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First Interstate, Federal Home Loan Bank awards Samaritan House $8,600
Samaritan House received an $8,600 donation this month from First Interstate Bank and Federal Home Bank of Des Moi…
Law roundup: Woman tires of neighbor catnappers
A Columbia Falls woman alleged that her neighbors had a habit of stealing her cat and taking him into their house.
Meet the trustee candidates running in Kalispell Public Schools
The Daily Inter Lake reached out to school board trustee candidates in contested elections. The information below was provided by candidates for Kalispell Public School District 5 and edited for spelling, punctuati…
TikTok ban gets final approval by Montana Legislature
Montana's House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that's bound to face legal challeng…
County, city leaders propose reshaping the narrative around growth
Community leaders proposed reshaping the public perception of growth and development in Flathead County via a multiyear campaign at the Kalispell Chamber of Co…
Man accused of running over trooper facing drug smuggling charge
A Rexford man accused of running over a Montana Highway Patrol trooper in February is facing an additional charge for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine into the Lincoln County Detention Center.
US Supreme Court's abortion pill order spares safe havens
Before the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in Friday, access to an abortion pill was in line to become more cumbersome in California, New York and some other states…
Montana GOP seeks to bar 3rd parties from key Senate race
Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year's Montana U.S. Senate elec…
Senate committee amends obscenity bill to keep decisions in hands of locals
The Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee put the knife to Rep. Bob Phalen’s obscenity bill on Wednesday, which sought to punish schoolteachers and school librarians who provide “obscene” material to st…
EPA won’t clean up old town dumps near Columbia Falls
While the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. continues, there’s an old dumping ground that won’t get cleaned up in the Superfund site process — a…
Two Lake County elected officials and CFO announce departures
Two Lake County elected officials and the chief financial officer announced last week that they are leaving their posts in the courthouse in the near future.
Eight Montana Law Enforcement Academy grads headed to Flathead Valley
Of the 65 officers graduating from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy earlier this month, eight are headed to agencies in the Flathead Valley.
Council discusses adding C-PACE district, changing marijuana facility ordinance
At a work session last week, the Whitefish City Council considered a plan that could help businesses and also looked at potential changes to the marijuana facility ordinance.
Flathead again the fastest growing county in Montana
Flathead County was the fastest growing county in Montana from July 2021 to July 2022, with 3,089 new residents counted in that time according to recently rele…
Following acquisitions in Essex and Missoula, company eyes other opportunities
Officials with the Washington-based hospitality company that purchased the historic Izaak Walton Inn near Glacier National Park in December say their company i…
Hospital oversight bill heads to full Senate, but without criticized amendments
A bill aimed at providing more oversight for nonprofit hospitals in Montana is on its way to the full Senate, but without an amendment that health care organizations say could have cost them millions in fees.