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Kalispell Middle School teacher wins History Teacher of the Year Award
All the work tanning hides, building log cabins, panning for gold and garnets, grinding wheat and churning butter,…
Kalispell Council set to vote on garbage rate increase
The last time city solid waste rates, which are collected through property tax assessments, were increased was in 2011 and that was by $3 per year.
Law roundup: Hail no! Homeowner tells handyman to scram
An alleged handyman got on the nerves of a homeowner, who told police that the man had been by twice to offer to inspect his roof for hail damage. During the interactions, the handyman had refused to leave the prop…
Toddler, 2 more kids among 6 killed in I-90 crash
Two children are among the six people who died in a Montana pileup after a Friday evening dust storm caused blackout conditions on Interstate 90, a major route…
Connecting the core: New Parkline Trail center of effort to create vibrant downtown
The community will gather on Thursday, July 21 in an event hosted by the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the opening of the Parkline Trail.
PHOTOS: Under the Big Sky music festival in Whitefish
Thousands gathered at Big Mountain Ranch in Whitefish over the weekend for the annual Under the Big Sky music festival and rodeo.
Flathead Lake cherry harvest ‘just around the corner’
Flathead Lake Cherry Growers are expecting an abundant harvest this summer.
Whitefish Mountain Resort sees progress on new chairlift installation
Forms were set and workers poured concrete that will become the top terminal of the new Chair 4 that is planned to open for the 2022-23 winter season.
Day of events celebrate new Parkline Trail
Events run throughout the day culminating in a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and remarks from dignitaries at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkline Linear Park Plaza betwe…
Law roundup: Put that in your pipe and smoke it
A caller thought he was watching a man sitting on a park bench doing drugs. The caller, who lived nearby, told the Kalispell Police Department that the man likely was smoking meth or crack from a pipe. Adding to hi…
Late photographer Kurt Markus captured models and cowboys
Kurt Markus died on June 12 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 75.
Kids want to put Montana on trial for unhealthy climate policies
For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park.
Montana State researchers collaborate to send microbe to space to test as astronaut food
On July 11, a group of small bioreactors arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket to test how well the Yellowstone microbe can be grow…
Essex residents report slight improvement in phone service
Residents of Essex say their CenturyLink telephone service has improved since a May 15 Daily Inter Lake article highlighted the community’s problems with the t…
Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the co…
Glacier bridge construction projects start up
Construction on two bridges in Glacier National Park begins next week.