Eureka author Darris Flanagan will explain why Kootenai Indians spurned today's highway and railroad passes when traveling to the buffalo country of the Great Plains during a presentation on Monday, Oct. 16.
FVCC events raise over $400,000 for student scholarships
The Flathead Valley Community College Foundation hosted its 16th annual fall Festival of Flavors events from Sept. 29 through Oct. 7. Between these and events …
Meet Ward 4 candidate for Kalispell City Council Sid Daoud
The Daily Inter Lake reached out to Kalispell City Council candidates running in the Nov. 7 municipal election. The information below was provided by the candi…
Anti-immigrant flyers provokes swift denouncement
Montana human rights activists say a known white supremacist group with chapters around the country is behind racist and anti-immigrant flyers distributed in the Flathead Valley this month.
Law roundup: Salesman in hot water with stolen spa
The most expensive hot tub on a sales lot was allegedly stolen during the night after an employee did an inventory count.
Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw
A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician…
Biden signs law allowing school-based hunter education
Kalispell schools can once again offer archery classes after President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that ensures federal funds can be spent on school hunte…
Education advocates sue 56 counties over property tax dispute
A coalition of education advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday against all 56 Montana counties, asking the Montana Supreme Court to issue an emergency order curt…
Transgender, intersex Montanans challenge law defining ‘sex’ as binary
Attorneys for a group of transgender and intersex Montanans said this week that they have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that enshrines binary, reproduc…
Standoff ends with arrest, felony charge
A 60-year-old man who engaged local law enforcement in an hours-long standoff after breaking into an Aspen Court home Oct. 12 is facing a felony burglary charg…
911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire show residents' terror and panic in a desperate bid to escape
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scen…
GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party's nominee, thr…
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as ground attack looms
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians began a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel's military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern …
Harrell Forest Community Trails open to the public
The Harrell Forest Community Trail system, a 238-acre recreational area outside of Bigfork, is now open to the public.
Logan Health fundraising event is Oct. 18
Logan Health on Oct. 18 will hold the Imagine a Day fundraiser, a 24-hour virtual giving event.