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'Mountain Momma' looks to preserve land east of river with community support
A Columbia Falls woman who is no stranger to public lands advocacy hopes to preserve a key piece of land east of t…
Dangerous arctic outbreak to slam Flathead Valley
Travel will become difficult to impossible across Northwest Montana this week as a significant and potentially dangerous arctic outbreak sweeps across the regi…
Kalispell City Council to review education campaign for public safety levy request
Kalispell City Council will take a look Monday at a proposed educational campaign for a public safety levy request headed before voters in March.
Lily Gladstone is the Golden Globes' first Indigenous best actress winner
Lily Gladstone won best actress in a dramatic film for Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon."
Photos of 2023 by Daily Inter Lake photographer Casey Kreider
Look back through a selection of photos from 2023 by Daily Inter Lake photographer Casey Kreider.
Montana fans travel far to see Grizzlies in FCS title game
The Montana Grizzlies are back in the NCAA Division I Football Championship for the first time since 2009, and there’s no way Mark Josephson wasn’t going to be…
Glacier Institute closes in on fundraising goal for Big Creek Center restoration
The Glacier Institute received a $250,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to be used for renovations to the home base of its outdoor camps and pro…
With native fish declining in Swan Lake, state wildlife officials target invasive trout
Hoping to preserve dwindling native bull trout populations, state wildlife officials are looking to remove lake trout from Swan Lake.
Winter Carnival names Prime, Duchess
Regan Peschel was crowned Duchess of Lark and Mike Vrentas was named Prime Minister.
Committee supports ballot initiative that could change Montana elections
A ballot initiative to change how elections are won in Montana to a majority vote system is a step closer to appearing on the ballot.
Flathead Electric Co-op set to hold trustee election
Potential candidates must be natural persons, members of the co-op, and must maintain primary residence within the district they seek to represent.
FHS business teacher named High School Educator of the Year
In addition to her teaching role, Caitlin Heuscher leads Flathead’s Brave Mentoring Program and represents Flathead as a DECA Board of Directors Officer.
Plans submitted for new VA clinic in Kalispell
A new Veterans Affairs clinic slated to open in Kalispell next year will be constructed on Old Reserve Drive near Glacier High School.
Kalispell hit-and-run victim seeks answers
An uninsured victim of a Dec. 7 hit-and-run in Kalispell is still coping with injuries as police continue to investigate the incident nearly a month later.
Drunk driver sentenced for fatal wreck near Somers
Flathead County District Court Judge Dan Wilson handed down Thursday a partially suspended 20-year sentence to the drunk driver who struck and killed a motorcy…
Whitefish skier visits down over holiday break
“Pray for snow.” Those three words are familiar to anyone who has lived in a ski town; you see them scrawled on dirty car windows or you hear them uttered at l…