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Kalispell Council reviews $189M budget proposal, weighs public safety and infrastructure spending
Kalispell City Council took its first look at the municipality’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget last week.
Retired fighter pilot vividly recalls combat missions in Vietnam
The first time Jim Cash took the controls of a jet as a teenager, he knew he was right where he was meant to be.
CSKT documentary chronicles Tribes' Covid struggles
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s Education Department has released a short documentary entitled "Calling Our Warriors."
Plan emerges to turn Kalispell hotel into studio apartments
A proposal to convert the Fairbridge Inn & Suites and Outlaw Convention Center, formerly known as The Outlaw Inn, into roughly 250 studio apartments is the foc…
Orphaned Mission Valley grizzlies thriving at Maryland Zoo
A pair of grizzly cubs found starving near St. Ignatius in 2016 have adapted well to their new home at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, according to their careta…
Montana to ‘keep up the good fight’ against aquatic invaders, wasting disease
Local fish and game officials can consider 2021 a success in the effort to combat the threat of aquatic invaders and Chronic Wasting Disease, and will look to …
Kalispell man gets 55 years for killing man with brick
A Kalispell man who admitted to deliberately killing another man with a cement brick in 2019 is headed to the state prison.
Nonprofits ready to tackle variety of issues in 2022
Nonprofits in the valley are ready to help solve some of the Flathead’s most daunting issues in the coming year, from housing and food insecurity to water qual…
Daily Inter Lake photographer Casey Kreider's favorite images of 2021
Daily Inter Lake staff photographer Casey Kreider's favorite images of 2021
After hectic year, road crews take a breath, airport work forges on
Following a busy year for transportation infrastructure improvements, fewer changes are coming for Montana’s ground and air travel in 2022
Conservation easement protects Columbia Falls farmstead
A conservation easement now protects 38.9 acres of land owned by siblings Charles and Diane Taylor, located south of Columbia Falls.
Woman charged with animal cruelty in case of starving horses
A California woman has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty in connection with 17 horses that were found in various stages of starvation at several Flat…
Opposition voiced over rural Bigfork vacation rental proposal
The Flathead County Board of Adjustment will start the new year on Jan. 4 by weighing in on a request for short-term rental housing in Bigfork that has drawn opposition from neighbors.
'Hospitality complex' proposed for Whitefish Railway District
A proposal has come forward to construct a multi-building “hospitality complex” in the Railway District in downtown Whitefish that would replace an apartment b…
New venues, big concerts take center stage in in 2022
The Flathead Valley marks a milestone in 2022 when construction on the new 1,000-seat McClaren Hall and new Paul D. Wachholz College Center are completed at Fl…
Repeat DUI offender arrested after smashing snowman
A woman with four previous DUIs is once again accused of driving impaired, this time allegedly plowing through a ditch and smashing a snowman in front of multi…