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Flathead Valley Rotary Clubs rally for EPIC Day of Service
While Rotary is perhaps best known in the Flathead Valley for youth football and volleyball programs, the internat…
Law roundup: Delivery driver tries to keep roads safe
A delivery driver reportedly pulled up to a man’s driveway, blocking in his car, and called the Kalispell Police Department, saying the man, who allegedly had an open beer, had been drinking and driving and went in…
Headlines: River plan draws public comments, Polson asked to act on tumbleweed infestation, Whitefish racial profiling settlement pending, Walker Hayes to headline NW Montana Fair
River plan draws public comments, Polson asked to act on tumbleweed infestation, Whitefish racial profiling settlement pending, Walker Hayes to headline NW Mon…
Doctored images of legislative candidates spur complaint
Republican legislative candidate Jennifer Carlson was approached by two members of her church this month asking why she was wearing a “she/her” pin in a photo they had seen. A few days later, at the bank, someone e…
Helena commission lacks consensus for immigration next steps
The Helena City Commission has been unable to reach a consensus on how to proceed with an immigration resolution for the city’s police department after the state’s attorney general said he would again challenge suc…
Columbia Falls teen on a remarkable recovery after a fateful collision
For Hazel Alexander, some days she takes baby steps. Others she takes big steps. But make no mistake, they’re all steps forward and illustrate her remarkable r…
PHOTOS: Third-graders celebrate Arbor Day at Kalispell's Lawrence Park
Kalispell Public School District No. 5 third-graders celebrated Arbor Day at Kalispell's annual ceremony held at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24.
State suggests raising speed limit on U.S. 2 through Columbia Falls
A recent speed study for U.S. Highway 2 through Columbia Falls to Columbia Heights actually calls for increasing the speed limit in some sections, rather than …
Stillwater trio competes in Presidential AI Challenge
Three Stillwater Christian School freshmen represented Montana at the regional level of the first Presidential AI Challenge, competing against students from ot…
Forest Service axes long anticipated Swan Valley project
Flathead National Forest withdrew an ambitious landscape restoration plan for the Swan Valley last week, prompting concerns that the U.S. Forest Service is shu…
Law roundup: If you build it, they will come
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Tourism grant gives proposed Polson ice arena $1.25 million boost
A $1.25 million tourism grant from the Montana Department of Commerce slides the Mission Valley Ice Arena significantly closer to reality.
State fines construction firm for sending muddy water into creek near Columbia Falls
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality fined Schellinger Construction $11,750 for accidentally discharging muddied waters into a tributary of Garnier Creek last summer.
GOP congressional candidates Aaron Flint and Al Olszewski face off in Bozeman
BOZEMAN — Aaron Flint and Al Olszewski, Republican candidates for Montana’s Western District U.S. House race, squared off Tuesday in their party’s only schedul…
Flathead County commissioners approve renewal for nearly finished Tamarack Meadows in Columbia Falls
Columbia Falls City Council in 2022 first approved the preliminary plat for the subdivision, located at the north end of Meadow Lake Resort, when it fell withi…
Side Tracks: Paul Cauthen on new album, fatherhood and Montana tour stop
On this episode of Side Tracks country-rock artist Paul Cauthen joins Daily Interlake reporter Taylor Inman ahead of his upcoming show at the Majestic Arena in…