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Girl in intensive care after Middle Fork rafting accident
A girl from Columbus, Ohio nearly drowned in a rafting accident on the Middle Fork last week. A GoFundMe campaign …
Flathead musician Eric Alan and Nashville trio kick off Crown Jewel Concert Series
Local musician Eric Alan and The Gold Sisters, along with drummer and longtime friend Rick Martinez, are wrapping up a two-week tour of the Flathead Valley thi…
Flathead County commissioners agree to settle lawsuit over Whistlestop resort
Flathead County commissioners last week approved a $47,000 settlement with Friends of Lake Five that will pay for the nonprofit neighborhood group’s attorney f…
FDA chief: COVID, mail mix-up delayed action on baby formula
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that efforts to investigate problems at a baby formula plant linked to the nation…
West Valley School board has opening
West Valley School District is looking to fill a vacancy on the school board following the resignation of Chad Grace.
Incumbents retain seats on FEC board
Three incumbents, who all ran unopposed, have been re-elected to Flathead Electric Cooperative’s Board of Trustees. The annual election closed Friday, May 20 and the board met on Monday, May 23 to certify and annou…
Motorcyclist mortally wounded in Lake County wreck
Officials with Montana Highway Patrol said the 29-year-old victim, who was on a Honda motorcycle, struck the front end of a Subaru Outback trying to turn onto Montana 35 about 6:18 p.m.
Kalispell examines garbage rate increase
Residences now pay $111 per year for garbage collection. The city is looking at options that could increase that rate by up to $37 per year. The last time ci…
Law roundup: Woman takes sledgehammer on beer run
A bullheaded woman who was reportedly banned from a Hungry Horse business once again returned wanting beer. This time, she was carrying
Committee deems allegations against former KPD officer, commission candidate worth pursuing
Members of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council’s case status committee agreed to issue a letter to Jason Parce after receiving an …
Alleged campground killer charged with deliberate homicide
Garry Douglas Seaman, 63, of Kalispell is being held without bond in the Lincoln County Detention Center following his extradition from Flathead County.
Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana health officials say transgender people can't change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that had blocked the Repub…
Texas school shooting kills 18 children, 3 adults
An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children, officials said, and the gunman was dead.
Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With a staunch anti-abortion Republican governor and large GOP legislative majorities, Iowa would seem poised to ban abortion if the U.…
Rollins man accused of Whitefish shooting that sent ricochet into bystander
A Rollins man faces a felony criminal endangerment charge after a gun he fired in Whitefish on May 14 left a bystander hospitalized with a wound from a ricoche…
Q&A with U.S. House candidate Tom Winter
Editor’s Note: The Daily Inter Lake is republishing select answers from questionnaires completed by the candidates for U.S. House District 1 and submitted to t…