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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 …
Man arrested after standoff pleads not guilty to strangulation, theft charges
Authorities arrested Martin McGarry, 36, following a May 10 standoff in an apartment complex off of Liberty Street in Kalispell. He is being held in county jai…
College programs look to tackle Montana's EMS shortage
Last year, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services released the results of a survey of 61 in-state EMS agencies and 42 hospitals identifying staffing and recruitment issues as among the primary d…
Prosecutors: Acquaintances worried Whitefish man might commit mass shooting
Friends and family of a Whitefish man arrested during an armed standoff in April worried the man might commit a mass shooting, court documents say.
Law roundup: Know when to hold'em, fold'em, walk away
The disappearance of a Kalispell man after an argument over money left his wife worried. She told the Kalispell Police Department that the disagreement occurred about 7:30 a.m. the day before. He left in her truck …
Cooler weather helps firefighters battling New Mexico blaze
MORA, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters in New Mexico who are battling the nation's largest active wildfire said Monday that cooler weather helped them prevent the blaz…
Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two…
Q&A with U.S. House candidate Monica Tranel
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…
Kalispell City Council digs into budget numbers
The city starts its review of the budget for the upcoming fiscal year in May, but it won’t adopt the final budget until property valuations come in from the st…
Working in Glacier Park is homecoming for Public Affairs Officer
Growing up on a ranch along the Canadian border near Del Bonita on the east side of Glacier Park, Gina Kerzman spent her childhood on the Blackfeet Reservation…
Law roundup: Woman needs to put a hold on anger
An uncouth woman left a business after reportedly slugging an employee on the chin when she did not get what she wanted. Sluggo decided to
Billings hospital uses virtual reality to aid rehabilitation
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Dr. Jose Ortiz counted the minutes he spent in the back of an ambulance transporting him from Red Lodge to Billings.
Suspect arrested after fatal shooting at Libby campground
One man is dead and a suspect is in custody following a shooting at a campground near Libby on Saturday afternoon.
Q&A with U.S. House candidate Cora Neumann
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…
Gas prices and inflation could impact summer visitation numbers
About six in 10 Americans are planning at least one summer trip, according to April figures released by the U.S. Travel Association, but nearly two-thirds or 6…
Whitefish native serves in Navy’s prestigious TOPGUN program
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Zignego is a 2003 Whitefish High School graduate.