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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 …

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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.

Updated 4 years ago
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 …

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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

Updated 4 years ago
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.

Updated 4 years ago
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.

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
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…

Updated 4 years ago
Whitefish native serves in Navy’s prestigious TOPGUN program

Petty Officer 1st Class Nicholas Zignego is a 2003 Whitefish High School graduate.