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Making the grade — Kalispell Public Schools leader named regional superintendent of the year
Wrapping up his second school year leading Kalispell Public Schools, Matt Jensen has been named regional Superinte…
Motorcyclist mortally wounded in Lake County wreck
Officials with Montana Highway Patrol said the 29-year-old victim, who was on a Honda motorcycle, struck the front end of a Subaru Outback trying to turn onto Montana 35 about 6:18 p.m.
Kalispell examines garbage rate increase
Residences now pay $111 per year for garbage collection. The city is looking at options that could increase that rate by up to $37 per year. The last time ci…
Committee deems allegations against former KPD officer, commission candidate worth pursuing
Members of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council’s case status committee agreed to issue a letter to Jason Parce after receiving an …
Alleged campground killer charged with deliberate homicide
Garry Douglas Seaman, 63, of Kalispell is being held without bond in the Lincoln County Detention Center following his extradition from Flathead County.
Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana health officials say transgender people can't change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that had blocked the Repub…
Rollins man accused of Whitefish shooting that sent ricochet into bystander
A Rollins man faces a felony criminal endangerment charge after a gun he fired in Whitefish on May 14 left a bystander hospitalized with a wound from a ricoche…
Q&A with U.S. House candidate Tom Winter
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…
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.
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…
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…